There could be money laundering involved here The news that disgraced former Sen. Frank Artiles was arrested last week on charges of campaign finance fraud has Miami’s political underbelly scurrying for cover. Because he was not alone, dear readers. There’s no way. Artiles had bragged about being behind the sham candidate in the Senate district […]
This means Sen. Ileana Garcia won illegally Disgraced former Sen. Frank Artiles surrendered to authorities Thursday, walking into the Turner Guilford Knight jail facility near the airport and depriving us the joy of a perp walk. This comes a day after the State Attorney’s Office raided his Palmetto Bay home and left with computers and […]
State investigates his involvement in sham senate race Former State Sen. Frank Artiles had his Palmetto Bay home raided Wednesday morning in connection with the sham plantidate that helped Sen. Ileana Garcia win the District 37 race against Jose Javier Rodriguez by a scant 32 votes. Investigators with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s office took boxes […]
Frank Artiles? Really? The former and disgraced state senator, forced to resign after a public racist rant at a Tallahassee bar, is among the folks being considered Monday by the Miami-Dade commission to fill the vacancy in District 8 caused by the resignation of Daniella Levine Cava, who has become the mayor. Artiles likely won’t […]
One of the first decisions the new Miami-Dade Commission must make next week, with five new members on board, is whether the county should have a special election in District 8 to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava — who is now mayor elect — or appoint someone. Guess […]
The August 18 election is not just for mayor and county commissioners, although that’s what one might think from all the hype. There are also school board and judicial races. Of the four Miami-Dade School Board seats on the ballot, the District 9 race is sucking all the oxygen out of the room. Not only […]
State Rep. Jose Oliva, the Speaker of the House holding the firefighter cancer bill back all session, reversed his earlier decision and said Tuesday that he would bring HB857 — or something very similar to it — to the floor in the near future. The legislation, four years in the making, aims to address healthcare […]
It is a fact that firefighters get cancer and die of cancer at a higher rate than the rest of us — 14% higher. Study after study shows that job-related cancer is the number one killer of firefighters. It is a fact that no fewer than 45 states have addressed this issue by passing laws […]
Legislator admits she doesn’t sleep in District 114 State Rep. Daisy Baez announced Friday that she was dropping out of the Democratic primary to replace former Sen. Frank Artiles in District 40. But, maybe Baez should resign from the legislature altogether. That’s not only because she still lives outside the district — admitting to Ladra on […]
And we’re off. Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday set the date for a special election to replace disgraced former Sen. Frank Artiles, who resigned hastily last month after he was caught making racial and sexist remarks to black colleagues. The primary will be July 25 with the general election September 26. Now, if we […]