Rolando Escalona, who got into the runoff for the Miami District 3 seat with former Commissioner Frank Carollo, didn’t just get two new endorsements this week. He got two full-throated “por favor, anyone but a Carollo” testimonials wrapped in veteran creds and political déjà vu. Both Rob Piper and Oscar Elio Alejandro — the two […]
Did anybody really think a Carollo was gonna get bounced from a Miami election that easily? In true Magic City fashion, Miami-Dade Judge Peter Lopez ruled Wednesday that Frank Carollo can stay on the Dec. 9 runoff ballot for the District 3 commission seat — despite that new voter-approved lifetime term limits referendum that was […]
Either decision will likely be appealed Will former Miami city commissioner Frank Carollo remain on the runoff ballot Dec. 9 or won’t he? We probably won’t know before absentee or mail-in ballots go out next week. On Monday, Circuit Court Judge Peter Lopez heard arguments in yet another Miami election case. This one seeks to […]
While everyone’s gossiping about which of Miami’s 13 mayoral hopefuls will make it to the runoff — and whether Joe Carollo will start yelling before or after Election Day — voters might miss the fine print on the four ballot referendums that could quietly reshape City Hall. Because the devil isn’t always in the candidates […]
There’s a Miami mayoral debate Thursday night, but the biggest news isn’t who’s talking. It’s who’s not going. The Biscayne Neighborhoods Association, which is hosting the debate along with Griffin Catalyst, the philanthropic arm of billionaire Ken Griffin, decided to only invite the candidates who polled above 10% in a survey Griffin’s group commissioned. Their […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates It’s not like the Miami mayoral race needed another long shot candidate to crowd up the ballot, but Laura Anderson is running anyway. Anderson is one of the 13 people who want to be the mayor — but the only one who openly identifies […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Christian Cevallos, a home developer and former Miami-Dade County community council member, says he’s running for mayor of Miami because somebody needs to go through the city’s books. “The first thing I’m going to do, and I want to say it real loud,” he […]
PACs are where the big money is at The third quarter campaign finance reports for the Miami mayoral candidates seem to indicate a slow growth in economic means for the candidates. Political action committees are another matter, however, for those lucky enough to have them. Miami-Dade Commmissioner Eileen Higgins, for example, got only $67,670 for […]
The Women’s Republican Club of Miami Federated will have a forum next week for the Miami mayoral candidates — but the two Republican women in the race, June Savage and Alyssa Crocker, haven’t been invited. Savage isn’t just Republican. She’s a dues-paying members of the club. “There’s no excuse,” Savage told Political Cortadito. “Imagine advocating […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Mayoral candidate June Savage — who could have the best political name ever for wild Miami — might not be on every debate stage. But that hasn’t stopped her from making noise in the city’s crowded race. The real estate sales associate with One […]