Political palanca is pushing the gas pedal It looks like the BusPatrol program is still parked in neutral — and the Miami-Dade School Board could decide Wednesday whether to tow it away or try to fix it. And three members are very connected to BusPatrol lobbyists pushing for the program to be reinstated. Six months […]
Here we go. The political season just got real. Miami-Dade’s Elections Department has mailed out the first batch of vote-by-mail or absentee ballots for the upcoming Nov. 4 municipal elections in Miami, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Homestead and Surfside — which means the mailboxes in those zip codes are about to get a workout. About 39,000 ballots […]
Former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who was suspended from office after his 2023 arrest on public corruption charges — including bribery and money laundering — that were later dropped, has a new campaign video for his mayoral bid that could easily be titled The Resurrection of ADLP. The 30-second spot, which is […]
Well, that didn’t fly. The Israeli flag will not be raised over Coral Gables City Hall this week for the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, despite Mayor Vince Lago’s push to do just that. After a wave of opposition from residents—and the painfully obvious lack of support from his fellow commissioners — the […]
Opinion By Michael Rosenberg, president of the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations On the night of September 25, a room full of people came together to see if people of various political persuasions could discuss some very difficult issues that cause Town Hall meetings to dissolve into chaos, screaming, police actions, fights and angry rhetoric […]
But voters feel chilling effect of cancel culture Well, here’s something you don’t see every day in Florida: a Democrat woman leading both Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump in a popularity contest — and not just in the 305 liberal bubble, either. According to the new Bendixen & Amandi poll of 600 voters between Sept. […]
Grab your remote and your cafecito, mi gente — WPLG Local 10 is about to make your 9 p.m. a lot more interesting. Starting tonight, Local 10 News will roll out a full series of live interviews with the candidates running for Miami mayor — 12 of the 13, anyway. You can probably guess which […]
¡Que sorpresa! Looks like Miami-Dade voters more divided than a Cuban sandwich debate between Little Havana and Tampa (Little Havana, hands down). A new Bendixen & Amandi International poll released this week shows just how divided, disillusioned, and downright dizzy our county’s electorate has become — with voters taking opposite sides on everything from fluoride […]
County commission could intercede this week It would seem they are talking about oil instead of water. A long-running battle between the cities of Miami Gardens and North Mami Beach over who controls the flow of agua to a lot of Northwest and Northeast Miami-Dade residents — and the surcharges that come with that control […]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is supposed to protect endangered species, manage and regulate wildlife resources and habitats for the long-term well-being of both the species and the public. It is not supposed to go after one of their own biologists for reposting a whale joke in the wake of conservative firebrand Charlie […]