If former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla runs for city of Miami mayor, he could make it into a runoff with Commissioner Francis Suarez. And if he jumps into the commission race instead, the Dean will hit the ground as the front runner. These are the findings of a tiny, very unscientific poll done […]
There is a problem when year after year after year, the same stories of horrid conditions come out of public housing complex for senior citizens that is set upon by elected officials every campaign season. But that is exactly what is happening with the residents of the Robert King High and Haley Sofge buildings on […]
Miami-Dade Legislative Delegation Director Alex Dominguez is leaving the post he’s had for almost six years and going to AT&T as the new Regional Director of External Affairs for City of Miami, South Miami-Dade County and Monroe County. “In his position, Mr. Dominguez will handle legislative and community affairs initiatives. He will also assist with […]
There were no fisticuffs, but it was lively and lines were definitely drawn in the debate last week between the five candidates for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser — a juicy $196,000-a-year job overseeing the assessment of property values, which is the main source of revenue (read: cash cow) for the county budget as well as all […]
State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez just threw his hat into the ring for the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s race — el otro dia, como quien diga — and already he’s whooshed past the two front running candidates that were, up to now, pretty neck and neck as far as monies collected. That’s because Gonzalez is bringing his […]
State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez (R-Hialeah) is formally in the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s race. Gonzalez, who is termed out at the end of this year, filed Tuesday, making true Ladra’s prediction from last month. Wednesday, he withdrew from the Hialeah Council race that he had originally intended to run in. The representative did not return repeated […]
State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez (R-Hialeah), who is termed out this year and was shopping for a new seat to fill, is said to be switching gears — yet again — and jumping into the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s race. Any day now. And he will instantly become the guy to beat in what essentially becomes a […]
Some have wondered if the effort to recall Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro is real. But one of the organizers says that the only reason we haven’t seen petitions yet is that the targetted elected has to be in office for a year first, by state law. Barreiro was sworn in last January and the effort is […]
Now that Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez has bowed out of the mayoral race and nobody came out of the shadows to replace him, we only have two races worth watching. And one of those is the fight by Commissioner Frank Carollo to keep his seat against challenger Alex Dominguez. Carollo may have a little questionable […]