Can you imagine 30 people in a room today without masks? The governor can. If those people are children.
How do you beat the most cubanasa member of U.S. Congress in a somewhat Cuban-American district when it seems libertad en cuba is going to be an issue the GOP seizes on? You run a Democrat cubanita against her — a former Republican who used to work for the beloved Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who would still hold the seat if she wanted to.
Nobody can call Janelle Perez a communist.
Add another chief of something to the growing cabinet of Democrat castaways that Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava is building around her administration. Former Florida Emergency Management Director and State Rep. Jared Moscowitz is now our Chief COVID Officer.
Well, that’s not his official title but it’s what he is. He is officially just a “special advisor” and will work with the county’s emergency management team and “COVID leadership” — we have a COVID leadership? — to advise on our vaccination, testing and overall COVID response strategy.
Did anybody else see that knife fight between Miami Commissioners Joe Carollo and Alex Diaz de la Portilla at the commission meeting last month? Ladra sure hopes someone in law enforcement was watching.
Sources say there is already an investigation into possible abuse of power and quid pro quo in the negotiations for a juicy marina contract that has been in the wind for years.
As Miami-Dade grapples with a new COVID-19 surge — and children aged 5 to 17 account for 15% of new infections — kids 12 and over can get a vaccine Friday, along with book bags and other school supplies, at a back-to-school book bag giveaway hosted by Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne McGhee.
As far as Ladra can tell, he is the first county commissioner to offer COVID vaccines at a back-to-school event in a community that has become polarized over whether students should be mandated to wear masks. But McGhee told Ladra that any Miami-Dade student that shows up will get a shot, while supplies last.
Watching Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo denounce the repression of the corrupt Cuban regime is like watching elite Cuban officials defend communism while they live like millionaires.
¡Que hipócrita!
