Readers of Political Cortadito are going to get sick of the city of Miami this week. That’s because the commission has four back-to-back meetings over three days — including the much-anticipated no-bid, 99-year deal for development of the Melreese golf course.

The dates on the dais begin Wednesday with a special meeting to establish the Miami Baywalk Greenway along Biscayne Bay. It passed last month on first reading with only Commissioner Manolo Reyes dissenting.

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It appears that Ladra has hit a nerve.

In a community meeting last week about the redistricting process, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo lashed out against this blogger for exposing that his Coconut Grove house on Morris Lane has been drawn into his district so he can move back in and protect it from seizure when he loses one of the many lawsuits against him.

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But community meetings this week aim to seek resident input? Really?

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Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo can move back into his fancy, posh Coconut Grove house if the city gives final approval to the redistricting maps as they have been drawn, which divides the Grove into three separate districts.

The Morris Lane house Carollo reportedly moved out of just to run for office in 2017 has been drawn into his District 3 — at the end of a painful little dingleberry carve-out — by consultants guiding the redistricting process the city must go through every 10 years to accommodate population growth.

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And city Commissioner Joe Carollo’s house is drawn into his district

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The process for redistricting is still going on in Miami and at the state level (more on that later), but Miami-Dade County is done. Finito. Commissioners approved new boundaries last week after a few last minute amendments.

And there was zero opposition. Zero lawsuits threatened. Zero drama. Probably because there were no huge changes and nothing opposed by any of the current commissioners.

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