Category: Miami-Dade Cities
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North Bay Village mayor scored all-expenses-paid trip to London from soccer facility bidder
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
On June 1, North Bay Village Mayor Brent Latham had prime lower bowl seats at London’s Wembley Stadium for the Cup of Champions, a South America versus Europe soccer match between heavyweights Argentina and Italy. The mayor’s VIP ticket came courtesy of the Argentine Football Association, or AFA, which picked up the tab for Latham to spend a week in the United Kingdom’s capital city. -
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Miami Beach Inspector General targeted by two commissioners who don’t like independent watchdog’s oversight
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Two Miami Beach commissioners are on a mission to fire or at least muzzle the city’s independent watchdog for doing his job too aggressively. -
Surfside, still shaken by condo collapse, caught up in conflict-of-interest allegations involving vice mayor and his construction company
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Six months into his tenure as Surfside’s vice mayor, Jeffrey Rose has voted on at least two legislative measures in which he had conflicts that the county ethics commission warned him to abstain from, according to residents who have filed complaints against him. -
Doral Mayor Bermudez gets free TV airtime in city ad as he fights big monied opponent in Miami-Dade Commission race
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Locked in a heated battle for Miami-Dade County commissioner against an opponent who’s loaned her campaign an audacious $1.2 million, Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez got a free promotional boost during the last three months of the race via a no-bid $15,000 television ad campaign on CBS4 purchased by the city’s public affairs unit. Bermudez gets the starring role in the 30-second spot. -
Radio Loco: A Miami reporter’s journal
By Kirk Nielsen
FloridaBulldog.org
Radio Mambí’s sale comes amid fresh scrutiny of the role of AM radio in sewing misinformation, mistrust. -
Transportation moguls fueling Miami-Dade political campaigns in line for $9 million no-bid contract extension
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
A private transportation company with politically astute owners and a troublesome track record could score a $9 million no-bid extension on an expired Miami-Dade contract to operate more than two dozen bus routes.
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