Ouch!
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago must really not like Commissioner Jorge Fors. Because this week, Lago apparently endorsed his colleague’s opponent in the county commission race in District 6.
And has this been cooked so that his replacement does his bidding?
Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez spent five hours in jail Tuesday after he was charged with unlawful compensation for having sponsored legislation to change county code restrictions in exchange for $15,000.
Legislation is going cheap these days!
Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez, who is scheduled to surrender himself Tuesday to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s office on a public corruption charge, is the victim of a political attack, says his lawyer in a pair of statements that question the timing.
After a five-year investigation, criminal charges will be filed against Martinez Tuesday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle confirmed. What charges? We don’t know. Yet. She and Miami-Dade County Inspector General Felix Gimenez will have a joint press conference Tuesday afternoon to provide the details — and soundbites.
The first mailer for a city of Miami Beach commission candidate of the five running to replace the late Mark Samuelian reached voters homes Friday. And already there may be some confusion.
That’s because the name of the political action committee that paid for the folded, four-pager is Miami Beach Residents United, which is very similar to the name of a residents’ group that serves as a watchdog of the commission.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez — who everyone knows wants to run for county sheriff in 2024 — is said to be turning himself in to authorities Tuesday after a five-year public corruption investigation.
Several sources who confirmed this to Ladra did not know who Martinez would surrender to, although the logical answer is the State Attorney’s Office, which reportedly confirmed an investigation relating to the commissioner to Miami New Times in 2019.
