Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Pedro García almost got re-elected without any opposition this year — until a surprise candidate came out of nowhere and qualified on Monday. Her name is Marisol Zenteno and she works for the county property appraiser’s office. In other words, García is her boss. Awwwkwaaaard. Zenteno, who makes $77,000 a year as […]
The Third District Court of Appeals has decided that the city of Miami must turn over the 1,900-plus recall signatures against Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo that have been held hostage for almost three months in a massive — and possibly illegal –– effort by the city to stop the electoral process. A three-judge panel issued its […]
Updated: Following in his brother’s footsteps — again — former Miami-Dade School Board Member and State Rep. Renier Diaz de la Portilla filed to run against Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins this week. If this isn’t another sign of the apocalypse, Ladra doesn’t know what is. Diaz de la Portilla is the youngest brother of the DLP […]
After years of quiet, behind-the-scenes absence — with just a few recent Tallahassee and Miami sightings — former Congressman David Rivera is in the news again — sued by a U.S. subsidiary of the Venezuelan regime-owned petroleum enterprise for breach of contract on $50 million deal to purportedly grease the wheels for the company (read: government) […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez reportedly qualified for the Republican Congressional primary in District 26 because he filed his paperwork on time, before the deadline at noon on Friday. But could a typo kick him off the ballot? Florida statute 99.061 requires a federal candidate to submit “a properly executed check drawn upon the candidate’s campaign account” for […]
Miami-Dade County is finally taking some small steps to control the coronavirus spreading petri dishes that they call buses: providing masks to all employees, limiting the number of passengers allowed on board — signs on the seats will tell riders where they should sit — and suspending low-use routes with overlapping services while adding more […]
Virus? What virus? A land use change, some code amendments and the ban of certain types of fertilizer are among things the Miami City Commission will consider when it meets virtually for the second time since the national COVID19 crisis struck and the stay-at-home orders were issued. The first meeting last month was pretty much limited to […]
City of Miami attorneys working on behalf of Commissioner Joe Carollo and against his recall prevailed in delaying the process some more Friday when the Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge that ruled against them on Tuesday allowed the city to keep the petitions from moving forward to the county’s Supervisor of Elections as they appeal his decision […]
As if they haven’t spent enough of the taxpayer’s money trying to block an electoral process already, the Miami City Attorney’s office filed a notice to appeal Tuesday, an hour or so after a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge ordered City Clerk Todd Hannon to deliver the recall petitions against Commissioner Joe Carollo to the Miami-Dade Elections Department — just […]
The standard operating procedure at the city of Miami to start legal research for an opinion on something is called a “legal service request,” or LSR for short. Whether it’s a department director or a city commissioner, the paperwork is filed. That way, the office knows what department’s budget account to charge for the billable […]