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Joe Carollo, Vicky Mendez lose motion to keep their depositions confidential
What is it that Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo and City Attorney Victoria Mendez don’t want us to know?
Coral Gables commission candidate Alex Bucelo buys $1.4 mil home
Less than two months before the Coral Gables election this Tuesday, commission candidate Alex Bucelo signed a $990,000 mortgage for the purchase of a 4-bedroom, 3-bath home at 1432 Venetia Avenue, valued at $1.4 million — quite an upgrade from his 2-bedroom, 2-bath, $300K apartment on Biltmore Way.
Is he expecting some kind of windfall?
Coral Gables race heats up with more attacks, ‘paid’ magazine endorsement
Even Police Chief Ed Hudak has gotten involved
Kaseya what? New name for Miami Heat arena will net Miami-Dade $117M
Kase-who?
Miami-Dade Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to give the naming rights to the former American Airlines Arena — which, admit it, is what everybody still calls it even after it became the FTX Arena — to a local cybersecurity software company that almost nobody ever heard of before.
Miami Springs voters elect familiar faces in two of three council races
Residents in Miami Springs must be pretty happy with what they got. Nobody challenged Mayor Maria Puente Mitchell and Councilman Walter Fajet, who won automatically weeks ago when nobody filed to run against them. And voters returned two council members to the dais on Tuesday.
Both Councilwoman Jacky Bravo and former Councilman Victor Vazquez, who had resigned to run for county commission last year (losing in the first round), were returned to office. Bravo beat Jennifer Graham, president of the Miami Springs Historical Society, 54% to 46%.
Joe Carollo loses motions to exclude testimony from old manager, chief
Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo must be crying in his cafecito.
On the heels of losing his last attempt to delay the April 10 federal trial for violating the rights of a couple of Little Havana businessmen — including Bill Fuller, who owns Ball & Chain Bar — a U.S. Southern District judge denied several motions filed by Carollo’s attorneys to. make ridiculous arguments and granted all the motions filed by the plaintiffs.
Largest Coral Gables residents group backs Melissa Castro for commission
Gables Neighbors United, the political arm of the largest group of active and engaged Coral Gables residents, has endorsed political newcomer Melissa Castro for the commission seat in Group 4.
Gables United already endorsed activist Ariel Fernandez, publisher of Gables Insider, in the Group 5 race against attorney Alex Bucelo, who has the backing of the mayor at least two commissioners and lots of real estate development interests to fund his misinformation and attack campaign.
Jose “Pepe” Diaz gets no challenge, just steps into mayor of Sweetwater job
Two city commissioners will face challenges in May election
Active Coral Gables resident group backs Ariel Fernandez — and hard
A group of active and engaged — and fed-up — residents of Coral Gables has sent out an email blast endorsing Ariel Fernandez in the city election, calling his opponent the “developer’s insider.”
Attorney Alex Bucelo, who lost a bid two years ago to Commissioner Kirk Menendez, has the development and real estate investment money in his campaign account and his political action committee to back up the claim.
Faker Alex Bucelo wants voters to think he has police & fire support; he does not
In yet another dose of misinformation fed to voters in Coral Gables, commission candidate Alex Bucelo‘s campaign sent out a text message Monday that intentionally makes it look like he is endorsed by the city’s police and fire unions.
He’s not.
