The code enforcement officer who caught Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla “creating jobs” at an illegal nightclub in February was fired on Wednesday — just as she and her lawyers had predicted.
Suzanne Nicholson was terminated, purportedly, for not cooperating with the city’s alleged “investigation” into the incident in which she said Diaz de la Portilla pushed her and caused her to injure her hip. Nicholson, who has since claimed workman’s compensation, had been ordered to appear before the human resources director to make a statement on Monday.
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It may be two years away, but newly-minted Coral Gables Vice Mayor Mike Mena just lost any chance he had to be re-elected in 2023.
No, it’s not just because of the condescending matter in which he dismissed resident-driven ideas from newly-elected Commissioner Rhonda Anderson, who proposed amending the zoning code to require approval and notice for “as of right” commercial developments. The Gables Insider correctly called Mena’s arguments mansplaining. It was also pathetic.
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Newly-elected Coral Gables Commissioner Rhonda Anderson is already delivering on her campaign promises, proposing sweeping changes to the zoning code at her first commission meeting Tuesday.
Anderson sent Mayor Vince Lago and her colleagues a memo on May 4, just over a week after winning the April 27 runoff, detailing a bunch of suggestions that include making certain zoning changes go before the commission, as well as a moratorium of sorts on the Mediterranean bonus that allows developers more intensity for Mediterranean designed projects.
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Terse memo gives her a direct order to make an official statement
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Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava backpedalled and ditched her old recommendation to reject all the bids for a $50 million airport contract — where a selection committee of staff had already ranked the top two firms — and start the process over.
After Political Cortadito exposed what looks like illegal lobbying by former Transportation Director Alice Bravo and political pressuring by Ralph Garcia-Toledo, Jesse Manzano and Alex Heckler — a major Democratic fundraiser with La Alcaldesa on speed dial — the mayor has backed off her shaky position and, instead, move forward with negotiations with two firms who were recommended in January by staff after a third selection process.
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Former Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works Director Alice Bravo was back at County Hall this month, visiting Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz April 15 with a group of lobbyists who are pushing for a totally clean and “flawless” bidding process to be tossed out and started anew.
Was she just hanging out? Was she on a date with Ralph Garcia-Toledo, one of the three lobbyists who were there with her between 3:20 and 3:30 or so, on the day after Valentine’s Day?
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