A new political action committee for the Eileen Higgins campaign for Miami mayor raised $250,000 in its first quarter, showing heavy support from real estate developers, engineering firms, lobbyists — and a political committee that tried to elect James Reyes to Miami-Dade sheriff. Ethical Leadership for Miami filed its first paperwork on March 24, a […]
Miami doesn’t have Roberto Rodriguez-Tejera anymore on weekday morning radio to let us know what’s really happening at the county, the different municipalities, the state and the country. But, hey, we have Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo every day at 10 a.m. on America Radio Miami 1260 AM to feed us lies. As if he didn’t already […]
Former Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, who lost a tough Republican primary for Miami-Dade Sheriff last August, is “seriously considering” the commission race in District 5, now that Commissioner Eileen Higgins has announced her Miami mayoral run. It would pit him against former State Rep. and Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson. He is absolutely not running […]
Magnum Brickell, Quail Roost Station add 600+ units As the White House considers major cuts to federal housing programs, like Section 8, for next year’s budget, according to the New York Times, Miami-Dade is making strides in providing more affordable units through transit-oriented developments. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Commissioner Kionne McGhee will celebrate […]
Former State House Rep. and Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson, a Democrat who lost last year’s tax collector race, filed paperwork on Wednesday to run for Miami-Dade Commission in District 5, where Eileen Higgins sits now. Higgins announced earlier this month that she was going to run for Miami mayor. Richardson, who did not make […]
It’s been talked about for months, but Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins is widely expected to make an announcement any day now that she’s going to run for Miami mayor this November. And it’s crazy for a number of reasons. If this had been before former Miami Commissioner Ken Russell announced that he would run for […]
Miami can’t be trusted to run their own show. Just as the city of Miami grapples with the issue of giant LED billboards on public land in the downtown, Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins wants to take away the municipality’s ability to opt out of the county’s sign regulations. Higgins has sponsored an ordinance at Tuesday’s […]
Kase-who? Miami-Dade Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to give the naming rights to the former American Airlines Arena — which, admit it, is what everybody still calls it even after it became the FTX Arena — to a local cybersecurity software company that almost nobody ever heard of before. Let’s see if the Kaseya Center lasts […]
One member called the proposed amendments a ‘power grab’ The Citizens Independent Transportation Trust, which provides oversight of the half penny sales tax spending, unanimously rejected on Wednesday an attempt by Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins to sideline them. Higgins has proposed amending the process so that projects that would normally go to the CITT first […]
A controversial proposal floated only on social media to build a huge state-of-the-art stadium in the middle of Tropical Park is not supported by county officials or anybody at the University of Miami. The whole fancy notion is just attorney John H. Ruiz having a wet dream. Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto had a Sunshine zoom […]