Alian Collazo is not a wealthy guy. The Tampa transplant running for Florida House District 115 as a plantidate filed a financial disclosure where he reported earning $40,500 as a Florida State employee and said he had $1,354.91 in a checking account on June 12.

His only other assets were a $6,673.54 retirement account and a $528,465 house in Largo, which his mother gave him in 2021.

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The most interesting thing about the latest poll released last week by Democrat consultant extraordinaire Christian Ulvert is that he predicts two Republican winners in the Aug. 20 primary.

The poll pits Dariel Fernandez against former state rep and city of Miami Beach commissioner David Richardson in the November general election, and, more interestingly, it has Miami-Dace Police Assistant Chief Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz beating the presumptuous Trooper Joe Sanchez, a former Miami commissioner, for the race against Democrat James Reyes, currently the county’s chief of public safety who has been campaigning with a side arm (more on that later).

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Palmetto Bay leaders are concerned about safety

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There are three referendum questions on the ballot for city of Miami voters, but only the first two are easy yeses.

The first question would remove the city’s general auditor and the second question would replace that person with an inspector general, who has more investigative powers. That’s easy. Voters have to vote yes to both so that the city can get serious about cracking down on corruption and graft.

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The Coral Gables library is always one of the top performing polling places during early voting — as well as on Election Day — and, so, attracts lots of candidates and their supporters to urge voters to punch their number on the ballot. And sometimes it can get fun.

Remember when Mayra Joli, running for Gables city commissioner in 2021, had her salsa music booming as she danced on the sidewalk? Well, until the police were called.

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GOP candidates, gym equipment get thumbs up

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