Does this indicate the same type of campaign as 2012? It’s no surprise to some that Jesse Manzano-Plaza would reprise his role as candidate Carlos Gimenez‘s spokesman and message massager for the Miami-Dade mayor’s re-election bid next year. It was announced last week, that Manzano-Plaza had joined the G-Man team as “senior consultant” for the […]
Ladra had to laugh out loud when she read the announcement. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, in partnership with the Miami-Dade Age-Friendly Initiative, will launch the “Mayor’s Age-Friendly Challenge,” encouraging business, civic and elected leaders “to take a pledge to help make our community more age-friendly.” Okay, I know that Ladra is a jaded bitch, but […]
Why is everyone freaking out about a future mega mall that sounds like fun out in the middle of nowhere that is probably never going to happen anyway? This American Dream Miami mall that was unveiled this week — after what? A year of planning? — should perhaps be called the American In Your Dreams […]
If there is any one single sign that shows that Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado is running for county mayor, it’s the rebuttal she issued Thursday to Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s State of the County address. Nobody — not even Regalado — can tell me now that she’s still undecided. Somebody had to do it. […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez has apparently never met a billionaire he didn’t like — or didn’t want to give public money and assets to. The latest mayoral mancrush in his stream of bromances with billionaires is with Donald Trump. Hope Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and soccer star David Beckham aren’t too jealous. […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez collected more than $500,000 over the course of 16 days in January, according to the first campaign report filed for his re-election bid in 2016, which is already headed to history as the most expensive mayoral election in county history. His little group of followers and apologists — which […]
Watch out, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez. The results of the enormous poll commissioned by auto mogul and political meddler Norman Braman are out and indicate very good news for not only Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado, who now knows she can, indeed, take on the current county mayor. The poll bodes well […]
If there’s one thing we can learn for sure from the lawsuit filed Thursday by Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado and car mogul and political meddler Norman Braman (more on that later), it’s that esta flaca cubana is not just going to go away. In fact, it looks like the would-be mayoral challenger for […]
The breathy announcement this week with the press conference and the interviews and the hundreds of #LibertyCityRising hashtags could be a sign of good things to come for a long-neglected area that has suffered while other parts of Miami-Dade County have thrived. Or it could be a lot of hot air. But Ladra will tell […]
It seemed for a while that Miami-Dade Commissioner “Mayor Sir” Xavier Suarez had gone soft on the county mayor and was biting his articulately critical tongue for one reason or another. Some speculate he wants his way on the proposed Museum Park underpass. Others say he’s seeking support on some future transportation initiatives or his […]