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Chief Art Acevedo fights back, reports misconduct by Miami city electeds
A ‘target list’ of commissioners’ enemies is part of questionable acts
Key Biscayne crowd heckles Raquel Regalado on shady Rickenbacker RFP
Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado took a slew of county officials, including Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morales, to Key Biscayne Wednesday to explain the controversial Rickenbacker Causeway project proposal to concerned Village residents.
Let’s just say it was not her crowd.
Miami Beach dodges causeway Plan Z for privatization, but not Key Biscayne
Town hall on the RFP Wednesday at Key Biscayne Community Center
Status hearing on lawsuit against Coral Gables WaWa across elementary school
There will be a status hearing Tuesday morning about the lawsuit against the controversial WaWa gas station and convenience store that is planned on Grand Avenue across from G.W. Carver Elementary School.
More than 120 people attended the last status hearing in April via zoom and Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman acknowledge that there was a lot of engagement in the “interesting” and “important” case. Since then, the city’s attorneys, joined by WaWa and the developer, have tried unsuccessfully to throw out the lawsuit on technical grounds and attack the complaint as frivolous and intentionally misleading.
Miami Police online survey shows no confidence in ‘liar’ Chief Art Acevedo
Officers are afraid to do their job, union prez says
Janelle Perez moves from Congressional bid to Florida senate District 37 race
It wouldn’t be the 305 if there wasn’t at least one seat switch in the midterm elections, right?
Janelle Perez, the cancer survivor, healthcare executive and lesbian activist who had announced last month she would run against Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar next year, has switched races and will challenge Florida Sen. Ileana Garcia instead.
Jeffrey Watson goes back on his word, runs for full term in Miami’s District 5
When Miami Commissioner Jeffrey Watson got appointed to replace Keon Hardemon, who became a county commissioner, Watson told everyone at a public meeting that he would not run for the seat when it came up this year.
But that was ten whole months ago.
Miami Beach voter sues to get candidate off ballot for residency rule violation
Records show Fabian Basabe voted in Bay Harbor Islands last year
Last call for candidates in Miami mayoral, District 3 races in November
Two days. There are two days left to qualify for the Miami city elections on Nov. 2.
Time is running out — qualification deadline is Saturday — for any really viable candidates to step up and run against Mayor Francis Suarez or Commissioner Joe Carollo, neither of whom deserve a free ride or even another term and both of whom can be beat this year.
Miami Beach election ramps up with mostly familiar faces in the running
There are 16 people running for four seats in Miami Beach, but many of them are somewhat known to voters already.
They include incumbent Mayor Dan Gelber and Commissioner Mark Samuelian, former Commissioner Kristin Gonzalez Rosen, who left her office to run for Congress, and repeat candidates Stephen Cohen, Blake Young, Raquel Pacheco, Michael “Mike B” Barrineau and Adrian Gonzalez, the well known owner of David’s Cafe.
