Category: Miami-Dade Cities
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Outspoken Miami U.S. judge Altman on the ‘right’ side of Hamas-Israel war easily deflects ethics complaint
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A South Florida federal judge is publicizing his own book that defends Israel against claims of genocide in Gaza after the 2023 Hamas invasion. He calls the head-covering Palestinians wear a “terror scarf.” -
Where does El Portal mayor live? And he claims PHDs, Masters’ degrees, but China and Syria aren’t talking
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
El Portal Mayor Omarr Nickerson presents himself as a globe-trotting scholar with advanced degrees from universities in Egypt, Syria and China, as well as a benefactor of the village he has led for six years. But as Nickerson seeks reelection on Nov. 3, many residents are wondering… -
Fantasies of a Cuba invasion deferred: How Trump and Rubio lost the hearts of Miami’s war-crazed Cuban exiles
By Kirk C. NIelsen
FloridaBulldog.org
Disillusion with President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly set in among Cuban exiles in South Florida, nine months after U.S. special forces invaded Caracas, seizing Venezuela’s autocratic president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and killing 32 Cuban soldiers providing security for them. -
Miami-Dade Commish Oliver Gilbert funneled $3M in taxpayer funds to opaque nonprofit run by his deputy chief of staff
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Oliver Gilbert, the Miami-Dade County commissioner who is U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson’s heir apparent, steered roughly $3.2 million in taxpayer funds to a murky nonprofit youth sports league run by one of his top county aides. -
Complaint to the Florida Bar: ICE’s loudest courtroom champion endangers judges with flimsy gripes
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Retired judges from across the nation who fear for their colleagues are using a Florida Bar complaint to turn a government lawyer’s inflammatory words against him. -
Miami Commissioner Miguel Gabela’s taxpayer funded legal advisor is raising political donations from developers, vendors with city business
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Jose Sanchez-Gronlier morphed quickly into a Miami city hall power broker. In three years, the Coral Gables-based attorney went from being Miami City Commissioner Miguel Gabela’s personal lawyer to his District 1 office’s consigliere, earning a taxpayer-funded annual salary of $130,000.
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