Why does everyone have their panties up in a bunch over Miami-Dade Carlos Gimenez‘s trip to China with some of his favorite BFF lobbyists? I mean, the guy couldn’t go to France again this year for the umpteenth time. Been there, done that. And he’s only got two more years to go before he is […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz will launch his re-election campaign in Doral Thursday with the mayors of five cities in his district who are supporting his bid. Doral Mayor Juan Carlos “JC” Bermudez, Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez, Hialeah Gardens Mayor Yioset De La Cruz, Virginia Gardens Mayor Spencer Deno and Medley Mayor Roberto Martell will host […]
Sweetwater voters elected four new commissioners on Tuesday, booting two incumbents — the mother of the former mayor and the brother-in-law of a county commissioner — out of office in the process. That’s a new majority on the 7-member board — although none of them is entirely new to the city and one of them […]
Philip Levine heads to New Hampshire for Hillary Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine will head to New Hampshire Saturday to stump for Hillary Clinton. And maybe a job? Where was he when Hill needed him in Iowa Monday night? Many people in the know believe that Levine is angling for an ambassadorship, which makes more […]
There’s a mammoth Miami-Dade County Commission meeting on Tuesday with items on the agenda about the future of a parcel at the Port of Miami, a bunch of airport concessions and new rules for the luggage wrap services, a climate change status report, several bid wavers, a program to save the county’s avocado industry and […]
UPDATED: Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz is known as the road safety go-to guy at the county. He has pushed for legislation that increases the penalties on hit-and-run drivers and regularly advocates for safer bike lanes for cyclists. But on Saturday night Diaz was arrested on DUI charges in Key West. where we assume he was […]
Did you miss the Easter Rabbit? Well, you are in luck. Because there will be a belated Easter egg hunt at the annual District 12 Spring Festival put on Saturday by Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz. And a few of his friends. There’s more during the 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. event today at North […]
Atheists and agnostic voters, heed note: The Miami-Dade Commission does not represent you. In what seemed like a footnote item given very little attention, county commissioners voted last week to put the words from the U.S. motto “In God We Trust” behind the dais in commission chambers at County Hall — like they’re sorta shucking […]
Political photo ops usually slow down in the weeks leading up to the Christmas/Hannukah holiday and New Year’s Eve. But we gotta thank some of our electeds for being addicted to social media. They just can’t stop posting selfies and other promotional pics. God bless ’em. Especially Doral Mayor Luigi “Look At Me” Boria, who […]
It was a week marked by the installation or swearings and the choosing of electeds to lead governing bodies. But it was also a week marked by the first of what is surely to be multiple holiday bribes — you know, the frozen turkeys and bags of accompanying Thanksgiving feast items given away to grateful […]