Cedric McMinn kicks campaign off with a bang of backing Longtime Democrat activist Cedric McMinn, chief of staff for Miami-Dade School Board Member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, is running for state rep to replace Rep. Cynthia Stafford, who is termed out next year. And he’s got Stafford’s blessing. Stafford is one of the many heavyweight hosts for McMinn’s […]
Is it February already? Holy moly! Time flies even when we’re not having fun. Last week was momentuous, not just from the stuff we knew was going to happen, like the megamall approval by the Miami-Dade Commission, but from the stuff we didn’t, like the sanctuary cities buckle by Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, which may […]
Local Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place in tonight’s vote for a new state committeeman, which would be a stepping stone for the Florida chair position the same year that the Democrats lost the traditionally blue state to a rabid Republican in a crazy presidential contest and a no-show Senator that […]
The Coradito Calendar is getting fatter already, just in its third week. And it is thanks to many of you readers who emailed me and messaged me with events that you think should be included. So they are. Please keep ’em coming. Government meetings are easier to find and politicians promoting themselves at holiday basket […]
Chalk another loss up for Annette Taddeo. The former chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, who has lost four elections for public office, lost a fifth race Tuesday night when former North Miami Beach Assistant City Attorney Dotie Joseph was elected vice-chairwoman of the same body by about 200 local Democrats after three hours of hand-wringing in what […]
They need each other at this dark time. The Democrats of South Dade Club will have a special meeting next week to talk about what happened Tuesday and, from what it looks like on the email invite, hug it out. “There will be a special format for the November meeting,” it says. “We will start […]
Democrat activist Carlos Pereira, a candidate for Doral City Council, was suspended this week from the Miami-Dade Democratic Executive Committee (DEC) because he allegedly endorsed Republican State Rep. Carlos Trujillo. Pereira says he has not endorsed anybody in the race for House District 105 and that he cannot control a photo that Trujillo posted on […]
The program allocates one hour for the speakers, but Ladra bets the Democrats of South Dade Club meeting Tuesday goes late. That’s because there are no fewer than eight blue party candidates — one congressional, one state senate wannabe and six House hopefuls — on the schedule. And who knows how many more will just show […]
Eight months ’til the general election and local Democrats decided that they need Juan Cuba is back at the helm of the Miami-Dade party. Cuba, who had served as executive director for two years before leaving in 2014 to be a political strategist for the Service Employees International Union, was back on the job this […]
Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jean Monestime isn’t the first Democrat that the local Party leaders have courted for a mayoral run. First it was former Congressman Joe Garcia, who was beaten in 2014 by Carlos Curbelo after his chief of staff and longtime campaign manager was caught requesting mass amounts of absentee ballots without the voters’ […]