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Commissioner Sabina Covo billboard boasts fight vs corruption — what fight?
Campaign contributions show same ol’ special interests
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago gave $5K to ADLP’s PAC before arrest
The campaign finance reports filed last week by Coral Gables Vince Lago are pretty boring. He hasn’t raised any money either in his 2025 campaign account or in his political action committee in months, according to the most recent campaign finance records.
Not that he needs to. He has more than $656,000 in the PAC bank for an election in April of 2025.
Despite arrest, Alex Diaz de la Portilla scores FOP endorsement in D1 race
The “incumbent” in the Miami District 1 race was suspended by the governor after he was arrested on public corruption charges that include money laundering, bribery and criminal conspiracy. Alex Diaz de la Portilla is accused of abusing his power and selling his vote to give away a public park in exchange for more than $245,000 in contributions to his political action committees.
The charges were not a huge surprise. This is a guy who has had three ghost employees in his office and was recently taken to civil court accused of shaking down a marina operator for a stake in the business.
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago gets shut down, censured by 3 he disparaged
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago had another bad day at City Hall Tuesday.
Not only did he lack the votes to reject the proposed salary increase for himself and vice mayor — a grandstanding move that would have locked in future mayors and vice mayors — and is apparently losing the effort to annex High Pines/Ponce Davis (more on that later), but he was also censured by a majority of the commission for the false and disparaging remarks he has made about them and other critics on a two-week media tour.
Former PBA chief John Rivera wants to be the Miami-Dade sheriff now, too
A third name in a week was added to the long list of candidates who could run for Miami-Dade sheriff in 2024: Former and longtime PBA President John Rivera.
His announcement came on the heels of two other big hitters: former Maj. Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez filed papers last week and former FHP Trooper and Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez said he was seriously considering it after much encouragement.
Miami city attorneys to appeal order to qualify D1 candidate Miguel Gabela
But nobody cared that ADLP lived out of the district
Coral Gables commission pay raise is red herring for Lying Vince Lago
Mayor uses salary hike to smear commissioners, critics
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is a liar.
Attorney, ex-MDPD Maj. Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez jumps into 2024 sheriff’s race
Let’s make it an even dozen.
Attorney Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez, who started his career with the Miami-Dade Police Department, is the latest and 12th candidate to jump into the 2024 county sheriff’s race.
Joe Sanchez could join clown car of Miami-Dade sheriff candidates for 2024
Less than two weeks after Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez drops out of the 2024 county sheriff’s race, a new name is floated that immediately becomes a top contender if not the front runner: Former Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a retired Florida Highway Patrol officer.
And judging by the email statement he sent over the weekend, he is going to position himself as the right wing Republican choice in what is more and more apparently going to be a hard partisan race.
Retired TV journalist Michael Putney endorses Damian Pardo in Miami race
Community activist Damian Pardo, a candidate in Miami’s District 2 commission race, has been endorsed by retired political journalist Michael Putney, who recently left WPLG where he was the longtime host of the most popular Sunday morning political show, This Week In South Florida.
“In all my years covering Miami politics, I never endorsed a candidate. Couldn’t do it. But now that I’m retired, I can,” Putney says to open the 30-second spot, on the candidate’s website and on YouTube.
