Haitians in the United States under Temporary Protected Status — including 90,000 to 100,000 right here in South Florida, the largest population of Haitians in the country — got an 11th hour reprieve late Monday when a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from canceling their TPS with just over 24 hours to spare. It’s […]
Protected wetlands are too important, she says Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava dropped a veto this week on the Kelly Tractor project — the same wetlands-eating, UDB-jumping development our esteemed county commissioners approved 9-2 just weeks ago, despite complaints from staff and advocates. Bold? Sure. Effective? Almost certainly not. Political? Now that’s the question. The […]
It’s a shady move for suspicious reasons There are few things Miami-Dade electeds love more than declaring their undying commitment to “transparency” — except, perhaps, quietly tinkering with the rules governing the people paid to investigate them. Case in point: County Commissioner Oliver Gilbert, who on Monday is bringing to the Policy Council a resolution […]
Miami didn’t need a State of the City address at the end of the month. Not technically. Not politically. Not theatrically. Outgoing Mayor Francis Suarez had already taken his victory lap — his last SOTC address — on January 15, neatly buttoned up, ribbon tied, legacy laminated. Under the city charter, this annual report must […]
A feel-good pep rally with not much substance Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava took the stage Wednesday night at Florida Memorial University with a clear message: unity, belonging, strength in diversity. It was the annual State of the County address, mandated by charter and staged this year before a standing-room-only crowd in Miami Gardens, the […]
He may face State Rep. Angie Nixon in a primary If at first you don’t succeed, try again — or run for Senate. Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council officer who helped launch Donald Trump’s first impeachment, announced Tuesday that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida against Ashley Moody, […]
And La Gringa gets a seat at the national table Just over a month after Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins was elected in a historic and competitive race, La Alcaldesa II is packing her blazer and her housing talking points for Washington D.C. The former Miami-Dade county commissioner — now Miami’s first female mayor — will […]
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago had another emotional meltdown on the Coral Gables dais this week. But this time, it wasn’t about Commissioner Melissa Castro. It wasn’t about Ariel Fernandez. And it wasn’t about the Coral Gables Gazette or — sadly for me — Political Cortadito. No, this week the target of Lago’s righteous fury […]
When the government kills with impunity, silence is complicity Seventeen days. Seventeen days after Minneapolis and the world watched U.S. citizen, poet and mother Renée Nicole Good be killed in cold blood by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, a second American, intensive care nurse and dog lover Alex Jeffrey Pretti, lay dead in […]
Mercy Hospital could have also been on the table Miami Commissioner Ralph Rosado walked into last week’s Miami City Commission meeting with a bold solution to the city’s crushing housing crisis: Unlock hundreds of acres of underused land owned by churches, schools, nonprofits, and government institutions — and allow affordable housing to be built by […]