Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia is challenged by his own county employee

Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia is challenged by his own county employee

Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Pedro García almost got re-elected without any opposition this year — until a surprise candidate came out of nowhere and qualified on Monday. Her name is Marisol Zenteno and she works for the county property appraiser’s office. In other words, García is her boss. Awwwkwaaaard. Zenteno, who makes $77,000 a year as […]

Property appraisers: Vote yes on Amendment 2, or rents, prices rise

Property appraisers: Vote yes on Amendment 2, or rents, prices rise

The elected property appraisers in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties came together this week to write an op-ed piece about Amendment 2, urging voters to vote yes to keep an annual 10 percent cap on the increase in non-homestead property values — and make it permanent. This includes apartment buildings and duplexes where owners […]

Ethics commission: Eddy Gonzalez didn’t lie, just misled

Ethics commission: Eddy Gonzalez didn’t lie, just misled

The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust found Wednesday that there was no probable cause to a complaint against former State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez for violating the Mandatory Fair Campaign Practices Ordinance when he ran for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser last year. Filed by then-candidate Pedro Garcia, who won the election Nov. 4, the complaint […]

Pedro Garcia kills it over Eddy Gonzalez and his money

Pedro Garcia kills it over Eddy Gonzalez and his money

State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez is going to have to look for a real job. Gonzalez, who is termed out this year, lost to former Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia in the runoff Tuesday — even though he spent more than twice as much as Garcia. Guess voters could see right through the slick career politician’s […]

Que paso? Eddy Gonzalez heads into runoff as numero dos

Que paso? Eddy Gonzalez heads into runoff as numero dos

This is not the way it was supposed to happen. As expected, State Rep. Eddy “Here Comes Hialeah” Gonzalez heads into the runoff for the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s position after Tuesday’s election, but he is going into Round 2 with the second highest number of votes, trailing former Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia by a whole […]

Eddy Gonzalez: A tale of two mailers — black and Hispanic

Eddy Gonzalez: A tale of two mailers — black and Hispanic

State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez‘s mailer arrived in Ladra’s mailbox Wednesday, urging me to give him my vote for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser. Also urging me from their smiling photographed faces were Sen. Anitere Flores, Miami Beach Commissioner Jonah “Potty Mouth” Wolfson, State Sens. Oscar Braynon and Dwight Bullard and State Rep. Daphne Campbell. But when my […]

Lines drawn in battle for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser

Lines drawn in battle for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser

There were no fisticuffs, but it was lively and lines were definitely drawn in the debate last week between the five candidates for Miami-Dade Property Appraiser — a juicy $196,000-a-year job overseeing the assessment of property values, which is the main source of revenue (read: cash cow) for the county budget as well as all […]

Eddy Gonzalez has quick cash in property appraiser race

Eddy Gonzalez has quick cash in property appraiser race

State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez just threw his hat into the ring for the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s race — el otro dia, como quien diga — and already he’s whooshed past the two front running candidates that were, up to now, pretty neck and neck as far as monies collected. That’s because Gonzalez is bringing his […]