Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz may have a challenge to his re-election this year, after all: At least one group has been actively recruiting for a candidate to run against the former Sweetwater mayor. Pet’s Trust Miami — the organization that was able to get a majority of the public to vote on funding improved […]
Five of the six Miami-Dade County commissioners up for re-election this year have raised more than $100,000 each — and half got close or surpassed $200,000 — to stay in office. Only Commissioner Javier Souto, who is seen as vulnerable and drew a second opponent last month, raised less than $100K. Much less, with $44,500 […]
Another slow week for electeds as we celebrated New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day and the prolonged vacation people take the days before and after. Very few selfies were posted. But Ladra always finds some. And, this time, the general theme was family. Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia skipped the parties and rang in […]
They did it again. All the Miami-Dade County Commissioners, except for Commissioner Bruno Barreiro, used their county emails and the county email list to send the 25,000 or so employees who have email another holiday greeting for Christmas. Guess Ladra’s barking about that during Thanksgiving and how it reeked of abuse of their public position […]
Miami-Dade County residents aren’t just getting turkeys from their electeds this holiday season. In District 12, the seniors get a holiday party Wednesday courtesy of Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz, who throws one every year but will miss the annual shindig because he is still recovering from surgery at the hospital. In District 10, Coral Park […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz got a hospital bed for his birthday Tuedsay. And, no, it wasn’t that he got sick from Monday’s committee of the whole meeting. Diaz was admitted Tuesday morning for a “severe back injury,” a staffer said, adding that he was still recovering Wednesday. “On behalf of Commissioner Diaz, we want […]