South Miami is the only municipality taking it to court Coral Gables might have been the first Miami-Dade city to enter into a formal agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as a 287g, that gives the local police the ability to stop and detain undocumented immigrants during the course of their jobs. But Hialeah […]
Spotted at the Pollo Tropical on 57th Avenue and Northwest 7th Street Wednesday: Miami Commissioners Damian Pardo and Ralph Rosado, who was elected earlier this month to fill the vacant seat in District 4, chatting and bonding over maduros. Pardo said it was just a chance encounter: Both men stopped for a bite to eat […]
Miami City Commissioners could give themselves an extra year in office at their next regularly-scheduled commission meeting. Just like that. All it takes is three votes. Maybe. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says they can’t do it without voter approval first. “If the City of Miami is to amend its charter, either to move the […]
Miami doesn’t have Roberto Rodriguez-Tejera anymore on weekday morning radio to let us know what’s really happening at the county, the different municipalities, the state and the country. But, hey, we have Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo every day at 10 a.m. on America Radio Miami 1260 AM to feed us lies. As if he didn’t already […]
UPDATED: This item will be heard before the full commission on June 26. Miami-Dade County is already cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials by holding anyone they arrest that has a deportation order or is wanted by ICE. Now, there’s some fear that the county might help the federal government disappear these people. Or, […]
As always, there are winners and losers in every election that go beyond the candidates. As tradition, Political Cortadito has analyzed the campaigns and results of the special election last week in Miami’s District 4 to replace the late Manolo Reyes. Ralph “Rafael” Rosado, an urban planning consultant and fired city manager of North Bay […]
President Donald Trump‘s travel ban on and restrictions on 19 countries includes Haiti, Cuba and Venezuela, which is going to impact this community more than most. It means that, as of Monday, the United States will suspend the issuance of most immigrant and non-immigrant visas for Cubans and Venezuelans, while fully banning entry from Haitians. […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo may have won the special election in District 4 this week with his puppet candidate, but he lost in court on the same day when the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals basically laughed at his feeble attempt to get out of the $63.5 million jury award given to a pair […]
Proposed change of election year is part of the ruse There’s a new political action committee in town. It was formed late last month, just in time to get involved at the last minute in the special election in Miami’s District 4 to replace the late Commissioner Manolo Reyes, which was won Tuesday by the […]
Evil triumphed over good on Tuesday in the rushed, special election for Miami commission in District 4, to replace the late Commissioner Manolo Reyes., who must be rolling in his grave. Ralph “Rafael” Rosado, an urban planning consultant and compulsive liar whose campaign was run and funded by Commissioner Joe Carollo, beat Jose Francisco Regalado, who left […]