With the Miami mayoral elections just weeks away, thoughts are turning to who would replace Miami-Dade Eileen Higgins, who resigned her District 5 seat to run in the city. The resignation takes effect after the Nov. 4 election, whether she wins or not. And everybody is betting that the commission is going to appoint someone. […]
Don’t be surprised if the next Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office car that rolls up on you doesn’t have a cop behind the wheel. On Wednesday, Sheriff Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz unveiled what she claims is the nation’s first autonomous patrol vehicle — a driverless police car that sounds like it rolled straight out of a 2000s sci-fi […]
Coral Gables Vince Lago gave his fifth State of the City address last month week and, true to form, it was all about him. Except the parts that were about his political enemies, as he made the annual speech an opportunity to attack them. Again. Speaking to a room full of people at a Chamber of […]
Miami loves being at the top of lists. Best beaches. Best nightlife. Most international flights. But now we get to add a new crown jewel: world’s riskiest real estate bubble. A new report from the Swiss banking giant UBS ranked Miami at the very top of 20 global cities in its annual Global Real Estate […]
We all knew it was coming, but Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava made it official Wednesday, wading into the Miami mayoral election, backing her political BFF, County Commissioner Eileen Higgins among the 13 candidates. Nobody is surprised. But the timing might be key: It comes 12 hours after a less-than-lackluster performance by Higgins at a […]
Miami’s mayoral circus came to the Hyatt Regency Monday night, where six of the 13 hopefuls — which already felt like too many — crammed onto a stage for a debate that was more cafecito-fueled food fight than civic forum. Traffic, flooding, homelessness, affordable housing, legal fees, corruption — they were all on the agenda. […]
So, apparently, there was a secret summit in Westchester last night about the proposed elimination of property taxes. At least, that’s what it feels like. Because unless you’re on Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez’s Christmas card list, you probably didn’t even know about it. Rodriguez quietly gathered some heavy hitters — state lawmakers, county officials, […]
¡Por fin! Someone running for Florida Attorney General who actually wants to enforce the laws already on the books instead of dressing up in campaign cosplay with the governor in some makeshift prison in the middle of the Everglades. Democratic candidate José Javier Rodríguez brought that message to Miami at a press conference Monday, where […]
Six of the 13 candidates in the Nov. 4 Miami mayoral race will face off on stage at the Hyatt Regency downtown for a real, bonafide debate starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. They are: Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, former Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla, former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins, former […]
No walk-ins, no exceptions, no joke Oye, mi gente, don’t even think about just strolling into the mayoral debate at the Hyatt Regency Tuesday hosted by the Downtown Neighbors Alliance like it’s open mic night at Thank You Miami Cocina and Beer House. Security is going to be tighter than your tío’s guayabera after Nochebuena. […]