One after the other, Miami-Dade Commissioners who voted in favor of a new agreement with the Miami Heat owners for the operation and maintenance of the AmericanAirlines Arena downtown said it was better than the last deal they heard about. It’s become like that other mantra: “It’s better than the Marlins deal.” Nevermind that the […]
Some call it payback for the 5% loss and the veto override that arguably strained some of his already-limited ability to negotiate with the county employee unions, but Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is proposing new contracts that ask for a 10% cut in base pay and hints at a new battle with our county labor […]
Let the political Hunger Games begin. When the prize is a $1.6 billion sewer contract at Miami-Dade, the lobbyists and representatives of the companies vying for that chunk of ka-ching are like “tributes” fighting to the death. They are not just going to lay down and die if they don’t get it on the first […]
Some 305 political observers may have expected Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to recommend CH2M Hill for the fat, juicy $1.6 billion water and sewer contract, because their lobbyists include his buddies — former State Rep. turned lobbyist Marcelo Llorente and Vicky Garcia-Toledo, wife of chaffeur turned big wig pretender Ralph Garcia Toledo. But what people […]
In an interview with Jim DeFede that airs Sunday on Channel 4, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez calls the Port of Miami simply “a viable site” for a soccer stadium to accommodate the expansion Major League Soccer team that retired British player David Beckham wants to bring to Miami. Not the “best site.” Not even “a […]
All this hand-wringing about the possibility of a Major League Soccer stadium at the Port of Miami may be for nothing. It appears there is not enough support on the Miami-Dade Commission for the giveaway of 20 acres of land at the port to make way for the development of a 25,000-seat stadium. Miami-Dade Mayor […]
Opposition to the proposed Major League Soccer stadium at the Port of Miami continues to mount despite the lack of details on the plan. On Friday, the Miami Seaport Alliance — an organization created to fight the proposal — launched a video, radio, and digital advertising campaign across Miami-Dade County to, basically, scare folks about […]
There were only 75 people or so at the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations meeting Thursday when Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez stopped by for a conversation. But, boy, did he get an earful. After a short, quickly forgettable back-patting speech, the mayor took questions. And one by one, residents lined up to ask questions that […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is scheduled to speak at the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Association meeting in about an hour and Ladra expects it to be quite lively. The “Meet the Mayor” event had been scheduled before news of his $121 million proposed giveaway was leaked to the press Wednesday. He wouldn’t go otherwise. He […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Not So Golden Boy” Gimenez has been described as disconnected and disingenuous. But this past week, he’s come off as downright delusional. And obsessed with stadiums. Let’s start with his April 18 interview on the Joe Rose sports radio show on 560 AM, where he basically said there was no real opposition […]