Candidate Denise Galvez Turros loses residency challenge
Just in time before the election that ends Tuesday, a court said “nope” last week to the last-ditch attempt to boot Rolando Escalona off the ballot for Miami’s Commission District 3 race — so he can still win this. Or, more likely, get into the runoff with former Commissioner Frank Carollo.
Another candidate, public relations Denise Galvez Turros filed the residency challenge, arguably to force herself onto the runoff ballot, and came up empty. Now, voters get to decide.
After a five-hour hearing Wednesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko Sanchez ruled that Escalona really lives where he says he lives. Escalona, a restaurant manager and real estate broker running for Miami’s District 3 commission seat, proved he’s a bona fide resident of the district — and not faking an address just to qualify for the ballot.
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Turros, who was once the “Latinas for Trump” co-founder, claimed that Escalona really lived in a duplex in District 4, just outside the boundaries. She had mortgage documents and corporate records, but she couldn’t convince the judge. The judge said Escalona’s lease, voter card, driver’s license, and even Amazon orders sent to the D3 apartment were enough proof that he’s been living there.
Because nothing says “home, sweet home” in Miami like Prime delivery.
Butcho Sanchez believed Escalona, who said he did live in the duplex — until the city commission redrew the districts and cut his duplex out of D3. Then, he moved into the apartment in June of last year — three months before the one-year qualification requirement. Ladra calls it pulling a Gabela — named after District 1 Commissioner Miguel Gabela who had to do the same thing to qualify for his race after his home was drawn out of the district, most likely intentionally.
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Galvez Turros, who just last week accused Escalona of trying to “deceive the voters,” is now the one eating humble pie after the courtroom flop that stinks of Calvin Klein’s Desperation. She obviously didn’t think she could beat him fair and square. Or maybe she was upset about the text messages that went out informing voters of her DUI in 2010 and credit card theft in 1994. That’s probably why she lost her last bid for office in 2017. There’s also that journalism degree that doesn’t really exist.
But at least those allegations are true.
Escalona, naturally, called the decision “a decisive victory for truth, integrity and the voters of District 3.” He also took the opportunity to swing back at what he called “a politically motivated and orchestrated effort by the same insiders to silence voters and distort the democratic process.
“I have said from the beginning that I am a proud resident of District 3, and today’s decision confirms that fact,” he said in a statement after the ruling. “I have always been honest about where I live and why I’m running.
“While others wasted time and taxpayer dollars on this baseless political stunt, I’ve stayed focused on what really matters — making our neighborhoods safer supporting small businesses, expanding access to affordable housing and improving public transportation so residents can move through our city with dignity and opportunity,” Escalona said.
“This case was meant to distract us from those priorities, but it failed. This election is about values, fairness and the kind of leadership Miami deserves. I’m running to serve the people, not the political establishment, and I’m more determined than ever to deliver for the families, workers and small business owners of District 3.”
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The lawsuit might have been tossed, but the fight for Commissioner Joe Carollo’s old seat is still one of the city’s wildest races. Eight candidates are in the mix — including Carollo’s brother Frank, who had the seat from 2009 to 2017, and five of other wannabes: real estate agent Brenda Betancourt, the president of the Calle 8 Inter-American Chamber of Commerce; Marine veteran Rob Piper, who formed the political action committee that tired to recall Carollo in 2020; U.S. Navy veteran Oscar Alejandro; Code Enforcement Abatement Board member Yvonne Bayona, and City Hall insider Fayez Tanous, who has worked the last four years as an aide to Mayor Francis Suarez. 
All circling the same district like pigeons over a croqueta on Calle Ocho.
Now, the voters of District 3 can decide for themselves on Tuesday who really belongs in that seat — and who’s just trying to move in.

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So much for unity.
After weeks of kumbaya talk, meticulous planning, and carefully-worded press releases, Coral Gables finally held its long-delayed “Interfaith Ceremony for Unity and Peace” Monday night. The city had spent nearly two months trying to find a way to honor the victims of October 7 without turning it into a geopolitical food fight.
And for a while, it looked like they’d actually pulled it off. Then, Mayor Vince Lago had to ruin it.
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About 75 residents gathered in the courtyard of City Hall to hear religious leaders and community members share sincere messages about peace, tolerance, and empathy. There were candles, songs, and even a reading of Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish’s poem “Think of Others.”
It was supposed to be a neutral, healing moment — the hard-won compromise after Lago’s original idea to raise the Israeli flag over City Hall split the community right down Miracle Mile.
But of course, Lago couldn’t resist the spotlight.
