A group of Miami-Dade residents fed up with the county’s inability to follow through on its promise to preserve a rare waterfront lot behind the AmericanAirlines Arena as a public space are basically taking it upon themselves to make it a park. No, literally. They are simply using the space as intended. They have gone […]
Call to action: Contact info for each commissioner provided so you can tell them to do what’s right The Miami Heat organization’s sweetheart deal with the county to lease Parcel B next to the American Airlines Arena for its overflow parking and event staging — and a suggestion that the team’s owner pay fair market […]
Every year, lobbyist Jorge Luis Lopez and his wife Marile take photos with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his wife, Lourdes, at the mayor’s ball. But Ladra hasn’t seen a photo of them taken together from Saturday’s black tie event benefiting United Way. Maybe he knows Ladra would use it. The photo we did see […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez may still enjoy a majority approval rating — with 53% of respondents saying they thought he was doing an excellent (11%) or good (42%) job at the county, according to a recent pool. That’s not bad. But it’s not really good either, considering that there is a 4% margin of error, […]
I love a parade. Apparently, so do the Miami-Dade Democrats. Taking advantage of the colossal number of people expected to descend on downtown Miami Monday for the Miami Heat Championship parade, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party sent an email asking for volunteers to help them register voters with team spirit. The parade starts at 11 a.m. […]