With about two weeks to go before absentee or mail-in ballots are sent to voters, residents in West Kendall got back-to-back mailers Friday and Saturday pushing for the re-election of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. Not from her campaign. Not from her political action committee, Our Democracy.

The mailers came from the Florida Democratic Party in an indication that they are going to go all out to support La Alcaldesa against a mostly Republican field of challengers in a non partisan race that has become increasingly partisan.

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Survey is out — just as the mayor faces re-election

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The first mailer for Miami-Dade School Board District 7 went out last week, for Mary Blanco, an incumbent who has never gotten a vote in her life because she was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The ad touts endorsements from Lt. Gov. Jeannett Nuñez and Sen. Marco Rubio, because she is a political appointment, after all.

While this is officially a non-partisan seat, these are increasingly becoming very partisan. And Blanco’s mailer reflects that. Two of the three priorities identified are high on the state’s GOP agenda: Supporting school choice, which is a way to legally take funds from public schools for private schools — like the one Blanco works at — and “protecting female athletes,” which is code for anti-transgender policies.

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Ruling says it was part of his job

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Updated: The Miami-Dade Elections Department has rejected close to 13,000 petitions — or an overwhelming majority of signatures — collected by the Accountable Coral Gables group to put three questions on the November ballot.

And something smells fishy.

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A trapeze artist in a war with the county who is running a symbolic mayoral campaign against Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava was told last week that he can’t have his nickname on the ballot because it “is being used to mislead voters.”

Miguel “El Skipper” Quintero has gone by that name for years, he says. And he may appeal the decision, which he says was arbitrary, violating his due process. Quintero also says the decision indicates bias.

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