A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge last week denied a motion from former Miami Commissioner Humberto Hernandez to dismiss him from the civil case brought against former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — who is already facing bribery and money laundering charges in a separate case — for shaking down the operator of the Rickenbacker Marina.

But in her decision, Judge Mavel Ruiz also laid out the groundwork for another criminal indictment, this time under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO.

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Could be up to the new sheriff to fight corruption

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Hires fired, former Doral manager as his number two

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After two cancellations, a town hall meeting to discuss potential changes to the Coral Gables city charter has been scheduled for Thursday evening.

Created last September with legislation sponsored by Commissioner Ariel Fernandez, the charter review committee’s first meeting in December was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict with one of the board members, said City Clerk Billy Urquia. He said a second cancellation in January was at the request of Commissioner Fernandez.

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Decision Tuesday could cost taxpayers $335 million

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Warning that he was going to “drop a bomb,” David Centner did just that Thursday when the owner of The Centner Academy with wife Leila told Miami commissioners that, in light of the massive opposition, he was no longer interested in building a sports dome for his private school’s students on the public, taxpayer-owned Biscayne Park.

First, he had to hear speaker after speaker blast the way the shady deal was hatched — two people were later arrested for public corruption in connection with the 2022 licensing agreement — and the Centners campaign of misinformation and outright lies about their intentions and a previous plan that included Miami-Dade public schools and affordable housing.

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