Miami’s supposedly nonpartisan mayoral race has blossomed into a full-blown red-versus-blue circus. Just like Political Cortadito warned months ago. This week, any last veneer of “nonpartisan municipal election” finally dissolved like azúcar in a cortadito. Now we’ve got U.S. Senators, congressional hopefuls, national party operatives — even Mayor Pete Buttigieg chiming in from afar, and […]
It’s been a while since we had a good recall, right? Temporarily stalled by a “technicality,” an alleged attempt to boot Mayor Daniella Levine Cava from office was revived this week faster than you can say caravana anticomunista. The increasingly noisy effort is led by none other than Alex Otaola, the YouTube firestarter who sees […]
Three days of early voting for the election runoffs in Miami, Miami Beach and Hialeah start Friday and end Sunday. Election Day is Tuesday. After that, we will have a new mayor and new commissioner in Miami and new representatives in the other two cities. But the races in Miami, where almost 13,700 voters have […]
SB 700 takes aim at Alligator Alcatraz shenanigans Florida lawmakers may finally be waking up and smelling the cortadito. After years of the governor stretching “states of emergency” like chicle viejo to move money around with zero oversight, Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith has filed SB 700— a bill that basically says “oye, enough of the […]
City Hall politicos must be starting to sweat The citizen-driven overhaul of Miami’s busted political structure — the one the commissioners hoped nobody would pay attention to — is picking up steam. Stronger Miami, the political action committee formed earlier this year to put three major charter reforms on the 2026 ballot, announced this week […]
…Because Miami-Dade needs another committee Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced last month that she’s forming yet another advisory committee — this one to help the county celebrate America’s 250th birthday in 2026. Because if there’s anything this county loves more than ribbon cuttings and slogans, it’s a shiny new task force stacked with political […]
This time there’s an audience, pero igual Ladra would like to congratulate the Miami Dade College Board of Trustees for finally holding a real public meeting on the Donald Trump Library land giveaway — or, as it will go down in history, The Hialeah Shuffle. Because make no mistake: Tuesday morning’s “do-over” vote — in […]
Just when we thought the list of people running for a seat that doesn’t even have an election date yet was long enough, aquí vienen former Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro and onetime congressional candidate Gloria Romero Roses — business leader, community builder, assisted living maven — are now the newest contestants in the Florida House […]
Miami Beach Commission runoff candidate Monique Pardo Pope — yes, the same Monique whose family history Ladra still can’t believe is real — is now the subject of an official Florida Bar inquiry after documentarian and professional Miami trouble-stirrer Billy Corben accused her of lying about his legal record. And, folks, the Bar doesn’t just open […]
Resilience trust fund’ scheme still needs final vote If you blinked at the last Miami City Commission meeting, you might have missed the moment the city basically admitted it has lost control of its own skyline. But don’t worry — it’s on video. Commissioners advanced yet another density-doubling bonanza, this time wrapped in a shiny […]