Three lobbyists appointed last month to the Miami 21 Ad Hoc Task Force, which is to make recommendations to change the city’s 10-year-old zoning master plan, have raised eyebrows because they represent dozens of development clients before the city — and some of the biggest and most controversial projects or proposals. Vicky Leiva of Bilzin Sumberg — ex […]
Updated: Okay, now it’s almost everything that will be closed. Almost. Starting Friday, you can’t do a lot of things. You can’t get your hair cut. You can’t get your nails done. You can’t pawn your watch to buy groceries. You can’t buy shoes or shirts. You can’t play golf. You can’t play tennis. You […]
Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s lawyer has assured reporters that his client has not gone through the recall petitions filed against him at the city clerk’s office to find out who signed and who gathered them. “The petitions were in the sole control and custody of the clerk,” Ben Kuehne told a Miami Herald reporter last […]
Updated: Another day of the coronavirus outbreak, another day of more closings. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ordered the closures of all non-essential retail stores, malls and casinos Wednesday, adding them to the list of businesses that are not allowed to open their doors to more than eight people at a time. And it was announced late […]
Developing story: Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, a former State Rep and Senator, is using his muscle with his pals in Tallahassee to get Gov. Ron DeSantis to approve “virtual meetings” so the city commission can discuss emergency measures to deal with the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. “Just [for] closings, shelter in place and […]
Updated: Less than 24 hours after the city of Miami shut down all restaurants, clubs, bars, gyms and other locations where people congregate and could, possibly, transmit the coronavirus COVID-19 disease, Miami-Dade County followed with the same kind of emergency order, closing all those establishments and allowing kitchens to stay open for curbside or drive-through take-out […]
Day 1 of our local government’s reaction to the new normal with coronavirus COVID-19 was, in a word, fluid, as the city of Miami shut down all restaurants and bars, allowing only take-out, curbside and delivery options until further notice. The option had been kicked around for hours between city officials and announced to the […]
Many, if not all, government meetings will be postponed or cancelled for the next week or two and there will be a countywide 11 p.m. curfew on bars and restaurants to try to stop community spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Miami-Dade, Miami, Coral Gables and Bay Harbor Islands, as well as other cities, were […]
While everyone was busy buying toilet paper for the coronavirus or trying to get the recall petitions against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo freed from the city’s grasp, Miami-Dade Commissioner and mayoral 2020 candidate Daniella Levine Cava sent out her first countywide mailer. It’s the first Miami-Dade mayoral race mailer that arrived at Ladra’s house, and […]
Ladra had a blast talking to the folks who braved the coronavirus outbreak to hear me speak at the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations meeting Thursday. I do say that I was honored with the presence of so many longtime friends and fans and people who have read me a long time, and people I […]