Despite the commission’s agreement that no political statements would be made by elected officials, the mayor took the mic anyway — and promptly broke the peace circle. “I stand shoulder to shoulder with the State of Israel,” Lago declared, as if the rest of the program hadn’t been carefully designed to avoid exactly that kind of speech.
He also thanked members of the Israeli consulate for attending, because of course he had an audience.
Cue the collective sighs and awkward shuffling.
Among those wincing was Jalal Shehadeh, a Coral Gables resident of Palestinian heritage who had helped organize the ceremony precisely to ensure all victims were recognized — not just those on one side. This was a day to remember all the victims of the war not just those killed on Oct. 7. That is precisely why the date was removed from the banner.
Shehadeh had been invited to read the poem, not to make a speech. But after Lago’s comments, he said what everyone else was thinking. “I also wanted to thank the city for allowing us to honor all victims, including the 65,000 that have been killed by the State of Israel since the war began,” he said, visibly shaken by the mayor’s impromptu little speech.
Mic drop.
Shehadeh later told the Coral Gables Gazette that he and his wife had worked closely with commissioners to ensure the event would truly be inclusive — “a ceremony for everyone’s grief.” They were stunned that the mayor spoke at all, much less turned it into another moment of political grandstanding.
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But if you’ve watched Coral Gables politics for more than five minutes, you know this was inevitable. L’Ego doesn’t do “neutral.” He does photo-op diplomacy — the kind that looks great in campaign mailers and plays well with certain donors.
What was supposed to be a community’s shared moment of reflection became, once again, the Vince Lago Show.
And that’s a shame — because for about 45 minutes, Coral Gables actually had a rare moment of harmony. Christians, Jews, Muslims, and others standing together under the banyan trees, talking about peace.
Then, the mayor opened his mouth.

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Look who’s picking up the slack — because our so-called leaders won’t.
The Keep Them Honest campaign — yes, the same one that plastered billboards all over Miami calling out local politicians for looking the other way while the Donald Trump administration rips families apart in his drive to deport immigrants — is back at it. And this time, they’ve brought some serious Miami muscle.
Four of the city’s most respected civic voices — Dr. Eduardo Padrón, Leticia Callava, David Lawrence Jr., and Michael Putney — are joining forces in a new campaign called “Four Voices, One Miami.”
The message? That looking the other way while families are torn apart isn’t leadership — it’s complicity.
“Silence in the face of this injustice is not an option,” said Chris Wills, the former co-founder of Cubanos Con Biden and vice president of  Keep Them Honest, Inc.
It’s a direct shot across the bow at the cowardly immigration politics that have infected South Florida since Trump took office — the raids, the detentions, the cruel enforcement tactics that tear apart families who’ve done nothing wrong except try to build a life here.
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And who better to deliver that message than these four Miami icons, all of them retired, independent, and — most importantly — unbought.

Dr. Eduardo Padrón, the longtime Miami Dade College president who turned that institution into the Ellis Island of higher education, reminds us that due process is “the foundation of American justice.”
Leticia Callava, the Cuban-born TV journalist who spent decades behind the news desk, says she came to this country seeking freedom — and now feels a moral obligation to defend it for others.
David Lawrence Jr., former publisher of The Miami Herald and founder of The Children’s Trust, says it’s about the Constitution and basic humanity — something our lawmakers seem to misplace every election season.
And Michael Putney, Miami’s political conscience for decades on Channel 10, doesn’t mince words: “Silence is not leadership.”

Ouch. You know exactly who that’s aimed at.
“I’m troubled by the silence of our own members of Congress,” Putney says in his 30-second spot. “While President Trump’s policies spread fear, our representatives look the other way. They know these families, hard working neighbors who play by the rules.
“We deserve leaders who defend our values,” added Putney, one of the most trusted voices in our community. “It’s time to stand up for our neighbors because standing with them, is standing up for America.”
Lawrence, whose father came from Ireland fleeing the potato famine, says in his spot that he believes in secure borders. “But every person deserves humane treatment and due process. That’s not politics. That’s the constitution,” Lawrence said.
Wills said Lawrence “understands the impact that ripping families apart and ripping children from their mothers is having on this country.”
In a telephone press conference, Callava said they don’t want much.  “What we’re asking is not to throw open the doors for everyone, but for more human treatment of the people who are already here,” she said. “They are looking for guidance, for support. They don’t have a place to go to.”
She said that she felt supported and welcome when she came from Cuba as a child. “Where did that support go? Because one man went to the White House and sowed fear and hate in the country?” She compared him to Mt. Vesuvius. “Let’s stop the crazy.”
