Baby Brother is back at it.
Renier Diaz de la Portilla, the youngest in the family’s political dynasty, is running for Miami-Dade County judge — again. RDLP filed paperwork Monday with the Miami-Dade Elections Department showing he opened a campaign account and designated himself as treasurer.
City takes over catering, event space May 2
After a short trip to Poland, where he visited with Ukrainian refugees and saw the relief efforts first-hand, Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz has created a process by which county employees can have a direct impact on the lives that have been uprooted by the war.
It’s good to see electeds travel for a good cause rather than junkets.
Take if from former Miami Marlins President David Samson — because he knows a bad deal when he sees one.
Samson is the narrator of a new mini documentary video about the Miami Freedom Park deal, a 99-year, no-bid lease of the city of Miami’s largest public park for a real estate complex of stores, restaurants, offices and a hotel all disguised as a soccer stadium which may come before the city commission next week — if it’s not delayed yet again because it’s still not ready.
UPDATE: Someone stopped him. This was deferred indefinitely.
Can you picture a Miami Dade Commission Museum? Wax versions of Commissioners Sally Heyman and Jose “Pepe” Diaz?
The historic Coral Gables Country Club is open for business as usual. For now, anyway.
While the contents may have been “seized” Wednesday by a strange middle-of-the-night court order in the midst of a dispute between the city and the operators, there are fundraisers and birthday parties and galas planned through the end of the month. There was a wedding there Saturday with 335 guests.