Remember debates? How great they were? Wouldn’t it be great to see some this election cycle?
Sen. Annette Taddeo, who is running as the Democratic nominee for Floridas 27th Congressional District, has challenged the incumbent, U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, to four debates — two in English and two en Español. This is the best way for voters to see the differences between them.
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The owners of the closed Presidential Estates Golf Course in North Miami Beach got the green light Thursday to build 119 homes on the property after Miami-Dade Commission voted to approve the rezoning despite concerns from staff, residents and the district commissioner, Sally Heyman.
But it was expected. The commission is so developer friendly that Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz actually feels comfortable saying out loud that he’s going to cut critics’ time in half but give more time to an applicant.
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It worked for the Mas brothers in Miami so why not repeat the public land grab somewhere else?
A quiet proposal to build a 60,000-seat stadium in the middle of Tropical Park has hit some opposition in the community. Critics have collected more than 2,300 signatures against the plan which really hasn’t been presented anywhere else except twitter and includes two hotels, underground parking a restaurant and, possibly, a sports medicine complex.
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Ooooops.
Usually, the disclaimer problem with campaign mailers is that there is none. But in Palmetto Bay, voters recently got a mail piece from Mayor Karyn Cunningham — who is facing a challenge from former mayor Eugene Flinn — with two disclaimers from two different entities.
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Plot twist!
In her first video ad for the campaign in Congressional District 27, Democrat State Sen. Annette Taddeo has flipped the script and is calling U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar the socialist.
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DEVELOPING STORY: Coral Gables Commissioner Jorge Fors, who is in a heated runoff for the Miami-Dade Commission seat in District 6, has filed a lawsuit against his opponent, GOP political operative Kevin Marino Cabrera, over what he says are lies and “doctored images” of Fors in a series of mailers.
“I won my current seat in 2019. I know South Florida political campaigns can get ugly, but this is beyond the pale. Enough is enough,” Fors said in a statement. “Cabrera showed us he will do or say anything, even outright lies, to get elected.”
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