And a golf cart got arrested on Election Day The two incumbents in the Miami Beach commission elections Tuesday, Laura Dominguez and Alex Fernandez, held on to their seats with a firm grip — but not without some of that special Beach-brand political drama we’ve come to expect. Dominguez survived a nasty, personal campaign from […]
It wasn’t even close. Laura Dominguez trounced Sabrina Cohen in a run-off Tuesday to replace former Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian, who died suddenly in June. Dominguez was Samuelian’s life partner. Dominguez, who owns a digital marking company, got more than twice as many mail-in votes and ended up with a 22-point lead against Cohen, […]
Last week, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber and Commissioners Ricky Arriola and David Richardson came to their senses (read: were shamed into it) and switched sides, voting to actually have a special election within the November ballot to fill the vacancy left by the sudden death of late Commissioner Mark Samuelian, instead of appointing a […]