Commissioner Miguel Gabela is swing vote on Miami’s LED billboard rollback

Posted by on May 23, 2024 in billboards, Damian Pardo, Fresh Colada, Miguel Gabela, News | 0 comments

Says liability, not lobbyist pal, swayed him

Read Full Story


read more

Activist consultant Vanessa Brito gets arrested at congressional fundraiser

Posted by on May 23, 2024 in Florida Democratic Party, Fresh Colada, Miami-Dade Democrats, News, Vanessa Brito | 0 comments

Con artist has become entrenched in Democratic Party

Read Full Story


read more

Coral Gables candidate Richard Lara campaigns in public comments — again

Posted by on May 22, 2024 in Fresh Colada, Kirk Menendez, News, Richard Lara, Vince Lago | 0 comments

Attorney Richard Lara, who announced his candidacy for Coral Gables commissioner in February during public comments at a commission meeting, used another commission meeting Tuesday to attack Commissioner Kirk Menendez, who he is presumably challenging next year at the behest of the mayor’s cadre of establishment supporters.

Is this going to be a habit? This free advertising?

Read Full Story


read more

Commissioner Joe Carollo should not vote on Miami’s LED billboard appeal

Posted by on May 20, 2024 in billboards, Fresh Colada, Joe Carollo, Marc Sarnoff, News | 0 comments

He also has a conflict on redistricting map

Read Full Story


read more

Miami-Dade’s Danielle Cohen Higgins rakes in PAC funds on non election year

Posted by on May 19, 2024 in Danielle Cohen Higgins, Fresh Colada, News | 0 comments

There are seven incumbent Miami-Dade Commissioners on the ballot this year. But Danielle Cohen Higgins of District 8 is not one of them.

That doesn’t mean, however, that she’s not busy bringing home the bacon anyway.

Read Full Story


read more

Rep. Danny Perez enters Miami-Dade politics — as precursor to mayoral run?

Posted by on May 19, 2024 in Daniel Perez, Daniella Levine Cava, Fresh Colada, News, World Cup 2026 | 0 comments

What is State Rep. Daniel “Danny” Perez doing getting all involved in the proposed Miami-Dade subsidies for the World Cup? This week, the Miami Herald published a story in which Perez came out against a move to give $46 million away for the privilege of hosting seven World Cup matches in 2026.

Perez, a Republican representing House District 116 (Westchester), says no public funds should go to the “elites of FIFA,” referring to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, which organizes the international tournament every four years, and that the money should go to other needs, of which there are plenty.

Read Full Story


read more