Don’t worry, Brickell scooter jockeys. The ban on electric scooters in the city of Miami is temporary and about to end soon. And not because Mayor Francis Suarez is your hero or anything like that.

Yes, Suarez praised scooters while on some junket in Las Vegas on the same day the commission voted to shut the pilot program down, as Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla said.

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It happens every year. Elected officials glom onto the efforts of local organizations and food banks to give turkeys and other Thanksgiving trimmings to Miami-Dade residents.

This has always seemed like a desperate and, frankly, pathetic publicity stunt to garner favor with voters and even local media.

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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.

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Campaign contributions marked by many special interest bundles

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The code enforcement officer who caught Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla “creating jobs” at an illegal nightclub in February was fired on Wednesday — just as she and her lawyers had predicted.

Suzanne Nicholson was terminated, purportedly, for not cooperating with the city’s alleged “investigation” into the incident in which she said Diaz de la Portilla pushed her and caused her to injure her hip. Nicholson, who has since claimed workman’s compensation, had been ordered to appear before the human resources director to make a statement on Monday.

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Terse memo gives her a direct order to make an official statement

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