A Miami Lakes man connected to Ron DeSantis and charter schools could challenge longtime Miami-Dade School Board Member and current Chair Perla Tabares Hantman.

Roberto J. Alonso is a trustee at Miami Dade College, appointed by the governor in 2020, and a civic leader with roles on the Miami-Dade planning and zoning board, the Miami Lakes charter review and public safety committees, and the Loch Lomond Homeowners Association, where he served as president. He filed paperwork on Monday intending to run against Tabares Hantman.

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Miami’s big GOP fundraiser goes to ultra blue Miami Beach

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Controversial scooter program could be reconsidered

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The campaigning for state seats in this year’s election has begun in earnest. Looks like the first meet and greet of the season is in Coral Gables Tuesday.

Four Democrat candidates for state office will be there for a Q&A at the Coral Gables Democratic Club’s monthly meeting. Among them, only State Rep. Michael Grieco — now running for state senate — has already been elected. He is challenging Republican incumbent Ileana Garcia in Florida Senate District 36.

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The image could not be more poetically appropriate.

Here he was, the fabulous Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, standing in front of TV cameras and the world, perfectly manicured eyebrows in place, fancy Bitcoin branded sneakers on like a rock star rapper, calling our city the capital of capital and the future of finance — while making strong man poses for a gazillion photos with a shiny, 11-foot, 3,000-pound metal bull.

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