The fix was always in for Vicki Lopez Well, District 5 will not get to vote, after all, to replace its outgoing Miami-Dade commissioner. Instead, Miami-Dade commissioners did what they’ve now done twice in five years: they chose for the people. Because nothing says “democracy” like elected officials refusing to let residents elect anyone. In […]
Even Joe Sanchez now says “Let the people vote” Well, well, well… look who suddenly found religion in democracy. On the eve of Tuesday’s big Miami-Dade Commission showdown over how to fill the District 5 seat vacated by Commissioner Eileen Higgins, who is in the runoff for Miami mayor, the winds have shifted so hard […]
Ladra predicts State Rep. Vicki Lopez gets appointed Ah, Miami-Dade County… where the candidates start lining up before the seat is even officially vacant. With Commissioner Eileen Higgins heading into the mayoral runoff and leaving her District 5 seat, the race to see who replaces her has gone from sideline chatter to full-blown arena. And […]
The day after Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins got into the runoff for Miami mayor Tuesday, the race to fill her county District 5 seat really began in earnest. First, Antonio “Tony” Diaz, who withdrew from the special election in Miami’s District 4 last June, filed his intention to run for the seat, which isn’t officially […]
With the Miami mayoral elections just weeks away, thoughts are turning to who would replace Miami-Dade Eileen Higgins, who resigned her District 5 seat to run in the city. The resignation takes effect after the Nov. 4 election, whether she wins or not. And everybody is betting that the commission is going to appoint someone. […]
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 […]
On a short but heated exchange on Miami AM radio Wednesday morning, Trooper Joe Sanchez, a candidate for Miami-Dade sheriff, defended his record and rejected a one-on-one debate with attorney Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez, a former Miami-Dade Police major and another candidate in the crowded GOP primary. Sanchez, a former City of Miami commissioner who has […]
When attorney Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez decided to run for Miami-Dade County Sheriff in this historic election, he ran it by his wife, Ashley Airaghi. After all, the couple, together for eight years, had been trying to start a family. A campaign could stall that. But when they got news that Airaghi was pregnant with their […]
And Jose Aragu gets a $300K gift from Ken Griffin A new poll among more than 500 Republican voters shows that former Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman, and Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz, an assistant director at the Miami-Dade Police Department, are the No. 1 and No. 2 favorites for Miami-Dade sheriff in […]
Coming soon to a mailbox near you: Chaos at the Copa. It didn’t take very long for Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid, who is running for Miami-Dade mayor against La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava, to blast the incumbent for the lack of planning for security measures at the Hard Rock Stadium Sunday. “Miami-Dade & Daniella […]