Not many people were surprised by the Miami-Dade County Commission’s decision Wednesday to ignore the petition of 127,000 voters who clamor for campaign finance reform in our pay-to-play county government. And it’s not like they didn’t have good reason. Even the petition gatherers — a group calling itself An Accountable Miami-Dade — had already filed […]
Imagine this: A bi-partisan group of leaders and activists from different social and economic backgrounds get together and decide they are going to step up. They are going to do what they can to stop the growing influence of special interest money in political campaigns. They write a petition and thousands of volunteers spend three […]
It’s going to be a busy week for Republican checkbooks. We’ve got at least four fundraisers planned this week, two for Tuesday and two for Wednesday, for GOP candidates in state House and Senate races. First up is former Congressman David Rivera. We already told you he’s back, running now for the seat abandoned by […]
King Carlos II has already amassed a $1 million war chest to defend his kingdom. With 16 months to go until the election, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez has reported collecting $1 million with his political action committee, Miami-Dade Residents First. Sure, it’s a huge amount. But it’s no surprise. Not really. Gimenez is not […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez collected more than $500,000 over the course of 16 days in January, according to the first campaign report filed for his re-election bid in 2016, which is already headed to history as the most expensive mayoral election in county history. His little group of followers and apologists — which […]
This is the story about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — if Snow White was a Democrat princess who empowered her dwarfs and made them feel big… just until the prince came and his kiss awoke her and took her away to state politics, leaving the little guys to mine for votes all by […]
Now that they’ve been re-elected automatically, drawing no opposition — for the second term in a row — Miami-Dade Commission Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa and Commissioner Sally Heyman, who were also the only two incumbents to have no challenge in 2010, have almost half a million between them to distribute. And they have 90 days from […]
If you want to know who’s giving to the campaign coffers for Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez‘s million-dollar mayoral bid, all you have to do is look online: The city posts candidates’ financial campaign reports on its website. Ditto for the races in Homestead and Miami Beach. But if you want to see who is funding […]