After she was elected, Miami Commissioner Christine King resigned from her longtime position as president and chief executive officer of the non-profit Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation, founded to advocate for and assist investments in Liberty City and surrounding areas. But she is still very close to the organization. And giving back. Last year, […]
And Jose Aragu gets a $300K gift from Ken Griffin A new poll among more than 500 Republican voters shows that former Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman, and Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz, an assistant director at the Miami-Dade Police Department, are the No. 1 and No. 2 favorites for Miami-Dade sheriff in […]
There is still time to request an absentee/mail-in ballot Monday was the last day to register to vote for the August 20 primary election, which is also the county election for a lot of races that could be decided by a 50% plus one vote. According to the Miami-Dade Elections Department, there are almost 1.5 […]
Absentee or mail-in ballots started arriving at voters’ homes more than a week ago. That means people are already voting for their county commissioners, mayor, judges, school board members, and state legislators and county constitutional officers in their preferred party primary. Most of the really good races don’t happen until November. And among those on […]
The incumbent has abused his office too much As we head into the August primary and county elections, some recommendations are hard. This is not one of them. In one of three competitive Miami-Dade commission races on the Aug. 20 ballot, appointed incumbent Commissioner Roberto “Rob” Gonzalez — who has never been elected — faces […]
Civic activist, healthcare worker to serve through 2025 The Hialeah Council has appointed Melinda de la Vega to the vacancy created when the governor suspended former Councilwoman Angelica Pacheco after her arrest on federal healthcare fraud charges ¿Quien? Melinda de la Vega may not have been the expected choice, but she is not completely new […]
Early Monday morning, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava presented her proposed budget for the county’s 2024-2025 operations and capital improvements. She called the tax rate “flat,” but everyone already knows it’s really a slight increase due to an increase in property value. Her budget would keep garbage rates flat also. But on Tuesday, Commission Chairman […]
Spring Break lockdown cost the county $1 million In what has been described as a slap in the face by many municipal police departments, Miami-Dade County Commissioners on Tuesday could significantly revise their mutual aid agreements with municipal police departments to hold the county free of any responsibility when providing aid — though not the […]
Coming soon to a mailbox near you: Chaos at the Copa. It didn’t take very long for Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid, who is running for Miami-Dade mayor against La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava, to blast the incumbent for the lack of planning for security measures at the Hard Rock Stadium Sunday. “Miami-Dade & Daniella […]
We should have known. It looks like Frank Artiles is behind the Tampa transplant plantidate that is running in House District 115 against longtime Miami-Dade Fire Captain and union president Omar Blanco. Pero, por supuesto. Artiles, if you all remember, is the disgraced former state senator who was arrested and charged in 2021 for having […]