Carlos Gimenez

"Another Embarrassment for Miami-Dade County"

Masvidal et al Get Paid, Again

Tamper Tantrum

Elected Officials Reward Their Campaign Contributors

Give money, get contracts.

Letters from the Issue of , 2002

Political battles, toppled trees, and downtown denizens

The X Man Returns

Are you sitting down? Ready for this? Try saying it out loud: Miami-Dade County Commissioner Xavier Suarez

Raul Martinez's Goddaddy

Why was Camilo Padreda so anxious to save the Chief?

Blues for the Fire Department

Add Willie Latimore's name to the Opa-locka Three

Carlos Gimenez Proposes Term Limits for County Commissioners

​Getting a majority of Miami-Dade County commissioners to discuss term limits is like trying to convince Julian Assange to get tested for a venereal disease. Unless someone threatens them with arrest, they won't consider it. But give Commissioner Carlos Gimenez credit for at least trying to broach ... More >>

Commissioner Carlos Gimenez Purposely Delayed Recall Meeting

Carlos Gimenez​Today the Miami-Dade County Commission was supposed to meet to set a date for the election to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez. Problem was only six commissioners showed up, because Commissioners apparently find it OK to act like school skipping children. Which means the commission fell ... More >>

Luther Campbell Starts Meeting Voters And Other Candidates

Michael McElroy​This past Wednesday night, a couple dozen Miami-Dade voters gathered inside a back dining room of Town Kitchen & Bar in South Miami to hear New Times columnist Luther Campbell, county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, and former state Rep. Marcelo Llorente talk about their platforms ... More >>

Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Leads In Bundled Contributions

Just call Julio Robaina the Bundle Master.​The race to become the next mayor of Miami-Dade County is turning into a costly affair. The three alleged front-runners, Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina, former county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, and ex-state Rep. Marcelo Llorente have raised a combined $1.2 ... More >>

Robaina, Gimenez And Llorente Got Their Soft Money Working Hard

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on May 24 -- follo ... More >>

Gimenez, Robaina are soft-money whores

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on May 24 -- follo ... More >>

Mayoral Race: Gimenez's Own Poll Shows He's Losing to Robaina

​Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez's campaign has released a pretty flawed poll, and even that show's he's trailing former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina. Though, the poll does show that Gimenez is losing ground. The major problem here is that this is an eight-person race, and the survey on ... More >>

Special Election 2011: Who's Making Money

​Entering the last two weeks of the special election season, we've compiled a list of the folks who are collecting a steady paycheck from the candidates running for mayor and two county commission seats. The usual suspects are again banking on the business of electioneering. Here are political ope ... More >>

Did Carlos Gimenez Break the Rules by Advertising That He's a Republican?

​Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in Miami-Dade by more than 166,000, yet it's not all that odd that the three main establishment candidates in the Miami-Dade Mayoral race are all registered Republicans. County politics are non-partisan, and candidates are legally not allowed to declare ... More >>

Five Reasons Carlos Gimenez Is The Wrong Man For The Job

This guy will make you fall asleep.​Today is the day Miami-Dade voters who did not cast their ballots via absentee or during early voting days get their turn. With that said, we can't have y'all voting for former county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, who is playing spoiler to Luther Campbell's chanc ... More >>

Miami-Dade Election Results: Julio Robaina and Carlos Gimenez Heading to Runoff

​With all precincts reporting, former Hialeah mayor Julio Robaina and former county commissioner Carlos Gimenez will be heading to a runoff election to determine Miami-Dade's next mayor, to no one's great surprise. Meanwhile, the noble campaign of our own columnist Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbel ... More >>

Marcelo Llorente Endorses Carlos Gimenez for Miami-Dade Mayor

​We'll excuse you if you're feeling a bit of election fatigue after the recall and the initial election, but Miami-Dade still has the very important task of picking our next mayor in the runoff election on June 28. Today, Carlos Gimenez picked up one of the most coveted endorsements leading in ... More >>

Neither Gimenez nor Robaina Has Much Nice to Say About Rick Scott

​No matter who becomes Miami-Dade's next mayor, don't expect him to have the rosiest of relationships with deeply unpopular Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The race is nonpartisan, but both Carlos Gimenez and Julio Robaina are registered Republicans. However, at a debate this morning, both made it clear ... More >>

Developers Bundling Money for Carlos Gimenez Too

Carlos Gimenez ​A couple of blogs have been barking up a storm about certain real estate developers tied to dubious projects getting cozy with Julio Robaina, but Carlos Gimenez has his fair share as well. The donations reinforce the fact both candidates represent special interests and folks they w ... More >>

Poll: Gimenez Leads Mayoral Race Because He Doesn't "Suck As Much"

Carlos Gimenez​In a dramatic, albeit not totally surprising development, a poll conducted by the Miami Herald shows that former county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez leads former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina in the county mayoral race by a healthy 11 points. Kudos to the Herald for prin ... More >>

Robaina promises thousands of jobs for Dade residents

Carlos Gimenez​In a dramatic, albeit not totally surprising development, a poll conducted by the Miami Herald shows that former county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez leads former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina in the county mayoral race by a healthy 11 points. Kudos to the Herald for prin ... More >>

What Went Down at Snapper's Between Luther Campbell, Carlos Gimenez and Homestead Councilman Jimmie Williams

Snapper's on Ives Dairy Road: Not your typical "Let's Make A Deal" venue.​In his most recent column, Luther Campbell claims that Homestead City Councilman Jimmie Williams III, who supports Carlos Gimenez for mayor, offered him a $40,000 appearance fee to show up at the elected official's soon-to-b ... More >>

