Miami District 5 Commissioner Christine King, who cruised to re-election with a North-Korea-level 84% of the vote, was sworn in last week at City Hall surrounded by supporters, staff, church folks, youth groups, neighborhood leaders, and of course, the ever-present political padrino Keon Hardemon, whose fingerprints are still all over D5 like pastelito crumbs on […]
Says new rules target people who ‘look like me’ Miami-Dade Commissioner Keon Hardemon on Tuesday blasted Miami Beach leaders for approving an increase in parking fees, the doubling of tow fees and the shutting down of the beach at 6 p.m. — measures they say should stem the violence that has often come with the […]
A new PAC for incumbent reported $375 in donations Former Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, who was forced out of office by term limits in 2020, made the long running rumors official Friday when she filed paperwork to get her old seat back in a challenge against Commissioner Keon Hardemon. This ought to be fun. Now […]
Kase-who? Miami-Dade Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to give the naming rights to the former American Airlines Arena — which, admit it, is what everybody still calls it even after it became the FTX Arena — to a local cybersecurity software company that almost nobody ever heard of before. Let’s see if the Kaseya Center lasts […]
Newly-elected Miami Commissioner Christine King had her first city commission meeting Thursday and was praised and complimented by her colleagues on her solid victory Nov. 2. “You didn’t win, you got a mandate,” said Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who had lobbied hard to appoint her last year to fill the seat vacated when […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Keon “Pay-to-Play” Hardemon showed his true petty colors on Tuesday when he tried to take $550,000 allocated in the county budget from the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center in North Miami — which just so happens to be operated by Gepsie Metellus, who ran against him last year for the seat vacated by […]
The Miami city commission appointed a temporary District 5 commissioner to finish out the term vacated by Keon Hardemon, who was termed out and is now the county commissioner in Miami-Dade District 3. It wasn’t who everyone expected. But some suspect a fix anyway. And it looks like Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla doesn’t […]
Miami City commissioners could decide on Wednesday who to appoint to the District 5 seat to replace Keon Hardemon — who was elected to the county commission last week — from the 12 candidates who applied as of Monday afternoon. Or they could be split 2-2 and come back later. But they have ten days […]
None of the new Miami-Dade County commissioners elected Tuesday are really new to public office — or to us. With all the votes save some absentee ballots counted, the Miami-Dade Elections Department reported that former Miami City Commissioner Keon Hardemon, former Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado and former State Rep. Kionne McGhee won their […]
The four Miami-Dade Commission races provide voters with the first opportunity in decades to redefine the dynamics on the board with at least three newcomers. And, hopefully, not all four. As folks get ready for early voting to start on Monday — filling out absentee ballots over the weekend to take with us — Ladra […]