Coral Gables commission pay raise is red herring for Lying Vince Lago
Posted by Admin on Oct 9, 2023 in Fresh Colada, News | 0 commentsMayor uses salary hike to smear commissioners, critics
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is a liar.
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Attorney, ex-MDPD Maj. Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez jumps into 2024 sheriff’s race
Posted by Admin on Oct 2, 2023 in Fresh Colada, Ignacio Alvarez, Miami-Dade sheriff, News, Sheriff's race | 0 commentsLet’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.
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Joe Sanchez could join clown car of Miami-Dade sheriff candidates for 2024
Posted by Admin on Oct 2, 2023 in Fresh Colada, Joe Sanchez, Miami-Dade sheriff, News, Sheriff's race | 0 commentsLess 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.
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Retired TV journalist Michael Putney endorses Damian Pardo in Miami race
Posted by Admin on Oct 2, 2023 in Damian Pardo, Fresh Colada, Miami elections, News | 0 commentsCommunity 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.
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Miami Beach commission races are head-to-head contests in all 3 open seats
Posted by Admin on Oct 2, 2023 in Fresh Colada, Miami Beach elections, News | 0 commentsMeet and greet forum for candidates this Tuesday
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Reward time? Vince Lago promotes clock maker that helped Francis Suarez
Posted by Admin on Oct 1, 2023 in Francis Suarez, Fresh Colada, News, Vince Lago | 0 commentsThat clock that Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago wants to put somewhere downtown was manufactured by a company that held a fundraiser for his BFF Miami Mayor Francis Suarez‘s now-abandoned presidential campaign in June.
Lago brought up the Masion F.P. Journe clock again during a discussion in a commission meeting last month, where he sought direction on where to put it. Where the sun don’t shine was not an option. The mayor liked a corner on Miracle Mile and Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Commissioner Melissa Castro wondered out loud if it was in front of Crema, which apparently the mayor has some financial interest in (more on that later).
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