The hottest ticket in Miami Tuesday seems to be the circus, er, Miami mayoral debate hosted by the Downtown Neighbors Alliance. The show is sold out. All 350 seats at the Hyatt Regency venue have been reserved. Walk-ins are not allowed due to “security reasons,” (more on that later). So it’s an exclusive gig. And […]
Bad habits die hard. Or not at all. Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar must really think we’re all a bunch of bobos. A few days ago, the rarely-seen congresswoman made one of her once-in-a-blue-moon visitas públicas to the district — this time to Cutler Bay — to smile wide and brag about delivering a $4.4 million […]
Former MDC Prez Eduardo Padron: ‘Unimaginable’ So, the state is about to gift Donald Trump a $67 million piece of prime downtown real estate for his future presidential library — and, maybe, a hotel to boot. This is the parking lot next to the Freedom Tower, across from the Kaseya Center, smack in the middle […]
October 7 commemoration is too political, some say Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago thought he’d raise a flag. Instead, he raised eyebrows. And tempers. At next week’s city commission meeting, expect a little political kabuki over an idea that already sparked plenty of drama: raising the Israeli flag at City Hall to mark the anniversary […]
Michael Rosenberg is about to try something almost revolutionary in today’s political climate: a public meeting where people with opposing views actually talk to each other like human beings. Can it even be done? Rosenberg, a longtime animal rights activist and president of the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations, is launching what he hopes will […]
Everybody knew that the Miami mayoral election wasn’t going to be nonpartisan. Not really. Not with these people. Not in these times. We’ve already seen the attacks. The Republican Party of Florida compared Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, to New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, because that’s a bad thing in Miami. And the […]
It’s officially a circus — with 13 clowns crowded under the tent. Both Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo and former Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, once allies but now estranged, finally entered the Miami mayoral election Saturday, making good on their threats. They will definitely stand out among the 11 other egos vying for that […]
Residents at budget hearings urge county to defund As it scrambled to cover a $402 million budget gap, raised fees and cut corners on some services, the county still found ways to shovel millions into Israel bonds at a time when most of the world is condemning what can only be described as genocide in […]
Ladra hopes you weren’t planning a peaceful stroll through downtown Miami without a sidearm. Because Florida’s top cop — handpicked by Gov. Ron DeSantis himself — just told everyone to holster up and show it off. Because that’s what we need in the Sunshine State: more guns. Attorney General James Uthmeier, a DeSantis loyalist appointed […]
Residents want out of agency’s ‘hostage tax’ The Downtown Neighbors Alliance — which represents about 40,000 people living in Downtown and Brickell — is done playing nice with the Miami Downtown Development Authority and city officials that have mostly ignored them. Earlier this month, DNA fired off a formal request to Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia […]