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School Board’s Lubby Navarro gets spanked on Twitter for anti mask post
In three lines with exclamation marks, Miami-Dade School Board Member Lubby Navarro sold parents, teachers and kids out to side with her Republican Party and Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“I do not support masking our children,” Navarro tweeted early Wednesday. “I stand firm on giving the choice to our parents! The strongest voice in our public education system are our parents!”
Ponce Park Residences seeks Coral Gables P&Z nod for 16-story high-rise
Developers of a mixed use project on Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables want the city to let them add nine stories to the Ponce Park Residences on the corner of Malaga Avenue by changing the zoning limit from seven floors to 16 stories, more than twice as tall as allowed.
Oh, and they want part of University Drive given to them. And an alley, too.
Kevin McCarthy acts like Fidel Castro as Miami-Dade electeds look away
Oh, the irony!
Here was Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy standing in the Bay of Pigs museum in Hialeah Gardens, blasting the Cuban government — because, you know, he’s not going to get left out of the trend — saying that people are being picked up off the street as they cry for freedom, when the question and answer part of the press conference starts.
Top cause for COVID mask, ‘jab’ reluctance is right wing anti-science
By GUEST COLUMNIST George Volsky
Statistics daunt.
Ron DeSantis fails children with political posturing on COVID-19 safety
Can you imagine 30 people in a room today without masks? The governor can. If those people are children.
Cubanita cancer survivor, LGBT activist challenges Maria Elvira Salazar in 2022
How do you beat the most cubanasa member of U.S. Congress in a somewhat Cuban-American district when it seems libertad en cuba is going to be an issue the GOP seizes on? You run a Democrat cubanita against her — a former Republican who used to work for the beloved Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who would still hold the seat if she wanted to.
Nobody can call Janelle Perez a communist.
La Alcaldesa Levine Cava names Jared Moskowitz as ‘chief’ COVID officer
Add another chief of something to the growing cabinet of Democrat castaways that Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava is building around her administration. Former Florida Emergency Management Director and State Rep. Jared Moscowitz is now our Chief COVID Officer.
Well, that’s not his official title but it’s what he is. He is officially just a “special advisor” and will work with the county’s emergency management team and “COVID leadership” — we have a COVID leadership? — to advise on our vaccination, testing and overall COVID response strategy.
Miami commissioners spar over juicy marina contract that goes to voters
Did anybody else see that knife fight between Miami Commissioners Joe Carollo and Alex Diaz de la Portilla at the commission meeting last month? Ladra sure hopes someone in law enforcement was watching.
Sources say there is already an investigation into possible abuse of power and quid pro quo in the negotiations for a juicy marina contract that has been in the wind for years.
Miami-Dade’s Kionne McGhee offers back-to-school COVID shot w/ supplies
As Miami-Dade grapples with a new COVID-19 surge — and children aged 5 to 17 account for 15% of new infections — kids 12 and over can get a vaccine Friday, along with book bags and other school supplies, at a back-to-school book bag giveaway hosted by Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne McGhee.
As far as Ladra can tell, he is the first county commissioner to offer COVID vaccines at a back-to-school event in a community that has become polarized over whether students should be mandated to wear masks. But McGhee told Ladra that any Miami-Dade student that shows up will get a shot, while supplies last.
Hypocrite Joe Carollo blasts Cuban regime but acts like a despot in Miami
Watching Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo denounce the repression of the corrupt Cuban regime is like watching elite Cuban officials defend communism while they live like millionaires.
¡Que hipócrita!
