UPDATED: The final votes had not even been counted, but the hundreds of people gathered at the Palmetto Bay Village Center for the victory party for Daniella Levine Cava — a political neophyte who beat powerful Vice Chair Lynda Bell — danced anyway to a live band as elected celebrities started to pour in. And danced. […]
Judging from absentee ballots and early voting numbes, which have already been tallied, it was a good night for only three of the Miami-Dade Commission incumbents. Vice Chair Lynda Bell could be singing the blues. Bell, who was the only one facing a true challenge from neophyte social service activist Daniella Levine Cava, had an early lead […]
More dishonest tactics from an increasingly desperate Miami-Dade incumbent Commissioner Lynda Bell? Among the poll workers who showed up at some of the polling locations in District 8 Tuesday were paid burly men wearing black t-shirts that made them look like police officers supporting her. But they’re not. One of the men posted at St. […]
While people are just getting up to go vote today in one congressional and several county, judicial and state races, it looks like the winners have already been chosen. That’s because there were nearly 83,800 absentee ballots returned and another 29,200 cast at early voting. A total of 112,981 voters have already made their picks […]
In what has become an increasingly ugly and partisan race for a non-partisan post, Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell — the only incumbent truly facing a stiff challenge — stepped up the heat in recent days, unveiling a TV ad that has none other than Republican Congressoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen endorsing the former mayor of Homestead and […]
There will be at least three more forums or debates for candidates this week. Ladra is going to have to find a way to be in two places at one time Monday when Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell faces off with challenger Daniella Levine Cava a second time. The debate sponsored by the Rotary Club of […]
The long-anticipated showdown between Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell and challenger Daniella Levine Cava came and went Monday night as each worked hard to turn the heat up on the other at the Kendall Federation of Homeowners debate. Levine hit Bell on the recent service cuts in police and libraries and the battle to balance the […]
Call me cynical. But doesn’t it seem like Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell — who is fighting for her political life in the most heated commission race this year — has had a slew of publicity stunt events in recent days? There’s no doubt that Bell is active year round, taking part in community events, working at […]
Miami-Dade Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell, in the race for her political life, raked in nearly $84,000 in campaign contributions in June — the most she’s gotten in a single 30-day period since February, the biggest month in her re-election bid, when she collected $133,000. In total, Bell now has $533,780 from her own campaign […]
Ladra told you it would backfire. The ridiculous attack on Miami-Dade Commission candidate Daniella Levine Cava for her $50,000-a-year job running a multi-million non-profit social service agency has really gotten more nays and shakings of the heads than concern or applause. Ladra thinks it shows a certain desperation by Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell, who […]