The Republican Party is having a fundraising reception and dinner for Donald Trump somewhere in Miami tonight — but you can only know where if you pay $25,000 a plate. Or you look for the protesters outside. (Pssst! It’s at the Trump National Doral, of course!) “And I don’t have any way of getting you […]
Controversial development item to be heard at 1 p.m. today The Coral Gables Commission will give final consideration today to zoning and land use variances needed for the $160-million Gables Station mixed-use development to rise on the 200 block of South Dixie Highway, just across from the swanky Village of Merrick Park. Developers want to build […]
In yet another sign of the growing desperation Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and those around him have to keep that county gravy train going, the incumbent had a private event last week for only invited insiders to announce a group of insignificant endorsements from the low-hanging fruit. It’s notable not because it was hastily planned and […]
Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez, Coral Gables Commissioner Vince Lago, North Miami Beach Councilman Anthony DeFillipo and Coral Springs Commissioner Dan Daley will headline a fundraiser Wednesday for Miami Lakes Councilman Manny Cid, who is running for mayor. The event is titled “Young Professionals for Manny Cid,” and it includes the president of the Miami Young Republicans Jessica […]
The exit of State Rep. Daphne Campbell into a Senate run has created an open seat and the largest clusterbunch of Democrats in any primary in the whole state of Florida. There are seven candidates running to replace Campbell in House District 108. Count ’em. Seven! Sure, there are other races where there might be […]
Perennial candidate Ross Hancock is running against another Democrat for the opportunity to face State Rep. Michael Bileca in November. But it might also look like he’s running against Donald Trump. Hancock has a mailer going out this week to Hispanic Democrats that plays on their alleged distaste for the brash millionaire GOP presidential nominee. […]
The primary presidential run is over. The Republican National Convention is yesterday’s news. On Monday, Sen. Marco Rubio will officially kick-off his Miami-Dade re-election grassroots campaign with a community rally in his hometown. One week before absentee ballots are mailed to 218,000 voters in Miami-Dade, Rubio’s home and stronghold, this event in West Miami is […]
A group of diehard Donald Trump supporters from the Miami-Dade Trump campaign are having a watch party Thursday night in Miami because its the next best thing to being there on the final night of the the Republican National Convention. “We can’t be in Cleveland so we’re going to get together here,” said former Palmetto […]
You could cut the tension in the room with a knife Tuesday night, when the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations had their first candidate’s forum and former friends Joe Garcia and Annette Taddeo faced off for what could be the first time in this election cycle — or ever. They are so used to working […]
Former Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Góngora keeps racking up those endorsements in his bid to become the next Florida Senator in District 38. But so is some young gun attorney named Jason Pizzo who nobody ever heard of before. It’s natural that Góngora would get his ex colleagues on the dais to join his team: Former Miami Beach Commissioners Ed […]