Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo will have to present the city manager with a game plan for not only combatting crime but for interacting with the media and for moving forward with commissioners that he has accused of misconduct and is locked in battle with. City Manager Art Noriega also wants Acevedo — who is […]
Talk about making a splash. Fresh from Houston, in his first 100 days as Miami’s new Police Chief, Art Acevedo has moved to fire Assistant Chief Ronald Papier — who was acting chief just a few weeks ago — and his wife, Maj. Nerly Papier, after he helped cover up an accident that she had […]
Officer says he pushed her and caused a hip injury Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla used his position and power to shoo a code compliance inspector away from an illegal nightclub in Allapattah that was cited for several code violations. Suzann Nicholson, a night supervisor for the city, has accused the commissioner of […]
Add Zoning Director Joe Ruiz and Human Services Director Milton Vickers to the high-ranking employees who have left the City of Miami’s employ in the last year, or, basically, since the city commission pressured former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez to resign. Vickers’ exit seems to be a direct result of the abusive treatment from commissioners […]
For days, we’ve heard Miami officials talk about a drive-through COVID19 testing center at Marlins Park. On Monday, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez thanked the University of Miami and Derek Jeter of the Miami Marlins and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez for joining up to provide the tests to a growing number of alarmed people. But the seniors come […]
Three lobbyists appointed last month to the Miami 21 Ad Hoc Task Force, which is to make recommendations to change the city’s 10-year-old zoning master plan, have raised eyebrows because they represent dozens of development clients before the city — and some of the biggest and most controversial projects or proposals. Vicky Leiva of Bilzin Sumberg — ex […]
Developing story: Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, a former State Rep and Senator, is using his muscle with his pals in Tallahassee to get Gov. Ron DeSantis to approve “virtual meetings” so the city commission can discuss emergency measures to deal with the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. “Just [for] closings, shelter in place and […]
Moments after his appointment was announced by Mayor Francis Suarez, new Miami City Manager Art Noriega immediately did what he was hired to do — he brought a broken city commission together with a unanimous confirmation vote. That is, after all, why Noriega was picked in the first place: Because of his relationship with commissioners […]
It’s the worst kept secret in local politics: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is expected to name Miami Parking Authority Chief Executive Officer Arthur “Art” Noriega as the new city manager Monday — as Ladra first predicted more than a month ago — but probably for an interim period as they launch a national search for a […]