The campaign will roll out this week with broadcast and digital ads, social media, and those big bold billboards that have become Keep Them Honest’s signature move. Remember the ones that made some of our legislators choke on their cortaditos last time?
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Back then, the group went after the hypocrisy and lack of representation from our congress members with billboards that called the cruel and traitors and a video that asked where Congressman Carlos Gimenez was hiding.  This round, they’re tackling something even deeper — what kind of community Miami wants to be.
Because let’s face it: for a city built by immigrants, we’ve sure become comfortable watching them be demonized. It’s like Miami’s collective amnesia — forgetting that everybody here came from somewhere else, even if your abuela landed in 1960 or your tonton crossed in the ’80s.
The “Four Voices, One Miami” campaign wants to remind us of that. And to remind politicians that courage and compassion shouldn’t be partisan.
Ladra gives it two paws up — mostly because it’s nice to see someone, anyone, speak up while the electeds keep hiding behind talking points and polls.
And if a few of those new billboards happen to pop up near some of the usual suspects’ districts? Well… that’s just a happy coincidence.

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The race for Hialeah mayor — which was already shaping up to be a good old-fashioned street fight with chancletas flying — has turned into a full-blown telenovela. And the one smiling quietly in the corner right now is Council President Jesús Tundidor, who’s watching both of his rivals trip over their own scandals just weeks before Election Day.
First, there’s the sitting mayor, Esteban “Jackie” García-Roves, who apparently decided the building code didn’t apply to her. The Miami Herald broke that little gem earlier this month: unauthorized additions to her home, built without permits. Maybe she thought inspectors would just look the other way — it is Hialeah, after all. But it’s never a good look when the one in charge of enforcing the city’s rules gets caught breaking them herself.
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According to the Herald article, records from the Hialeah Building and Code Compliance Department show Garcia-Roves’s property is currently under an active code violation for “building without a permit.” An inspector noted the violations were for “addition, awning, re-roof, fence, and columns,” and provided photographs that documented the changes made to the Hialeah home, like roof extensions in the back and a cement wall where there was none.
The Herald also found Miami-Dade Property Appraiser records that show one of the roof extensions could be for an addition to the home, like a guest room or an efficiency.
Then, just when García-Roves thought the heat was off, Bryan Calvo managed to hand Tundidor another gift — courtesy of his own family’s tax mess.
According to another Herald story, Calvo, who loves to talk about integrity and transparency, lived for years in a home that was receiving a low-income senior property tax exemption that his parents weren’t actually entitled to. Yep. The “senior” exemption. For low-income households.
Except young Bryan wasn’t exactly low-income. He was a Harvard student, later a law school grad, and a Hialeah City Councilman earning $44,000 a year — all while living in a house that got a tax break meant for abuelitas living on Social Security.
The County Property Appraiser’s Office eventually caught it, thanks to an anonymous phone call from a concerned neighbor (and you know that’s Hialeahese for “someone from the other campaign”). The Calvos had to cough up $5,282.97 in back taxes and penalties.
Calvo says it was all a misunderstanding. That his parents applied, not him. That he didn’t even know about it. That nobody meant any harm. Sure, m’ijo. And the dog ate the homestead paperwork, too.
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He told the Herald that his parents just wanted to protect the family home “like many Hialeah families.” But here’s the difference — most Hialeah families don’t have a Harvard-educated son running for mayor while taking a senior exemption.
The house is pictured in 2022 on the left and more recently on the right. Notice all the changes.
This isn’t the first time Calvo’s image as a clean-cut reformer has taken a ding. Remember, he’s already had to resign from the City Council to run for office and was hit with residency questions during his run for Tax Collector. The guy’s got more explanations than campaign slogans at this point.
Meanwhile, Tundidor — who’s been keeping a low profile and focusing on talking about infrastructure and fiscal management (imagine that, issues!) — is looking more and more like the only adult in the room.
So now, with two opponents dragging their baggage behind them — people are starting to get tired of the excuses and García-Roves’ little construction scandal didn’t exactly inspire confidence either — Jesús Tundidor is walking into the final stretch of the race with what may be the most precious thing in Hialeah politics: a relatively clean record.
At least, so far. Because in Hialeah, as we all know, that can change faster than you can say permiso de construcción.

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Old CRA director gets nearly $200K in exit package
It must be nice to have friends in high places. Or maybe just the right commissioner on your side.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s chief of staff, Carlos I. Suarez — no relation, but definitely part of the mayor’s extended orbit — is about to float gently from one cushy taxpayer-funded gig into another. The Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board is expected Thursday to approve his appointment as executive director — complete with a $265,000 salary, $800 car allowance, $200 cell phone stipend, and a benefits package that would make a county administrator blush.
