Coral Gables Commissioner Rhonda Anderson has booted Claudia Miro, a onetime commission candidate, from the planning and zoning board, saying her attendance, or lack thereof, is the reason.
But the timing and circumstances point to another motive: Miro, who was recently reappointed by Anderson, voted last month against naming former Commissioner Wayne “Chip” Withers the board-as-a-whole’s appointment. She voted for Javier Salman instead.
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Change could give Mayor Vince Lago an additional 20 months in office
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Another lawsuit is filed by a candidate in District 1
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There will be no primary as three candidates — a Republican, a Democrat and an independent — qualified to run in the special election for House seat 118, vacated when Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Juan Fernandez-Barquin as Miami-Dade clerk and comptroller.
First time candidate Mike Redondo, a Republican personal injury attorney, and perennial candidate Johnny Farias, a Democrat electrician and former community councilman, will duke it out with independent Francisco “Frank” de la Paz. It is somewhat of a swing seat. The predominantly Hispanic district, previously held by Democrat Robert Asencio, is a narrow sliver of Miami-Dade County west of the Florida Turnpike, including Goulds, Kendall, Sunset, and South Miami Heights.
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After several cancellations, the foreclosed Little Havana house owned by Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla — you know, the one he supposedly doesn’t live in because it’s outside his district — has been set for auction in November.
Unless he gets another last minute reprieve. Again.
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August 10th came and went and there were no campaign finance reports filed in Florida for state candidates. Or for county candidates. Or for city candidates.
Did anybody else notice this had happened?
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