Most people in Pinecrest seem to like things the way they are.
Voters on Tuesday rejected a charter amendment that would have required a 60% referendum vote on any zoning or land use change in the city. A small group of residents were in favor. Elected officials and a larger group of residents fought the effort.
Police are still investigating the burglary at Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes‘ office at City Hall last week. Monday, someone tried to break into one of the commissioner’s Community Response Team trucks (he has two).
Most don’t think the two crimes are related. The commissioner’s office was ransacked, but nothing seems to have been stolen. The truck was not at City Hall. It was parked at the Coral Gate office. Sources say the video shows what looks like a homeless man, who likely wanted to steal a chainsaw and other tools from inside, try to pry the door open with a shovel.
The Ron DeSantis for President campaign is scheduled to convene Tuesday in Tallahassee when the Florida State Legislature begins its 2023 session.
DeSantis has already been campaigning incognito — traveling to fundraisers in Texas and California. He published a book that is subtitled “Florida’s blueprint for America’s revival.” That’s not a hint?
No, it’s not El Gran Combo. But it sounds just like them.
There’s a new parody song and video about the man chicken protesting Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo who was arrested at Maurice Ferre Park at the grand opening of the dog and cat sculptures walk last month. The video was posted this week on YouTube. This one is in Spanish, sung to the tune of Don Goyo, a popular salsa number interpreted by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico in 1971, and a staple at many 80s quinceñeras.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the highest bench, will be coming home this week to South Miami-Dade, where her parents still live, for a street naming ceremony in her honor.
Brown Jackson, who graduated from Palmetto Senior High, class of 1988, will have a portion of Eureka Drive, between Old Cutler Road and Caribbean Boulevard, named after her Monday morning. Commissioners approved the street naming, sponsored by District 8 Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, in October.
The six Coral Gables Commission candidates in the upcoming April election answered questions from both adult residents and students Thursday at the first forum of the 2023 election, hosted by the Coral Gables PTA on Zoom.
The next forum is from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, hosted by the Coral Gables Chamber at the UM Newman Alumni Center, 6200 San Amaro Drive.