They did it again. All the Miami-Dade County Commissioners, except for Commissioner Bruno Barreiro, used their county emails and the county email list to send the 25,000 or so employees who have email another holiday greeting for Christmas. Guess Ladra’s barking about that during Thanksgiving and how it reeked of abuse of their public position […]
A new weekend segment on Political Cortadito will recap photos from the week that show our elected representatives in action. You know, kinda like a visual week in review. Ladra’s new walking on Instagram, but several politicos already use it — as well as twitter and Facebook — to let people know what they are […]
On the same day, in the same meeting, in the same room where the Miami-Dade Commission voted Tuesday to keep taking 5% from 25,000 or so county employees contributing to a group healthcare subsidy fund that they were promised would end in January, the county gave $3 million away to NCL Cruise Lines. All while Miami-Dade Mayor […]
Three months ago, when the Miami-Dade Commission restored a 5% concession to the county airport and sanitation employees, Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa repeatedly said that she could not give to one group and not the others when their time came. She even used the analogy of her children, saying she couldn’t give one milk and deny […]
Now that this year’s lackluster little municipal elections have come and gone — well, all except the Miami Beach runoffs Nov. 19 — campaign professionals, political wannabes and junkie watchdogs like Ladra can start focusing on the 2014 races that promise much more drama at both the county and state levels. Several stabs for state […]
It not only bothers Ladra that Hialeah Mayor Carlos “Castro” Hernandez gets away with his abuse of power and intimidation of critics and that law enforcement does nothing to stop this obvious crook from corrupting his office and the city any further. It bothers me far more that several respected leaders elected to represent us […]