Tag: Carlos Gimenez
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Miami-Dade Mayor Levine Cava’s PAC got $100K from Li’l Abner developer, she helped him secure $9 million in affordable housing funding
By Dan Christensen and Cassidy Winegarden
FloridaBulldog.org
A political action committee that fundraises for Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava took $100,000 from companies run by the controversial developer of Sweetwater’s now empty Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park. Her PAC accepted the money as she helped the developer obtain $9 million in government funding for his affordable housing project Abner III during her 2024 bid for re-election. -
Huge, $4.6 billion ‘Flagler Center’ to rise on former site of Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park
By Cassidy Winegarden
FloridaBulldog.org
Sweetwater is the next Florida city to get a major master-planned development. “Flagler Center” will rise on more than 100 acres previously occupied by the defunct Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park. The $4.6 billion dollar project will be one of the largest redevelopment sites in Miami-Dade County. -
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Political consultant Ulvert cuts deals with Republicans to help his Miami mayoral Democrat win
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Just about every South Florida MAGA Republican, including President Donald Trump, has endorsed former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez to be the city’s next mayor. Recently, two of Miami’s Cuban-American congressional members, Maria Elvira Salazar and Mario Diaz-Balart, joined the Gonzalez bandwagon ahead of the December 9 run-off. But their fellow Cuban- American colleague and staunch Trump regime defender, U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, has avoided making an endorsement. -
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Conservative shift in courts weakens FEC, makes it easier for politicians, fat cats to corrupt elections
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
For 13 years, the Federal Election Commission chased ex-Congressman David Rivera to the brink of trial for allegedly violating federal campaign finance law only to have its case fall quietly apart. -
Campaign transparency takes a beating as FEC lets Lennar Corp.’s Stuart Miller walk despite making $125,000 in illegal contributions
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami billionaire and philanthropist Stuart Miller, longtime boss of Lennar Corp., one of the nation’s largest home builders, just got lucky big time.
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