Republican primary battle shapes up for District 27 It looks like Raquel Regalado has decided what she wants to do next: Congress. After briefly entertaining a state Senate run to replace Frank Artiles — because, really, who hasn’t? — the former Miami-Dade School Board member and recent county mayoral candidate has set her sights on […]
This week’s speaker at Miami Beach’s first Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club of the new year is Miami-Dade County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro, whose district includes the seaside city. Barreiro has been the commissioner for District 5 since 1998, when he won a special election after then Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruce Kaplan was arrested for mortgage fraud and […]
Miami-Dade County Commissioners have raised close to $1 million between them so far for next November’selection, according to the latest campaign reports filed this week. The fat cat among los gatos locos at the 111 building is Audrey Edmonson, who has raised $320,000 since starting in March. It includes $16,500 raised in October, even though […]
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 County commissioners will consider another sweetheart deal Tuesday to lease nearly four acres with a 38,000-square-foot building and a surface parking lot included — for $1 a year. This time, the land grab is not for a millionaire sports team owner. It is the City of Miami Police Department, which wants to use the property at 1701 NW 30th Ave. […]
Add another potential name to the already crowded Republican primary ballot in Congressional District 26. A push poll over the weekend put Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro in the mix and, while some people might think that is laughable, Barreiro has set his eyes on Congress before. “Would you vote for Bruno Barreiro if you knew […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro was facing a sorta soft recall movement — but that was before Thursday, when a Daily Business Review story sort of put a flame under that kindling. According to the DBR, Barreiro’s district office in Little Havana — suite 130 at 1454 SW 1st Street — is in a building owned by his parents, […]
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 […]
Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo may have given the elderly residents a domino table to play on during these last city elections, but a lot of us know that these people have a lot more serious issues that need to be addressed. The lack of air conditioners has been an issue for years, but there are […]
Several other electeds came from near and far to pay their respects and roll out the red carpet as the newly-elected mayor and commissioner were sworn in Monday at Miami Beach City Hall. They included Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez, his son, Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez (who let me kneel down next to him so I […]