The new, half million Miami Beach PAC funded by vendors and special interests and chaired by the termed-out Commissioner Jonah Wolfson has also had some interesting expenses. My bad for not mentioning before. Ladra got too caught up in the specter of a possible shakedown scenario. And it could be a war chest for Mayor Philip Levine‘s […]
With elections in November looming in four of Miami-Dade’s biggest cities, and eyes on the local and state elections in 2016, the political action committees are coming. Folks like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera have shown that you don’t need hefty personal accounts if you raise the heavy-lifting funds for […]
The two main county referendums on the Nov. 4 ballot — the FIU expansion and the courthouse bond tax — have cost advocates a combined $2.5 million so far. Campaign consultants and TV and radio stations are raking it in. Friends of Higher Education, which is pushing the yes vote on the question of whether […]
Roll the dice. Pick a card. Or a candidate. The race for Miami-Dade School Board in District 7 has already become a backdrop for the larger casino gambling issue that Ladra will bet — in fact, I’m all-in — becomes part and parcel of a bunch of campaigns this year, including what promises to be […]