Not everybody is going to be as excited as Ladra is about this, but there are more elections where that last one just came from. A bunch more. And they start right away. In fact, candidates for the Golden Beach general election in February have to qualify between Dec. 28 and Jan. 4 for a […]
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales sprung a surprise resignation on the mayor and commissioners Wednesday in phone calls and a letter that said it was time for him to move on and pursue other interests. He also said he missed his political voice during a time when so many critical issues are dividing us […]
If you could get past the Beetlejuice outfit worn by Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert, the unified message that five mayors sent at a press conference about the Miami-Dade COVID-19 response Thursday morning was increasingly critical of county Mayor Carlos Gimenez. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez — who has been at odds with Gimenez over COVID […]
There doesn’t have to be a looming election for another mystery mailer to turn up in mailboxes in Miami Beach. This one, that landed last week, targets Mayor Dan Gelber and calls him a dictator for closing beaches and businesses for too long in response to the COVID19 pandemic. There’s even an image of Gelber […]
The qualifying deadline for the Miami Beach elections this November came and went Friday and nobody challenged Mayor Dan Gelber after his first term. That means Gelber automatically wins re-election without a single vote cast. “I am grateful to all those that have been supportive of my candidacy and honored to have the confidence of […]
The videos circulating on social media are shocking: Groups of men pummel people to the ground; women brawl on the street, ripping the weaves from each other’s heads; a man punches a woman in the face and knocks her out; people drink openly in vehicles and, despite closing Ocean Drive — or maybe because of […]
One incumbent already decided not to run for re-election. An activist and would-be challenger withdrew from another race within days. A former commissioner who resigned to run for Congress wants her seat back and a former State Rep wants to run for another. Oh, and then there’s the candidate who can’t keep it in his pants. […]
UPDATED: Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales got a three to four year extension on his contract at a secret meeting Tuesday in his own conference room. Commissioners also voted 6-1 to have the finance chair Commissioner Ricky Arriola negotiate a raise to bring back to them. The only dissenting vote was Commissioner Michael Góngora, who […]
It looks like the fix was in after all. Political observers in Miami Beach have been saying for weeks that Joy Malakoff had the inside track to be appointed interim commissioner, replacing former Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, who was forced to resign mid-term to run for Congress. On Wednesday, Malakoff got it. At first, it […]
The Miami Beach commission will appoint someone later this month to fill the seat of Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, who was forced to resign when she ran for Congress by a Republican law aimed squarely at the Democrats in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. City commissioners should reject the GOP measure’s calculated retroactive effect […]