Just when you thought Miami’s mayoral race couldn’t get more absurdly partisan — like, more partisan than it already was with President Donald Trump diving in from his gold-plated Truth Social bunker to endorse former city manager Emilio González — here comes the Democratic National Committee, belly-flopping into the runoff like it’s the Iowa caucus. […]
If you were still pretending this Miami mayoral runoff was about potholes, policing, or parks, bless your heart. Porque no, mi amor. The race between Emilio González and Eileen Higgins has officially ripped off the mask, and what’s underneath is the same old Miami power struggle with a twist. Usually, the developers and the Republican […]
Where will the rest of the pack land? The first endorsement from one of the losing Miami mayoral hopefuls is vintage Miami. Former Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier L. Suarez, the original Mayor Suarez, the father of our camera-obsessed current mayor Francis Suarez, has thrown his weight (and his word count) behind Emilio González in the upcoming Dec. […]
Is it our birthday? Did Christmas come early? What did we do to deserve this gift from God? After four decades of drama, lawsuits, late-night stalking and public tirades that made Miami politics look like a telenovela written by Kafka, City Commissioner Joe Carollo, who just placed fourth in the mayoral race Tuesday and missed […]
Miami voters didn’t give anyone the keys to City Hall Tuesday night, but they did serve up a spicy little runoff, as expected, between Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins and former City Manager Emilio González — two candidates who couldn’t be more different, except for the fact that they both promise to end chaos in a […]
manaPart of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates If you listen to Emilio T. González long enough, you might start to believe Miami’s former city manager really is the retired Army colonel who’s going to march into City Hall, root out the corruption — and straighten everyone’s ties while he’s at it. […]
Part of a series of profiles about the Miami mayoral candidates Let’s go back to the metaphor of Miami as telenovela, where City Commissioner Joe Carollo is the loud, unruly uncle who gets to the wedding late and gets into a fight. Former City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — who is also running […]
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 […]