“TSND” may as well mean “This Sh*t’s Not Democratic” Miami’s controversial Transit Station Neighborhood Development (TSND) ordinance is barreling toward a final vote this week, and city commissioners are treating it like a routine zoning tweak instead of what it really is: a citywide land-use loophole wrapped in bureaucratic buzzwords and tied with a big […]
Well, that didn’t take long. It took Joe Carollo less than a month to go from proud political padrino to spiteful ex in the case of newly-elected Commissioner Ralph Rosado, who Carollo helped usher into office with more than half a million from his political action committee and hours upon hours of his unique political […]
Only in Miami can you snatch someone’s phone out of their hands in front of the city commission, city manager, the sergeant-at-arms, and a room full of witnesses — and still get your two minutes at the podium for public comment. Maybe it’s only because the phone-snatcher was Maria “Beba” Sardiña Mann, who is protected as […]
Former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, who has been campaigning for the mayor’s race for months, has filed a challenge to the city commission’s cancellation of the November election — the first of what could be several lawsuits. City commissioners voted 3-2 last week to change the election date from odd to even years, effectively […]
On the heels of an opinion from the Florida Attorney General about the change in election year approved by city of Miami commissioner, Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro wants to reverse a decision by the City Beautiful to move their municipal elections from April of 2027 to November of 2026, effectively shortening everyone’s terms by […]
Expect lawsuits and challenges to follow term extension Most people think that moving the city elections in Miami from odd to even years, to coincide with the midterm and general election, is a good idea to both save more than $1 million a year and, more importantly, boost turnout from the low two-digits to more […]
Chairman Anthony Rodriguez can claim the chaos In what is one of the most egregious abuses of power that Ladra has witnessed in decades of government reporting, the Miami-Dade Commission sat silently by while a resident who had gone to County Hall to have her voice heard was violently dragged out of Commission Chambers last […]
Lifetime term limits moved forward to November ballot There will still be an election in the city of Miami this year — but it might be for a charter amendment, not for candidates. Miami commissioners on Tuesday took the first step toward moving city elections from odd to even years, which extends everybody’s terms by […]
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 […]
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, […]