And, no, they don’t mean Joe Martinez If one thing has become clear as we approach the primary in the historic election for Miami-Dade sheriff, it is that all the Republicans in the race but one share a common theme: Anyone But Joe. No, that’s not about former Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez, who was arrested […]
Incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has topped the $5 million mark in her campaign fundraising, according to a statement from her campaign received Wednesday. Levine Cava raised $650,000 in June, according to the press release. The next campaign finance reports are not due until Friday, but the DLC camp felt they had something to […]
Focus is on public service, conservative family values A Miami-Dade firefighter who is running for state representative in District 115, released his first campaign video ad Wednesday titled “Ready to Protect.” Capt. Omar Blanco‘s 30-second spot focuses on the candidate’s service as a firefighter and his conservative Republican credentials. “As a firefighter, I’ve always been […]
With about two weeks to go before absentee or mail-in ballots are sent to voters, residents in West Kendall got back-to-back mailers Friday and Saturday pushing for the re-election of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. Not from her campaign. Not from her political action committee, Our Democracy. The mailers came from the Florida Democratic Party […]
A trapeze artist in a war with the county who is running a symbolic mayoral campaign against Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava was told last week that he can’t have his nickname on the ballot because it “is being used to mislead voters.” Miguel “El Skipper” Quintero has gone by that name for years, he […]
Former Miami-Dade School Board Member Martin Karp, who is running again (who knew?), crashed a candidate forum Wednesday that was hosted by Hayley Ross, who is running in the same district vacated by Lucia Baez-Geller, who is running for Congress, and has been campaigning since the beginning of the year. Karp, who filed two weeks […]
Former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell knows her audience. The candidate for U.S. Senate, who has challenged Rick Scott, launched a digital ad this week called “Freedom” — just in time to run on platforms streaming the Copa América fútbol tournament that draws hundreds of thousands of Latin American viewers. And Latino voters. “My mother brought me […]
Design plans are changed for the multipurpose room A 100-year-old tree near the entrance to Coral Reef Park is safe. For now, anyway. After some backlash to a plan by the Village of Palmetto Bay to remove the giant oak to make way for a planned multipurpose room, and 754 people signed a petition in […]
Alert: Cancelled due to the inclement weather. Two Democrats who want to face Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in District 27 this November will be at a forum on Thursday sponsored by the Democrats of South Dade Club. The August 27 primary will pit former Key Biscayne Mayor Mike Davey, an employment attorney, against Miami-Dade School […]
A mobile text poll of likely voters in the city of Miami Monday not only gauged the appetite for having another ballot question on a strong mayor form of government, which failed miserably in 2018, but also for a charter change to increase the number of commissioners on the dais from five to seven. It […]