Six of the 13 candidates in the Nov. 4 Miami mayoral race will face off on stage at the Hyatt Regency downtown for a real, bonafide debate starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. They are: Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, former Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla, former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins, former […]
No walk-ins, no exceptions, no joke Oye, mi gente, don’t even think about just strolling into the mayoral debate at the Hyatt Regency Tuesday hosted by the Downtown Neighbors Alliance like it’s open mic night at Thank You Miami Cocina and Beer House. Security is going to be tighter than your tío’s guayabera after Nochebuena. […]
The hottest ticket in Miami Tuesday seems to be the circus, er, Miami mayoral debate hosted by the Downtown Neighbors Alliance. The show is sold out. All 350 seats at the Hyatt Regency venue have been reserved. Walk-ins are not allowed due to “security reasons,” (more on that later). So it’s an exclusive gig. And […]
Everybody knew that the Miami mayoral election wasn’t going to be nonpartisan. Not really. Not with these people. Not in these times. We’ve already seen the attacks. The Republican Party of Florida compared Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, to New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, because that’s a bad thing in Miami. And the […]
It’s officially a circus — with 13 clowns crowded under the tent. Both Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo and former Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, once allies but now estranged, finally entered the Miami mayoral election Saturday, making good on their threats. They will definitely stand out among the 11 other egos vying for that […]
A new political action committee for the Eileen Higgins campaign for Miami mayor raised $250,000 in its first quarter, showing heavy support from real estate developers, engineering firms, lobbyists — and a political committee that tried to elect James Reyes to Miami-Dade sheriff. Ethical Leadership for Miami filed its first paperwork on March 24, a […]
A poll released by Eileen Higgins‘ own campaign says that the Miami-Dade commissioner is leading the other 10 candidates for Miami mayor by a lot. But there’s no way that anyone can win this clusterbunch election outright. There’s going to be a runoff. And the only one close to Higgins, according to these numbers, is […]
And the legal costs for outside attorneys add up Miami wants a do-over. After getting spanked twice in court, the city is begging for a third chance. Who cares if it just burns more taxpayer money? The city filed an appeal Wednesday of the second court ruling that says the change in election date from […]
Former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, who has been campaigning for the mayor’s race for months, has filed a challenge to the city commission’s cancellation of the November election — the first of what could be several lawsuits. City commissioners voted 3-2 last week to change the election date from odd to even years, effectively […]
He is not a declared candidate for Miami mayor, and there are some rumblings about him running for the county commission in District 5 instead, but former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — whose charges on bribery and money laundering were dropped last November — is knocking on doors in his campaign to […]