After a long and conspicuous absence throughout the battle between city commissioners and Police Chief Art Acevedo, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez finally spoke Tuesday about his hand-picked top cop — and he supported the city manager’s decision to fire him. “While it is clear that Chief Acevedo has the qualifications and the experience to be an […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who boasted about bringing the city the “Michael Jordan” of police chiefs when he recruited Art Acevedo for the job, has been conspicuously missing in action as the commission attacks his prized pick. Brilla por su ausencia. Acevedo’s clash with the commission is a problem Baby X created. Not only because […]
Two days. There are two days left to qualify for the Miami city elections on Nov. 2. Time is running out — qualification deadline is Saturday — for any really viable candidates to step up and run against Mayor Francis Suarez or Commissioner Joe Carollo, neither of whom deserve a free ride or even another […]
Looks like Miami Mayor Francis Suarez won’t have any real challenge in this year’s election. So, fueled by his hashtag-friendly banter and bend on technology and the national media spotlight, he can daydream about higher office. Everybody’s been buzzing about it for months, speculating mostly that Suarez was setting himself up as a potential VP. […]
Cuba is always good political fodder in Miami. It’s downright gold at campaign time. And the SOS Cuba movement could not have come at a better moment for some 305 and Florida politicians who are squeezing it for all it’s voter value. The city of Miami is the latest to join a mess of other […]
What if there was a virtual campaign forum for an important city election and none of the frontrunners were there? Would that be a good thing or a bad thing? Could one of the also-rans take the opportunity to become a star? We may just be about to find out. The Urban Core Community Coalition […]
Mayra Joli, who came in fifth two months ago in the Coral Gables City Commission election, wants to throw her hat in the ring again. Only it’s a different ring. Joli has presented paperwork to run for city of Miami mayor. It will be interesting to see how she proves that she’s been a city […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla flew to Las Vegas this week to visit Elon Musk and tour the Boring Company which has proposed building a $30 million tunnel under the Miami River connecting Brickell to the downtown. Talk about gambling with money and lives. First, nobody believes that Musk […]
And it floats a new half-penny tax to save Biscayne Bay The rumor has been out there for months, but on Saturday, some Miami residents got a mobile poll that pits Mayor Francis Suarez against the former Mayor Tomas Regalado in this year’s election. It also asks if Miami voters would support a new half-penny […]
Going against the incumbent, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has apparently endorsed former Miami-Dade School Board Member Renier Diaz de la Portilla in the Miami-Dade Commission District 5 race. Oh, and it has nothing to do with the fact that it’s the boss’s baby brother. Naaaahhh. Suarez, who is now officially the new whipping boy for […]