It looks like that famous Harvard education that Miami-Commissioner Juan Zapata is getting — which has brought him so much grief — hasn’t helped him understand the difference between a true mandate and a marketing plan. Zapata, who has been against the Pet’s Trust Initiative voted by almost 65% of the residents in 2012, used […]
There have been a few recent volleys in the battle for the public land that is now occupied by the Dade County Youth Fair and dearly coveted by Florida International University for it’s much-ballyhooed expansion plans. None of them really matter, since The Fair has no intention of moving and we are still where we […]
Coming this week to some mailboxes near you: A holiday greeting from Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado. But you can bet that it won’t be sent to just the voters in her school district as this becomes the first 2016 mayoral mailer in Regalado’s bid to unseat incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. Sure, there […]
Breaking, breaking: Everyone is abuzz with the news in the last hour or so that soccer star David Beckham and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez had apparently gotten back together and found a new home in Overtown for the future Major League Soccer Miami team’s stadium. Gimenez said that he signed a non-binding “letter of intent” […]
Miami-Dade county commissioners on Tuesday will hear another litany of sob stories from the mayor’s office about why the county can’t go out to bid again on red light cameras. And Commissioner Sally Heyman is tired of the excuses. “I’m not happy about it,” Heyman said of a status report that basically doesn’t move the […]
The much ballyhooed ghost legislation that Mayor Carlos Gimenez had his staff write to legalize Uber and Lyft is not going anywhere. Not anytime soon, anyway. But it’s not because Commission Chairman Jean Monestime has been stalling, like Gimenez and his people have been saying on TV and radio shows for the past couple of […]
Christmas could come early for the operators of so-called “ride sharing” services like Uber and Lyft — if Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez gets his way. As part of a plan to institute some regulations that will make them legal, Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez wants to forgive $1.4 million in fines that the companies have amassed since […]
As if we needed another reason for a complete overhaul of the county’s communications department, another top administrator in what amounts to our government’s in-house PR department was forced to resign recently after she was found to be using department resources for her personal business on county time, according to sources at County Hall. Carol […]
As expected, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez raised a boatload of money in October, his first month of fundraising — almost $800,000 since he officially opened his re-election account last month. But the curious thing isn’t that huge $781,771 figure collected. After all, Gimenez is a strong mayor incumbent with deep ties to special interests and […]
The bromance of a century is over. Here is a “Dear John” letter from soccer star David Beckham to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, intercepted by Ladra before it made it to the 29th floor at County Hall. And I just had to share. Dearest Carlos: When we first met almost two years ago, you filled […]