That’s a huge raise from the publicly recorded compensation of approximately $180,000 Suarez makes now.
Add the 5% annual raises and another 5% cost-of-living bump every year, and you do the math. He’ll be making nearly $300,000 by the end of next year — and that’s before the CRA’s famously generous executive 401(a) contribution of 15% of his salary.
For comparison, that’s more than Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava ($200,000). It’s more than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ($141,400). And more than a state Supreme Court Justice ($258,957).
And for what, exactly? The Omni CRA — which encourages redevelopment to alleviate slum and blight in parts of downtown and Edgewater — has a staff of fewer than 20 employees and a budget that’s largely on autopilot.
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But it does have a board made up of city commissioners, including Commissioner Damian Pardo, who happens to chair it. And Pardo also happens to have become Mayor Suarez’s most surprising ally this year — moving with him on controversial initiatives like the proposed lifetime term limits for commissioners and changing the city’s election year, which would have extended their terms by a year. And Francis Suarez is term limited. He’s out.
So is this appointment a thank you to the mayor from Pardo? Or is it a “With this, I owe you nothing” parting gift, now that Suarez is about to be out of office and out of staff? Ladra bets it’s a little of both.
Either way, the timing stinks. Suarez is out of City Hall in a few weeks. His guy lands a golden parachute, courtesy of the CRA. And it’s all dressed up in bureaucratic language — a resolution full of “whereases” about nothing really — when everyone in Miami knows this is a political redevelopment at its finest.
Isiaa Jones, the former director, will get an exit package totaling $191,244, which includes 20 weeks severance — which indicates she did not leave on her own — $33,000 in an “employee manual” payout and more than $48,000 in accrued sick and vacation time.
So, this is a very expensive employee shuffle. Calls to Commissioner Pardo and his chief of staff were not returned.
Carlos I. Suarez, a bilingual Miami-native and Cuban-American, holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Florida International University and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University. Suarez held management roles in the cruise industry — including at Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises — for more than 12 years, according to his LinkedIn profile. He then worked as chief of staff at the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States and as acting assistant administrator at the Latin America and Caribbean Bureau of USAID. After that, he became a lobbyist before joining the short-lived and always doomed Francis Suarez presidential bid and then his staff when the White House didn’t pan out.
While the board cites authority under Florida Statutes for the appointment, critics say the move is more about political alliances and patronage than redevelopment expertise. Shouldn’t there be a more professional, open, transparent process?
The Omni CRA — which was almost not extended last year — has been through enough political subterfuge already since former Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla snagged it away from former Commissioner Ken Russell in 2021 and used it as a shakedown central for contributions to one of his baby brother’s ill-fated campaigns. Then Diaz de la Portilla was removed after investigators found his aide, Jenny Nillo, running errands and drinking beer out of a paper bag in a city car while she was supposed to be working on the public dime. Then he was put back in and fired the executive director, Jason Walker.
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Then he was arrested for public corruption charges that included bribery and money laundering related to a scheme where he took at least $245,000 in political committee campaign contributions from the owners of a private school and gifted them a park so they could build a sports dome for their students. The charges were ultimately dropped, after the city rescinded the plan for the Centner Academy’s extension into a public park. But it revolved around the CRA being in the wrong hands.
Do we really want to do that again?
The CRA board — city commissioners wearing a different “hat” — will vote Thursday, but if you think this is anything but a done deal, you must be new here.
Stay tuned. Ladra will be watching to see whether any of the commissioners — besides maybe Miguel Gabela, who sometimes shows signs of a conscience — even blink at this obvious insider handoff.
Because for everyone else, it’s just another day in the Magic City — where the revolving door between City Hall and the CRA doesn’t just spin, it glides on silk bearings.

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Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro has had enough of the quiet quid pro quo culture that seems to linger like cologne after a ribbon cutting. So she’s bringing a little disinfectant to the dais.
Castro plans to introduce an ordinance that would make it crystal clear that no elected official in the City Beautiful can cash in on development projects they helped approve. Not while they’re in office. Not two years later. Not ever, if Castro had her way.
The proposal, which the commission will take up on Tuesday, would ban the mayor and commissioners from doing any business — consulting, contracting, or otherwise — with developers, contractors, or vendors whose projects went before them. The restriction would last through their time in office and for two years after they leave.
Because apparently, some folks think the statute of limitations on ethics is shorter than a building permit line.
