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ADLP gave $175K in Miami anti-poverty funds to political pal in Doral
Did the money go to help the needy in District 1?
Miami-Dade Commission to consider another agricultural zoning change
And, in Miami, the old Sears could become 1,000 homes
Is a new ghost candidate running for Miami-Dade commission in District 11?
Remember the ghost candidate that ran in the state senate race in 2020 and ruined it for former Democrat Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, rigging the election that unseated him and ushered Republican Ileana Garcia into office? Well, we may have more of those this year.
Ladra thinks she may have found a spoiler candidate running for Miami-Dade County Commission: Claudia Rainville, who qualified at almost the last minute to run in District 11 against the appointed incumbent commissioner, Roberto Gonzalez, and high school teacher Bryan Paz-Hernandez, who has been campaigning since February and was once president of the West Dade Democratic Club, but is running now as an NPA.
Hialeah mayor, councilman clash over tax collector election endorsement
Important post oversees DMV, auto tag offices
Palmetto Xway billboard compares Donald Trump to Cuba’s Fidel Castro
It popped up overnight along the Palmetto Expressway in the Miami Lakes area near the Northwest 67th Avenue exit, just north of Hialeah: A billboard comparing former president Donald Trump to the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
“No to dictators — no to Trump,” it says in Spanish, with The Donald and the dead oppressive Communist criminal regime leader facing each other on opposite ends of the giant, bright red sign.
Lifetime pensions for Miami electeds should go to a public referendum vote
If there was ever something that should go to a referendum for voter approval, it is pensions for our electeds. And Miami city commissioners should go to the ballot if they want to reward their behavior and “hard work” with lucrative lifetime retirement benefits.
It’s not too late. The deadline for municipalities to submit a question to the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections for the November ballot is July 26.
Kendall HOA group hosts Miami-Dade mayoral forum — sans incumbent mayor
Property appraiser, commission wannabes will also speak at KFHA event
Wheelchair ramp for Actor’s Playhouse becomes political war in Coral Gables
It should have been a no-brainer.
Coral Gables Commissioners on Tuesday approved giving $42,000 to the Actor’s Playhouse, which leases the historic Miracle Theater from the city, for a new wheelchair ramp that will accommodate newer, bigger wheelchairs for patrons who need to get to the second floor.
Miami Lakes votes to pay former Mayor Michael Pizzi $1.7 million for legal fees
In what could seem like a hasty and behind-closed-doors decision, the Miami Lakes Council agreed to pay former Mayor Michael Pizzi — who was arrested in 2013 on federal bribery charges but acquitted a year later — for $1.7 million for the legal fees he incurred in his defense.
Wasn’t this supposed to come back for a hearing with public input?
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago attacks colleagues, manager in citywide email
The political war in Coral Gables has just gone nuclear.
Mayor Vince Lago, who has been spiraling, having public meltdowns and is now under investigation for allegedly assaulting the city manager during a meeting earlier this week, sent his usual email newsletter Thursday — and used it to refute any wrongdoing and lash out at the manager, his colleagues, city employees and the media.
