Ladra dares Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez to put his committee vote into action and resign his seat now The open congressional seat thanks to the announced retirement of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has attracted almost a dozen hopefuls who want to represent us in Washington, D.C.: A whopping 11 candidates have either declared their intentions […]
Everybody is wondering if the news Thursday that Sen. Gwen Margolis was withdrawing her re-election bid and retiring will cause Andrew Korge to switch seats again to the first one he looked at way back before he was a congressional candidate even. Or if it is causing State Rep. David Richardson (D-Miami Beach) to take […]
State Rep. David Richardson is delaying his bid for the Florida Senate seat in the best indication so far that rumors of Sen. Gwen Margolis‘ retirement are greatly exaggerated. Richardson (D-Miami Beach) may have bee under the impression in January that Margolis was not going to run for re-election when he opened an account for the […]
State Rep. David Richardson (D-Miami Beach) wants to know what the Sunshine State spent fighting equal marriage rights for the past several years. Richardson wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday and asked for “a full accounting” of the amount of taxpayer money and resources her office spent on numerous appeal to prohibit gay marriage — until […]
Andrew “Kid” Korge will kick off his campaign for State Sen. Gwen Margolis‘ seat with a party next week hosted by everybody and their mother. Or father, actually. No fewer than 88 people are hosting the event, and the list is definitely a throwback to the days of former Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas. A one-time […]
Way more than a little early in the game, State Rep. David Richardson has announced a “key endorsement” this week in his bid to become a state senator: Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava. Say what? Levine Cava is the newest county commissioner and, as such, probably wields the least power on the dais. She is […]
The conversation is said to have started over a year ago, after Rep. David Richardson (D-Miami Beach) won his first election and became Florida’s first openly-gay state legislator. Several sources close to both he and Senator Gwen Margolis (D-North Miami Beach) — who has been in public office for four decades and is rumored on […]
Next week will be all about the free turkeys given away by the costly turkeys, but today Political Cortadito’s Political Pics of the Week are kind of scattered about. We have county commissioners in their districts doing their thing and Congress members being honored or interviewed on the immigration thing. We have Coral Gables Commissioner […]
Not so fast, State Representative! David Richardson (D-Miami Beach) may have to put the brakes on his victory party. Challenger Laura Rivero Levey, who was dropped from the ballot by the Elections Department after her qualifying check bounced, is demanding that she be put back on. In a letter to the Florida Secretary of State […]
State Rep. David Richardson (D-Miami Beach) has nothing to worry about. The Republican candidate that had filed to run against him a week before the deadline June 20, apparently did not have enough funds in her campaign account to cover the $1,781.82 qualifying fee, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Que pena! “CELEBRATION TIME,” […]