Ordered by a court to go back to the literal drawing board to define new commission districts for the city, Miami Commissioners will have a special meeting Wednesday to discuss which direction to take — including the possibility of abolishing districts completely. But commissioners don’t want to hear from the public. The original redistricting meetings […]
Commissioner was defending illegal nightclub in Allapattah A code enforcement supervisor who happened upon an illegal nightclub in Allapattah and was allegedly inured after she was poked or pushed or nudged by Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, gets to sue the city. U.S. Southern District Judge Jose E. Martinez on Wednesday denied a motion […]
Predatory scheme to buy and sell homes may have targeted the elderly Two months after his mother passed away, facing $271,500 in code enforcement fines from the city of Miami, Jose Alvarez agreed to sell his 4-bedroom, 3-bath family home near Marlins Park for the bargain price of $205,000. After all, the buyer was recommended […]
And now the commission may reward the driver with a new job Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla was involved in a car accident last week in a city vehicle driven by a Miami police officer and now there’s apparently an internal affairs investigation. Someone also sent a complaint to the Miami-Dade State […]
The city of Miami has sued a mayoral candidate for $3,400 in court costs after she was disqualified from the race on the grounds that she didn’t meet the residency requirements. In case anyone was wondering, Mayra Joli — a one-time Coral Gables commission candidate who campaigned in the Miami mayoral race last month, even […]
Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo is gone, but his shadow is still hanging out in City Hall. Acevedo was fired Thursday after a 5-hour hearing in front of the city commission who tried real hard, with the help of the city manager, to make it look like it was because of eight specific job issues, […]
Covering Joe Carollo could include witness tampering Tricky Vicky Mendez gives municipal lawyers a bad name. Time and time again, the Miami city attorney shows that she really is only there to protect and represent corrupt city commissioners — particularly her favorite, Commissioner Joe Carollo — and not the residents whose tax dollars pay her […]
Officials violated free speech in public comments, could be ousted Just in time for Thanksgiving — something to be really thankful for: Hope in the city of Miami that certain officials who have been running a criminal enterprise could be removed from office. Finally. No, it’s not another recall attempt. The city is being sued […]
Several people who live, work and play in Miami were denied their First Amendment rights Thursday when the city attorney arbitrarily decided there was no need to hear almost nine hours of public comments on a measure to tighten noise restrictions on businesses next to homes. The city effectively silenced any dissent over a piece […]
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo is 0-4 in his fight to stop the recall effort against him — a fight he wants to take all the way to the Florida Supreme Court, if they let him — after an appeals court denied his motion to keep the petitions in place while the legal process continued. He […]