His Coconut Grove house is safe for now. A judge ruled on Friday that Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo can keep his Morris Lane casa off the auction block until it is determined that it is not a legally homesteaded property. U.S. Marshals posted a notice of levy on the multi-million house last month in an […]
Plaintiffs seek to remove Loco Pollo Carollo from office You can run, but you can’t hide from the courts. The lawsuit to remove Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo from office was filed in January, but the elected has been dodging the serving of papers every which way since. Coward. So he was served with the summons […]
Commissioners wife’s bank accounts could be next Federal agents swooped into Coconut Grove Friday and posted notices on the door of Joe Carollo‘s house, beginning the process of seizure, ordered by the court to pay a $63.5 million judgement against him for violating the first amendment rights of two Little Havana businessmen. Well, he hasn’t […]
Attorney says the city should also be liable because of its role in abuse They said it was not about the money, but the businessmen who sued Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo for violating their first amendment rights and the attorneys who won them a jury award of $63.5 million on Thursday are going to go […]
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A request to change venues was denied; the trial will be in Fort Lauderdale As the federal first amendment case against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo approaches, Carollo asked the U.S. Southern District Court to move the jury trial to Miami from Fort Lauderdale. A U.S. District Judge said no. ¡Pero por supuesto! Carollo does not […]
‘Illness’ at the commission meeting is just an excuse Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo stepped away from the dais at the city commission meeting Thursday because he wasn’t feeling well. Was it a tummy ache from being tan comemierda? No. It’s more a case of the depos. Carollo was scheduled for his deposition Friday in the […]
Attorney says it’s gerrymandering to protect his house from seizure The owner of Ball and Chain and several Little Havana properties — who with his real estate partner sued Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo for violating their free speech — has filed another lawsuit asking a judge to stop the commissioner from voting Friday or […]
Less than three weeks after they filed a federal lawsuit seeking $28 million in damages for being shut down by Miami code enforcement at the behest of City Commissioner Joe Carollo, Little Havana’s iconic Ball & Chain bar and lounge announced on Tuesday it would reopen soon. Anyone really think that’s a coincidence? After years […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s war on the new police chief is having all kinds of fallout effects, including two new lawsuits against the city that are a direct result of Monday’s oh-so-special meeting. And it could cost the city $28 million. Those are the damages sought in a lawsuit filed Thursday by the owners of […]