Six mayors in Florida Senate District 37 have endorsed incumbent Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez — and two of them are Republicans. In this hyper partisan atmosphere, and against the GOP’s handpicked challenger, Latinas for Trump founder Ileana Garcia, that’s like a coup. “Senator Rodriguez has always prioritized our constituents here in Miami during his time […]
State Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez — who is in a race against a well-spoken, attractive, handpicked Republican challenger (and, no, it’s not a rematch with former Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla) — launched his first TV ad Thursday as part of an eventual six-figure ad buy. He’s about a week late. Latinas for Trump […]
So, Donna Shalala wants to be a congresswoman all of a sudden. Why? Because she’s “angry” at Donald Trump? Aren’t we all? Most of us are not just angry but enraged at the current administration’s fear mongering, lies and conflicts of interest — just for starters. But if being angry makes you qualified for public […]
Ladra dares Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez to put his committee vote into action and resign his seat now The open congressional seat thanks to the announced retirement of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has attracted almost a dozen hopefuls who want to represent us in Washington, D.C.: A whopping 11 candidates have either declared their intentions […]
As many may have expected, newly-minted State Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez announced Tuesday that he would run for the congressional seat in District 27 being vacated next year by a retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and immediately he became the front runner for the Democrat primary — at least on paper. But on the streets, Miami […]
The Florida Public Service Commission should change its name. Because it is of absolutely no service to the public. This week, the PSC approved an $811-million robbery, er, we mean rate increase for poor, old Florida Power & Light over the next three years. The utility giant was looking at a measly $1.6 billion in […]
Both the Florida Democratic Party and the Republican Party of Florida will claim victories in Tuesday’s election after several state seats switched colors. In the 305, we had four seats flip — two in the House and two in the Senate. Both House seats were open (one due to term limits and one due to […]
Most of us have been preoccupied — perhaps obsessed is a better word — with the presidential or the Miami-Dade mayoral election. But there were a lot of other races that culminated with Tuesday’s vote. Here are some highlights: Sen. Marco Rubio beat Congressman Patrick Murphy back to gain another six years in office. He […]
It may be a contentious election year with many close races as the Democratic Party tries to snatch up some red seats and Republicans try to hold on and/or turn a few of their own. But that doesn’t mean they can’t still get along, right? A bi-partisan group of electeds in three contested races got […]
Despite having Democratic opponents in a Hillary presidential year, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Florida are endorsing two Republican incumbents in this year’s election: Sens. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla and Anitere Flores. They’ve also endorsed Sen. Rene Garcia, but that’s different. Garcia has no opponent. Miguel DLP and Flores, however, are […]