It was a good day for Republicans in the nation, Florida and in Miami-Dade, where all five constitutional offices were won by GOP candidates. Quite comfortably.

And a bad day for political consultant Christian Ulvert, who less than three months ago was celebrating a first round win for Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

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The Coral Gables commission spent some time at last week’s meeting hablando mierda — literally.

Commissioners voted unanimously last month to change the city’s code so that enforcement officers could fine residents who drop their doggie’s doodoo bags in their neighbors’ trash pits. First they get a warning. Then it’s a $100 fine. Then it’s a $500 fine on the third and consequent incidents.

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The day has come. Tuesday will be a historic day in Miami-Dade for two reasons. Not only are we electing our first female president. We will also be electing local constitutional officers, some for the very first time ever.

It will be the first time we vote for sheriff since the office was eliminated in the 1960s for rampant corruption. Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself.

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More than twice as many people voted at early voting locations in the past two weeks than those who returned absentee or mail-in ballots.

As of Monday morning, and early voting ended Sunday, with 597.769 people going out to one of the 33 voting locations — mostly libraries — since Oct. 21, according to the number published by the Miami-Dade Elections Department.

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Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago got an opponent to challenge his re-election easier this month when Michael Anthony Abbott filed paperwork indicating he would run.

Abbott is an accountant who has lived in Coral Gables since 2002. He said he is also a founding member and CFO for SynXGlobal, Inc., a logistics transportation company. His late brother, John Abbott, worked at the city’s building and zoning department.

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And she wants to be supervisor of elections

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