Suspended elected is charged with healthcare fraud

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Former Miami-Dade School Board Member Martin Karp, who is running again (who knew?), crashed a candidate forum Wednesday that was hosted by Hayley Ross, who is running in the same district vacated by Lucia Baez-Geller, who is running for Congress, and has been campaigning since the beginning of the year.

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Long-delayed developments on Watson Island are back on the drawing board and two new projects could go before voters on the November ballot. Miami city commissioners will consider on Thursday two new plans for the small isle on the MacArthur Causeway, which connects Miami to Miami Beach.

One of them would change the proposal for an eco-adventure hotel next to Jungle Island, which was approved by voters in 2018 and could be closed for months during the redevelopment. ESJ Capital Partners, which bought the 18-acre theme park for $60 million in 2017, has partnered with developer Terra to build a luxury condominium tower instead.

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Round 2 mayoral group has incumbent Daniella Levine Cava confirmed

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Former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell knows her audience.

The candidate for U.S. Senate, who has challenged Rick Scott, launched a digital ad this week called “Freedom” — just in time to run on platforms streaming the Copa América fútbol tournament that draws hundreds of thousands of Latin American viewers. And Latino voters.

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One of the questions asked at the forum for the Miami-Dade sheriff candidates Monday was whether or not our community would be safer if we each went out and bought a gun, obviously getting the training or whatever needed to use one. And, almost like an echo chamber, the candidates said they believed in the Second Amendment — an expected answer from law enforcement types who own guns themselves.

And that’s what’s wonderful about the U.S.A., most said, some bringing up their political prisoner parents and family’s flight from dictatorship.

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