Coral Gables voters, who turned out by 29% for last week’s mail-in-only election on eight city charter changes, will have another ballot to look at in November, with a mayor’s race and two commission seats already shaping up to be anything but sleepy. After years of April elections in odd-numbered years, voters approved moving municipal […]
In a move that surprised absolutely no one who’s been paying attention, the Miami City Commission voted unanimously last week to co-designate five blocks of Northwest 14th Terrace as “Angel Gonzalez Way,” honoring former Commissioner Angel Gonzalez — a man who once pleaded guilty to exploiting his public office. Because, of course they did. Back […]
Everyone at Miami City Hall loves to talk about “process.” Transparency. Best practices. Blah, blah, blah. And then Miami does Miami. Because if the chatter ricocheting through the corridors of City Hall is to be believed, the next chief of police has already been picked. Las malas lenguas say Doral Police Chief Edwin Lopez, former […]
A stupid Facebook post — or, rather, the unconstitutional response to it — just got a bit expensive for the Village of Palmetto Bay. Remember the uproar over Palmetto Bay Councilman Steve Cody and his controversial satire about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk? The outrage. The censure. The political grandstanding. Now comes the lawsuit. On […]
The biggest story in the scant few Miami-Dade judicial races this year isn’t who is running. It’s who isn’t running after all. Former state rep and school board member Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who has run for judge twice unsuccessfully, made good on his April Fool’s joke filing, and failed to follow through. Qualifying […]
Downtown residents may want to invest in earplugs now — the industrial kind — because the Ultra Music Festival just got something most Miami residents never get: long-term certainty. The Miami City Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a 20-year agreement keeping Ultra at Bayfront Park through 2046. That’s longer than some of the condo […]
Everyone should have more cafecito than usual Thursday morning. It’s going to be a doozy of a day. There is an important Miami commission meeting where newly-elected Mayor Eileen Higgins drops her $450-million bond item. Police and firefighters are expected to show up in shiny uniforms to support the measure to pay for equipment and […]
Former commissioner with corruption past could get street named for him Just when you think Miami City Hall has run out of ways to test the public’s tolerance for political amnesia, along comes a proposal that feels like satire — except it’s real, it’s on the agenda, and it needs four votes to pass. On […]
Well, Coral Gables voters have spoken, and six of the eight charter amendments so ardently backed by Mayor Vince Lago — including one that will move the elections up from next year to this November — just sailed through. Not a clean sweep, but a majority. Mission mostly accomplished. Voters only rejected eliminating runoffs and […]
Just as Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales inches closer to what many expect will be his next career move — a run for elected office — a formal complaint has landed in the inboxes of Miami’s top officials that could complicate those plans in a hurry. And not in a small way. The letter, sent […]