Officials violated free speech in public comments, could be ousted Just in time for Thanksgiving — something to be really thankful for: Hope in the city of Miami that certain officials who have been running a criminal enterprise could be removed from office. Finally. No, it’s not another recall attempt. The city is being sued […]
The top name on that “clean house” list that people are passing around — hoping that new Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has one, too — is Alice Bravo, the director of the Miami-Dade public works and transit departments. “We do want to see some change,” says Jeffrey Mitchell, president of the Transit Workers Union Local […]
Former Sen. Oscar Braynon, who represented Miami-Dade and Broward in both the Florida House and the Senate for the last 12 years, has joined The Southern Group lobbying firm. State law says he can’t lobby his old colleagues in Tallahassee. But he can lobby members of the executive branch, said Nelson Diaz, managing partner at […]
Despite issues with labor, blacks, he gets a key No. 2 post When Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales said early last month that he was leaving the city for greener pastures, he claimed he didn’t have another job option. But Ladra and many others didn’t believe him. Nobody leaves a $306,000-a-year job with nothing […]
But we can’t afford a special election in District 8? She said yes. Miami-Dade’s longtime budget director, Jennifer Moon — who had been elevated to the position of deputy mayor under Carlos Gimenez — has left the new mayor’s team to join the Board of Commissioners as senior advisor. Acting Chair sprung the surprise proposition […]
DLC names two key cronies: Ed Marquez, JD Patterson Miami-Dade Deputy Mayor Ed Marquez is safe. For now. Marquez was on a list of county officials that many political observers thought would be out with the election of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who was expected to clean house. We can cross him off. He has […]
In their first meeting with the five newlyelected members, the Miami-Dade Commission moved Thursday to poach former Vice Mayor and Budget Director Jennifer Glaser Moon from the newly-elected mayor’s office. Nobody heard Mayor Daniella Levine Cava complain. Moon is the woman, after all, who said “Under this mask, I’m saying fuck you,” on a hot […]
Several people who live, work and play in Miami were denied their First Amendment rights Thursday when the city attorney arbitrarily decided there was no need to hear almost nine hours of public comments on a measure to tighten noise restrictions on businesses next to homes. The city effectively silenced any dissent over a piece […]
The Miami city commission appointed a temporary District 5 commissioner to finish out the term vacated by Keon Hardemon, who was termed out and is now the county commissioner in Miami-Dade District 3. It wasn’t who everyone expected. But some suspect a fix anyway. And it looks like Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla doesn’t […]
Madeline Pumariega, executive vice president and provost at Tallahassee Community College, was raised in Hialeah. She went to Miami Dade College and later became president of the Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. And now she’s coming home to MDC as its new president — the first female president of the largest and most diverse community […]