Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins wants to make history as the city of Miami’s first female mayor. And she just might have got the money, the mailing lists, and the establishment muscle to do it. The District 5 commissioner has spent six years mastering the […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Former Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell wants Miami voters to give him another go — this time in the mayor’s chair. The same Ken Russell who once stood out for his clean-cut idealism and YouTube-friendly optimism when he joined the commission in 2015, now […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Because apparently once, twice, and a full eight years on the Miami-Dade Commission weren’t enough, Xavier L. Suarez — Miami’s first Cuban-born mayor and, yes, the father of our current one — is running again to “fix” the city he’s already run. Twice. At […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates No, he’s not close to “Uncle Ron,” as he calls him — and Kenneth James DeSantis makes sure to clear that up right away. The young attorney, relative to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is not affiliated with either the Republican or the […]
Oh look, Lennar is back to nibble away at the Urban Development Boundary — again. The Miami-Dade based developing giant — second largest homebuilder in the U.S. — has dusted off an old West Kendall land grab and this time, they brought friends and fresh asphalt. After more than a decade of keeping this mega-development […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates If there’s one candidate in Miami’s crowded mayoral race who can say “ni hao” with authority, it’s Elijah John Bowdre — a trilingual tech entrepreneur, global traveler, and local advocate who wants to turn Miami into a high-efficiency, low-cost, tech-driven paradise. He’s just super […]
If you think the race for Miami Beach mayor between incumbent hallway monitor Steve Meiner and quirky comeback kid Kristen Rosen-Gonzalez is the craziest thing on the city’s ballot this year (more on that later), think again. The race to replace Rosen-Gonzalez in the Group 1 seat features a clusterbunch of seven candidates. But only […]
There’s a Miami mayoral debate Thursday night, but the biggest news isn’t who’s talking. It’s who’s not going. The Biscayne Neighborhoods Association, which is hosting the debate along with Griffin Catalyst, the philanthropic arm of billionaire Ken Griffin, decided to only invite the candidates who polled above 10% in a survey Griffin’s group commissioned. Their […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates It’s not like the Miami mayoral race needed another long shot candidate to crowd up the ballot, but Laura Anderson is running anyway. Anderson is one of the 13 people who want to be the mayor — but the only one who openly identifies […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Christian Cevallos, a home developer and former Miami-Dade County community council member, says he’s running for mayor of Miami because somebody needs to go through the city’s books. “The first thing I’m going to do, and I want to say it real loud,” he […]