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Two familiar faces face off with jingles, insults in nasty Hialeah mayoral race
Fight nearly breaks out at early voting, caught on video
Ball & Chain to reopen after years of city harassment by Joe Carollo’s hand
Less than three weeks after they filed a federal lawsuit seeking $28 million in damages for being shut down by Miami code enforcement at the behest of City Commissioner Joe Carollo, Little Havana’s iconic Ball & Chain bar and lounge announced on Tuesday it would reopen soon.
Anyone really think that’s a coincidence?
Developers plan to build 550 homes hurts imperiled birds, endangered bats
Miami-Dade Commissioners get blue in the face talking about green space. Blah, blah, blah. Now they have a real opportunity to put our money where their mouth is.
A unique and organic 168-acre little piece of nature, smack dab in the middle of Kendall, is home to some of the state’s signature and threatened wading birds as well as the federally endangered Florida bonneted bat. It is an amazing, magical, special, natural realm, where nearby residents have also spotted a mama fox and her babies, a Gopher tortoise and a bald eagle.
Dan Gelber and Phil Levine are caught conspiring to auction off Miami Beach
Leaked audio of a September Zoom call organized by former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine shows that current Mayor Dan Gelber offered developers and real estate investors an inside track to get their projects built — in exchange for contributions to a political action committee.
You scratch my back, I’ll get your mixed-use mega complex approved.
Predictable Joe Carollo calls challenger Chavista in Miami attack mailers
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo is a one trick pony. He cannot get elected without calling his challenger a communist or a socialist or a Chavista.
Much of Carollo’s 2017 campaign targeted Zoraida Barreiro, the wife of former County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro, calling her… Another challenger, Tommy Regalado — son of former Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado — communists. But Carollo really meant the younger brother José because he once took a photograph with Sean Penn at an event.
Nick Duran won’t stay in House, may run for Miami commission in 2023
Florida State Rep. Nicholas Duran (D-112-Miami) said on Friday that he would not be seeking re-election next year and that this upcoming legislative session would be his last.
But, he said in an email blast, he was not finished with public service. “Far from it.” And las malas lenguas say he’s already got sights on another seat: Miami Commission District 2 to replace Commissioner Ken Russell, who is running for U.S. Senate against Marco Rubio.
Economist finds 2 AM last call rollback could cost Miami Beach millions
Property owners would have to make it up with increased taxes
Miami seeks ‘independent’ investigator to look into Art Acevedo accusations
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, which include failure to report damage to his car, gaffes with members of the public, taking time off without reporting it and accusing three commissioners of misconduct.
Miami commission votes to oust embattled police chief Art Acevedo
Hearing sets city up for lawsuit on police chief’s wrongful termination
La Alcaldesa comes home from first trip abroad to Italy with Jose “Pepe” Diaz
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is one her way home, arriving Thursday evening — after a brief layover at JFK Airport in Queens — from a weeklong jaunt to Italy. It is her first international trade mission as mayor.
La Alcaldesa left last Thursday with Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz to promote bilateral trade, economic development, culture and tourism. Also on the trip: PortMiami Director Juan Kuryla, Maria Dreyfus-Ulvert, interim president of the International Trade Consortium, and Veronica Pizzorni Rossi, the mayor’s operations manager (and maybe translator?).
