Holy moly! Wednesday’s Miami-Dade Commission meeting is going to be a doozy. According to the agenda, the last meeting of the year is heavy-loaded with several big ticket items. According to some County Hall insiders, any one of them could turn into a thing. There’s going to be some discussion (read: complaints) on the county’s […]
City commissioners in Miami could officially give the redistricting consulting contract to Miguel de Grandy on Thursday. That’s expected. The contract was taken from former State Sen. Bill Galvano, a pal of Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, last month and De Grandy was already spoken of as the chosen replacement. What’s not expected or […]
Miami commissioners want to fire former Sen. President Bill Galvano, who has been consulting on redistricting for $10,000 a month, because they can’t fire Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla. The official line from Commissioner Jeffrey Watson, who made the move to terminate Galvano’s contract on a surprise pocket item at last week’s meeting, is […]
Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla‘s Tallahassee BFF is planning the redrawing of city districts and is reportedly making $10,000 a month. And you just know that District 1 is going to turn out just like he wants. Sen. Bill Galvano‘s law firm was paid $10,265 last week, representing his first monthly fee plus […]
Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla is expected to return Sunday from a trip to Sarasota where he reportedly stayed at a $400-a-night golf resort and met with with Florida Senate President Bill Galvano at his family’s annual golf tournament to talk about Miami’s redistricting plan. Sources told Ladra that DLP left Thursday in […]