MCM files Chapter 11, but Carlos Gimenez pals have other firms

MCM files Chapter 11, but Carlos Gimenez pals have other firms

The collapse of the FIU pedestrian bridge and the lawsuits that followed seem to have pushed one-time Miami-Dade County darlings Munilla Construction Management to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But that doesn’t mean that Pedro Munilla, an insider and longtime member of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s friends and family plan, can’t do any more municipal business. […]

Carlos Gimenez plans bogus ‘leadership’ lessons for cronies

Carlos Gimenez plans bogus ‘leadership’ lessons for cronies

And the $350,000 would go to an FIU program run by a former president — who gave $20,000 to his campaigns Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez must have opened another drawer the other day. Because he found some more money for something he wants that means absolutely nothing to the constituents and people who he allegedly serves. Gimenez […]

Juan Zapata enters FIU/Fair fight to slap down the mayor

Juan Zapata enters FIU/Fair fight to slap down the mayor

It looks like that famous Harvard education that Miami-Commissioner Juan Zapata is getting — which has brought him so much grief — hasn’t helped him understand the difference between a true mandate and a marketing plan. Zapata, who has been against the Pet’s Trust Initiative voted by almost 65% of the residents in 2012, used […]

FIU’s bully battle vs Youth Fair keeps costing us plenty

FIU’s bully battle vs Youth Fair keeps costing us plenty

There have been a few recent volleys in the battle for the public land that is now occupied by the Dade County Youth Fair and dearly coveted by Florida International University for it’s much-ballyhooed expansion plans. None of them really matter, since The Fair has no intention of moving and we are still where we […]