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Politics and fireworks have always been a good mix on Miami-Dade’s 4th of July
Whether it’s parades, picnics, concerts or just the fireworks show, it wouldn’t be a Fourth of July event in Miami-Dade if there wasn’t an elected from the county or one of it’s 34 municipalities out celebrating with loved ones, friends and constituents.
Wannabe electeds must go out and campaignwith their very visible t-shirts and hats. It’s apparently a rule.
Daniella Levine Cava announces $5 mil plus in fundraising for re-election
Incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has topped the $5 million mark in her campaign fundraising, according to a statement from her campaign received Wednesday.
Levine Cava raised $650,000 in June, according to the press release. The next campaign finance reports are not due until Friday, but the DLC camp felt they had something to crow about: A total of $5.2 million raised, through almost 4,000 individual contributions, with an average contribution of $300. This, the campaign says, shows “strong and sustained support” for Levine Cava.
State House 115 candidate, firefighter Omar Blanco drops first video ad
Focus is on public service, conservative family values
Mayoral wannabe Alex Otaola wants to bring McCarthyism to Miami-Dade
Giving yet another indication that he is not a serious candidate for the Miami-Dade mayor’s seat, Alex Otaola, an activist, actor and podcaster with a penchant for the outrageous and a large Cuban-American following, chickened out of a meet-and-greet forum Monday that he had previously agreed to.
Otaola told the president of the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations Monday morning that he was too busy. Apparently, he is too busy for a telephone interview with Ladra because Diana, his handler, also cancelled Political Cortadito’s appointment with Otaola that we had for Wednesday.
Miami-Dade rechaza peticiones para hacer cambios en Coral Gables
(This is a translation of this story published days ago.)
El Departamento de Elecciones de Miami-Dade ha rechazado cerca de 13.000 peticiones (o una abrumadora mayoría de ellas) recopiladas por el grupo Accountable Coral Gables para incluir tres preguntas en la boleta electoral en Coral Gables este noviembre.
Florida Dems drop 2 mailers for non partisan mayor Daniella Levine Cava
With about two weeks to go before absentee or mail-in ballots are sent to voters, residents in West Kendall got back-to-back mailers Friday and Saturday pushing for the re-election of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. Not from her campaign. Not from her political action committee, Our Democracy.
The mailers came from the Florida Democratic Party in an indication that they are going to go all out to support La Alcaldesa against a mostly Republican field of challengers in a non partisan race that has become increasingly partisan.
What do we need, Miami-Dade County? Your government, mayor wants to know
Survey is out — just as the mayor faces re-election
Miami-Dade School Board appointee Mary Blanco touts GOP endorsements
The first mailer for Miami-Dade School Board District 7 went out last week, for Mary Blanco, an incumbent who has never gotten a vote in her life because she was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The ad touts endorsements from Lt. Gov. Jeannett Nuñez and Sen. Marco Rubio, because she is a political appointment, after all.
While this is officially a non-partisan seat, these are increasingly becoming very partisan. And Blanco’s mailer reflects that. Two of the three priorities identified are high on the state’s GOP agenda: Supporting school choice, which is a way to legally take funds from public schools for private schools — like the one Blanco works at — and “protecting female athletes,” which is code for anti-transgender policies.
Judge dismisses civil shakedown case vs Miami’s Alex Diaz de la Portilla
Ruling says it was part of his job
Coral Gables ballot petitions rejected en masse by Miami-Dade elections
Updated: The Miami-Dade Elections Department has rejected close to 13,000 petitions — or an overwhelming majority of signatures — collected by the Accountable Coral Gables group to put three questions on the November ballot.
And something smells fishy.
