The city of Miami has its first inspector general in former Miami Police Maj. Antonio “Tony” Diaz, who retired from the department after 33 years in June. This is who the commissioners have chosen to be their independent watchdog. ¡Pero por supuesto! Did you think they were really going to tie their own hands? Diaz […]
When elected officials want to make it easier to sell off public land, it’s usually not about efficiency. It’s about opportunity — for someone. And it’s usually not the public. The Miami City Commission last month voted to put a referendum on the November ballot so that the sale or lease of city-owned land can […]
While there is a new chairman at the Miami Downtown Development Authority in freshly minted City Commissioner Ralph Rosado, it looks like the 58-year-old agency, which is tasked with assisting and incentivizing business in the urban core — hasn’t exactly shaken off the stink of recent scrutiny, with legit questions still swirling around its bloated […]
It’s good to have friends at City Hall. Just ask Chelsea Granell. The longtime Coral Gables staffer — who was Mayor Vince Lago‘s chief of staff with no staff — quietly got another sweet little promotion in June. She’s now the director of Governmental Affairs — basically the city’s chief lobbyist — leading legislative the […]
On the heels of the court ruling last week that the Miami election year change was unconstitutional because, well they skipped the pesky part about asking voters, Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro has doubled down on her push to revisit the city commission decision in May to move their municipal election date the same way. […]
Three judge panel slaps city with a civics lesson Miami’s power-hungry politicos just got benched by the grown-ups. The Florida Third District Court of Appeal on Thursday handed a stinging, unanimous ruling that the City of Miami’s sneaky little move to cancel the scheduled November 2025 election and push it to 2026 was unconstitutional. Shocker, […]
15-member committee has lobbyists, contractors Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Anthony “A-Rod” Rodriguez is now leading the charge to strip away inefficiencies in the county’s bloated and Byzantine procurement system. Yes, you read that right. The same Anthony Rodriguez who helped build the maze — and recently came under fire for awarding millions to a shady charity […]
Is Congressman Carlos Gimenez really thinking of jumping ship in D.C. because he didn’t get a fancy committee chair? That’s what the queen of conspiracy, Laura Loomer, says. And while Loomer has made a career out of conspiracy theories, stunts, and playing the victim every time someone dares to call out her nonsense, for once, […]
Melissa Castro suggests ballot language for referendum The city of Miami’s court battle to move municipal elections from odd to even years — effectively cancelling this year’s mayoral and commission races and extending electeds’ terms by a year — may have reverberations in Coral Gables, where the commission voted to move the elections from April […]
In what smells an awful lot like another scripted rubber-stamp moment, the City of Miami Commission last week passed the controversial Transit Station Neighborhood Development (TSND) ordinance, which gives developers the green light to drop a 12-story tower next to single family home within a one-mile radius of any Metrorail, Brightline or Tri-Rail, too. Existing […]