Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo may have forced the city manager, and probably the city’s building director, to resign, and he may have his sights on Police Chief Jorge Colina. But it’s only because they are part of the administration’s leadership team. Carollo is really after Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. This week, the commissioner — empowered […]
UPDATED: Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, who resigned under political pressure last week — and said Sunday that he will probably leave within a couple of weeks — will not finally get a chance to speak to his bosses on Thursday and publicly address allegations that he abused his office. We’ll have to make do for […]
Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez resigned Thursday, trying to take the high road, rather than face a commission hell bent on having him fired and/or investigated in what looks like a vindictive smear job and power play, starring Commissioner Joe Carollo, who has been trying to fire him for months. Is Ladra the only one […]
Its quite possible that yet another sweet, no-bid real estate project gets approval in a fast track process for what seems like the worst transit plan ever by the end of the day Friday — before anyone can notice. Virgin Trains may get, in a series of back-to-back emergency meetings, $76 million in half penny […]
Milly Herrera, a candidate for the Hialeah City Commission, thought she was just campaigning like every other candidate in the U.S.A. Thursday when she stopped by Villa Aida, a senior living facility near City Hall, to hand out campaign flyers. She found herself under arrest by Hialeah Police — likely under orders by Mayor Carlos […]
Add Homestead Councilman Elvis Maldonado to the list of men that want to replace termed out Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis Moss next year. Maldonado filed paperwork Thursday indicting he had opened a bank account for a county commission race in District 9. That means he has to move six months before the qualifying deadline in June […]
It should be packed in room 2106 at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College Thursday morning when the Board of Trustees meets for the first time since it scrapped the search process for a new president last month. Word is that the fix is in. That the newly-appointed members by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis […]
The Coral Gables City Commission could ask their county and city of Miami counterparts on Tuesday to ban hourly rates at motels and hotels, like the Miami Executive Hotel in Little Gables, on the City Beautiful’s border. “It is well established that hotels/motels that allow for the hourly rental of rooms, are frequented by individuals […]
Miami Commissioner Ken Russell may finally have a serious challenge: Jim Fried, a radio show host for 10 years and the uncle of Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikky Fried, filed paperwork last week to run in District 2. Another candidate, Javier Gonzalez, has been in the race since December. But he’s been running since 2015, when he […]
If Vice President Joe Biden won Tuesday’s Day 2 of the second Democratic presidential debate, as some argue, then Sen. Elizabeth Warren won on Wednesday. Biden was on defense all night — blocking left, dodging right. He was hit on healthcare, on race, on immigration. He stammered and stopped several times, failed to seize opportunities […]