“This would stop an elected official from voting on something and then getting a contract on the back end,” Castro told Political Cortadito. “Even if someone votes ‘no’ to something, they can get others to vote ‘yes,’ or whip up the votes.”
“I don’t want to say corruption, but it’s corruption,” she told Florida Politics.
In other words: If it walks like a bribe and quacks like a bribe, it’s not a tip.
Under Castro’s proposed rules, developers would have to swear under oath — via an “anti-kickback affidavit” — that they haven’t and won’t offer any payment, favor, or job to elected officials tied to a project in order to get any type of permit. If they lie, they risk losing their permits, canceling their contracts, and being blacklisted from city business for five years. How can it be enforced once the permit is issued? Because there will be a number of inspections before the project is done, Castro said.
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“Anytime you hire a contractor, you would need to disclose it until you have a certificate of occupancy,” she told Ladra.
And if any of the city’s current or future politicos think this is just window dressing, they might want to note that false statements would also go to the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust. And maybe even the state attorney.
It’s all part of Castro’s bid to close what she describes as a glaring it’s-not-a-bribe-if-it’s-later loophole in the city’s ethics code. And it would include her own permit expediting business. That’s what grownups call leading by example.
But let’s be honest: This seems aimed at Mayor Vince Lago more than anybody. Lago is the one who said at the Graziano’s grand opening that the was proud of the work his company did on the build-out. Then there is all the business with developer Rishi Kapoor, who was paying his best buddy, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, $170,000 as a consultant while he sought development approvals there.
Lago also got part of a $640,000 commission in the 2023 sale of a Ponce De Leon Boulevard lot where the real estate developer planned to build a luxury high-rise, for which he likely needed zoning variances. The payment went to a brokerage firm owned by former Hialeah Councilman Oscar De La Rosa which listed only five real estate agents hanging their licenses there, including Hialeah Mayor Esteban Bovo, lobbyist Bill Riley (who was arrested with former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla on public corruption charges in 2023), Lago and his former chief of staff at Coral Gables City Hall, Chelsea Granell, who has been promoted to director of legislative affairs.
Then, afterwards, Lago and some partners — including Baby X cousin Esteban Suarez — also rented a retail space, a former karate studio across the street from the Ponce development site, to Kapoor for about $12,500 a month, according to sources cited by the Miami Herald. Kapoor rented the space shortly after Lago and his partners bought it in order to open a sales office for the luxury condo he wanted to build at 1505 Ponce de Leon and paid more than $152,000. But the space sat empty all the while.
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But as the owner of a MED Expediters, Castro’s legislation could also easily apply to herself. After she was elected in 2023, Castro asked the Ethics Commission if her firm could continue working in Coral Gables. They said yes, but barely. It came with warnings. So, she stopped doing business in the city altogether. That was just easier. But that hasn’t stopped Lago from hitting her with false accusations and intimations that she has a conflict of interests.
In fact, his political action committee, Coral Gables First, launched a whole new website to discredit Castro last Wednesday, which questions why she ran for commission. It was a day after Castro explained the legislation she was bringing to the commission to a group of people at a town hall meting for the Gables Good Government. Even though he wasn’t invited, Lago showed up and sat in the front row, to intimidate her probably. He wasn’t able to, and actually got riled himself instead when Castro started talking about the anti-kickback ordinance. The next day, his PAC launched the attack site — a pathetic attempt to smear her and slow her roll at City Hall.
But it’s going to be hard for Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson and Commissioner Richard Lara to oppose Castro, for once. Both ran on transparency and reform. Voting “no” on this would be like running on “clean government” and then asking developers to Venmo you later.
The timing of this move is delicious. Mayor Lago — who never misses a chance to spar with Castro and her frequent ally Ariel Fernandez — just asked Miami-Dade County to take action against the Commission on Ethics, complaining about their investigator in his “matter under initial review” (which is technospeak for investigation) into whether or not he lied when he signed an affidavit swearing nobody in his family had any financial interests in the annexation of Little Gables (when his brother was a lobbyist for the owner of the trailer park there).
So, while the mayor’s over there on a vendetta trying to discredit the watchdogs, Castro’s proposing to actually strengthen the leash.
The ordinance also comes as Miami-Dade’s political landscape is littered with recent examples of pay-for-play gone wrong — from the dropped bribery case against ex-Miami Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla, to the conviction of former County Commissioner Joe Martinez, who got caught pocketing payments from a supermarket owner.
But at least in Coral Gables, someone’s finally trying to close a loophole. Because even if the payoff comes after a vote, it doesn’t mean it’s not a bribe.

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