A lot of people think endorsements don’t matter anymore in South Florida politics. And many times they don’t. That’s because plenty of political organizations slap logos on mailers and call it activism. Not SAVE. South Florida’s longest-serving, grassroots LGBTQ+ rights organization has spent more than three decades turning advocacy into actual electoral muscle — on […]
Saturday night on Lincoln Road, I attended the South Beach Film Festival alongside my dear friend Cuba Gooding Jr., the Academy Award-winning actor whose career began on stage before going on to appear in more than 100 films. While much of the area felt unusually quiet, there was still something meaningful happening: local filmmakers, artists, […]
There was a subtle but unmistakable shift in the atmosphere at Miami City Hall on Thursday — one of those insider-government moments that probably meant absolutely nothing to the average resident trying to stop the tree murders (more on that later) but meant everything to the people who live and breathe the building’s political choreography. […]
The ‘Stronger Miami’ movement wants more, faster reform Just one year after Miami commissioners got publicly body-slammed by two courts for trying to award themselves bonus time in office, without going to the voters first, the city is finally putting the long-debated election-year switch on the ballot. In August. On Thursday, the Miami City Commission […]
Lawyer: MDC land giveaway is a Constitutional violation Donald Trump’s proposed presidential library in downtown Miami is now facing its second lawsuit — and this time the plaintiffs are making one thing crystal clear: The library itself is not the problem. It’s the hotel. A group of Miami residents, a student, nearby neighbors and a […]
David Suarez is accused of funding ads targeting residents If anybody has any lingering doubts that Miami Beach has fully committed itself to becoming America’s most aggressively pro-Israel municipal government — to the point that it could violate the rights of its own residents — they can put those to bed now. Because it looks […]
But questions remain about who financed the effort The much-hyped recall effort against Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava led by former mayoral candidate and conservative YouTuber Alex Otaola has officially crashed and burned. The revolution will not be notarized. Otaola announced Wednesday, from his expansive ranch near Homestead, that his “Recall Cava” campaign did not […]
For years, Miami-Dade politicians have stood behind serious podiums promising to finally stop using the county jail as South Florida’s largest mental health institution. They held press conferences. They commissioned studies. They praised Judge Steve Leifman’s nationally celebrated diversion initiatives. They talked compassion. Reform. Innovation. “Transformational investment.” Then they built the Miami Center for Mental […]
Just days before Miami commissioners are set to decide whether to place Mayor Eileen Higgins’ proposed $450 million “Safe & Ready” public safety bond on the August ballot, a brand-new poll has magically appeared showing that voters apparently love it. What incredible timing. According to the survey commissioned by Higgins’ political committee, nearly 68% of […]
Former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — once a state Senate leader and the middle brother of a dynasty — may soon lose one of the last surviving pieces of his once-formidable political operation: his longtime political action committee. According to a March notice from the Florida Division of Elections, the state has […]