@PatriciaMazzei More than $1 million was left over from the nearly $4.8 million nonrefundable payment the Miami Dolphins made to Miami-Dade for a special election. Now county commissioners must decide how to spend the cash. Miami-Dade required the team to…
via @msanchezMIA and @kikeflor After having learned that his name appears next to the amount of $1,500 in a notebook kept by an alleged Hialeah ballot broker, lawyer Ricardo Corona said Tuesday that he never hired anyone to collect absentee…
@MarcACaputo Last night’s crushing defeat of the Miami Dolphins stadium effort was a matter of some vindication for House Speaker Will Weatherford, who has taken a measure of heat from the club and a few fans for refusing to resurrect…
@PatriciaMazzei and @MarcACaputo The Miami Dolphins’ short-lived campaign for a subsidized Sun Life Stadium renovation appeared doomed from the start. A majority of Miami-Dade voters who cast ballots in the special stadium election before it was called off opposed the…
via @kikeflor and @msanchezMIA The head of the Republican Party of Miami Dade County said on Monday that all local candidates under his wing will be given strict guidelines to avoid using ballot brokers in their campaigns. “The party will…
@PatriciaMazzei The Miami Dolphins and their owner, Stephen Ross, spent a staggering $10 million over the past six weeks on a special election that never happened. Leading up to a planned May 14 referendum asking voters to help pay for…
via @glenngarvin Since Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation outlawing video gambling machines last month, South Florida cops have rolled through their cities like the Untouchables, seizing dozens of machines from mom-and-pop stores and cafes and arresting their owners, while politicians…
via @msanchezMIA and @kikeflor Deisy Pentón de Cabrera kept meticulous notes on hundreds of voters, several political campaigns between 2008 and 2012 and what appear to be payments of $50 to $1,300 that are not on any candidate’s financial reports….
@PatriciaMazzei Miami-Dade County faces a $50 million-plus budget shortfall under current projections, Mayor Carlos Gimenez warned commissioners this week after informing employee unions that the county will ask for a continuation of significant benefit concessions. Gimenez’s administration is requesting that,…
via @NadegeGreen A North Miami mayor candidate was attacked at his campaign headquarters by an acquaintance who was upset that he is seeking higher office. North Miami police arrested the acquaintance Tuesday night for punching Councilman Jean Marcellus in the…
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