Legalized or medicinal marijuana may be a state issue, but it could play a small, supporting role in some municipal elections in the 305 after local police agencies have suggested fines instead of arrests for possession of a small, personal amount. Last week, the Miami-Dade Police and Miami Beach Police departments suggested fining people found […]
He said he didn’t want to steal any thunder away from Sen. Marco Rubio, who is expected to announce a run for presidency later today. But Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez all but said he was running for mayor in 2017. “Yes, that’s my plan. Wife permitting of course,” Suarez said Monday morning on the Gray […]
How pervasive are campaign shenanigans in South Florida? A former Miami mayoral candidate who we never heard of before and who never stood a chance of being elected pled guilty Thursday to three counts of violating state campaign finance laws. Jeffrey Benjamin, who lost big to Mayor Tomás Regalado in 2013, was sentenced to a […]
Newby candidate Rosa Maria Palomino — who is running in the seat to be vacated this year by termed-out Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, and against Sarnoff’s wife — might want to do a little despojo to shake off any bad campaign juju from her kick-off fundraiser last week. Among the 20-some people who stopped by The […]
She’s in. Taking a cue from Hillary Clinton at the national level, Teresa Sarnoff officially filed paperwork Tuesday designating a bank account for her bid for Miami city commissioner in the seat to be vacated by her termed-out husband, Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. It’s been rumored and expected for months. Maybe the recent rash of candidates […]
While the incumbent’s missus makes up her mind on a run, her hubby has been amassing a PAC fund totaling a quarter million dollars — for someone. A third hopeful has announced plans to run for the Miami Commission seat vacated this year by termed-out Commissioner Marc Sarnoff — and no, it’s still not his […]
Now that Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez has bowed out of the mayoral race and nobody came out of the shadows to replace him, we only have two races worth watching. And one of those is the fight by Commissioner Frank Carollo to keep his seat against challenger Alex Dominguez. Carollo may have a little questionable […]
It may not rank as high on our corruption scales as a mayor charged with unlawful compensation for a secret lobbying gig or another politico getting passed $3,000 in closet kickbacks. But we’re on a roll. Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo may have used his elected position to get out of a traffic ticket last August. And […]
It is that season again. PAC season. Forget about the return of Mad Men. All the real drama in South Florida elections is about the return of PAC men. There are some important elections coming up — including the Dolphins stadium referendum, like, tomorrow — and of course that means that the political action committees, which are good […]