Five Times Carlos Gimenez Screwed The Taxpayers

​Today is your last chance to decide which of the least suckiest candidates for county mayor you want to vote for. Yesterday, we told you how Julio Robaina shoved it to the taxpayers.Well, Carlos Gimenez has done his fair share of giving it to us with no Vaseline as well. So no matter who you pick ... More >>

The Nonblack Elites Lie Again

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wages war against Miami's elitist secret society.If you are an African American civic leader in Miami, you're better off ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez Claims Victory in Miami-Dade Mayoral Election

By a surprisingly slim margin, Miami-Dade voters have picked Carlos Gimenez to serve as the county's next mayor. Gimenez received just 51 percent of the vote in the special runoff election triggered by the recall of former mayor Carlos Alvarez. Opponent Julio Robaina has offered his concession.Thoug ... More >>

Who Will Be In Carlos Gimenez's Administration?

Who will Gimenez tap to help him fix county government?​Carlos Gimenez won't get sworn in as mayor until at least Friday, but he is already getting to work. Blogger Elaine de Valle reports Gimenez will be meeting today with County Manager Alina Hudak to start work on the budget which has to be pre ... More >>

Liberal Media and Extremist Gay Hate Groups Won "RINO" Carlos Gimenez the Mayoral Election, According to Conservatives

via​There's a cancerous strain of political outlook on both sides that views politics as nothing more than a game played by two sides. Somehow the conservative Sunshine State News Service managed to inject that outlook into the results of the Miami-Dade mayoral election, a non-partisan race that p ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez Adds Two Staffers, One at $225K Per Year

Genaro "Chip" Iglesias is back at County Hall. ​Carlos Gimenez is turning to a trusted face to help him run Miami-Dade County government. Banana Republican has confirmed Gimenez is bringing back Genaro "Chip" Iglesias, whom we predicted last week would be part of the new mayor's team. Iglesias wil ... More >>

Mayor Gimenez Wants to Close 13 Libraries, Fire 884 People To Cut Taxes

​Newly elected Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Wednesday proposed cutting last year's budget by 19 percent and reversing the tax hike ushered in by recalled mayor Carlos Alvarez, The Miami Herald reports.He wants to do it, and close the projected $400-million budget shortfall, by cutting 1,286 ... More >>

Ironic Quote of the Week: Library-Closing Carlos Gimenez Says Favorite Book is Fahrenheit 451

Wikimedia CommonsFirst go the libraries...​Miamians were pissed off yesterday about Carlos Gimenez's plan to shutter 13 libraries around town. So when we saw him at a groundbreaking ceremony today, we thought we'd ask Gimenez a simple question: what's his favorite book? His answer:  Fahrenhei ... More >>

Florida Marlins and NASCAR Own Our New Mayor Carlos Gimenez

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in a bid to become Miami-Dade mayor, says new top man Carlos Gimenez bent over for the Florida Marlins and the ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez lies already

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in a bid to become Miami-Dade mayor, says new top man Carlos Gimenez bent over for the Florida Marlins and the ... More >>

Mayor Carlos Gimenez Shows Commissioner Barbara Jordan His New Shiny Badge

Barbara Jordan has climbed to the top of Carlos Gimenez's Most Hated List.​Even though she has no plans to run against Carlos Gimenez in 2012, county Commissioner Barbara Jordan is definitely cementing her place as the Miami-Dade mayor's number one adversary. We already know Jordan is peeved Gimen ... More >>

Miami-Dade youth boot camp faces closure

Barbara Jordan has climbed to the top of Carlos Gimenez's Most Hated List.​Even though she has no plans to run against Carlos Gimenez in 2012, county Commissioner Barbara Jordan is definitely cementing her place as the Miami-Dade mayor's number one adversary. We already know Jordan is peeved Gimen ... More >>

Miami-Dade Commissioners Pass Budget, Help Selves, Screw Cops

​Miami-Dade commissioners, in one of those crazy late night donnybrooks, passed a $6 billion budget Friday morning, but kept their cozy office deals and proposed to cut back on cops and other public employee salaries.That is what I call hypocrisy.According to this morning's Herald story, the commi ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez Has Family Connections to a County Contractor

Mayor Carlos Gimenez​A possible conflict has forced Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to sit out the awarding of a $50 million contract to a local construction company that employs his son Julio and uses his other son Carlos Jr. as its lobbyist. Munilla Construction Management submitted the lowest b ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez is the Same as the Old Boss

Carlos Gimenez has Carlos Alvaritis Disease. Symptoms include acting like the mayor who was just recalled. ​Anyone expecting some radical new ideas from Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez can just forget about it. Just like his predecessor, Gimenez is screwing over the county employees who can least ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez, Getting Cash From Genting and Magic City Casino, Tests His Loyalty

Genting Americas President Colin Au and Mayor Carlos Gimenez​Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez could soon be at odds with two major casino operators supporting his re-election run in 2012. That's because a pair of state bills that would pave the way for three destination mega-resorts with full-scale ... More >>

Aiman Aryan, Accused Of Slinging Oxy, Ran Pharmacy In Downtown Government Center

photo by Daniel Christensen via Wikimedia CommonsCounty Hall, oxy central?​In true South Florida fashion, a pill mill that trafficked thousands of illegal oxycodone tablets was operating right in the heart of Miami-Dade County government, the feds say.Recent charges filed against Robert's Drug Sto ... More >>

Here's a List of 3,125 County Employees Who Made Six Figures This Year

Has Carlos Gimenez changed Carlos Alvarez's big-spendin' ways?​Let's take a moment to remember back to the distant past. Cue the theremins. The time: Last November. The place: Miami-Dade. The conflict: County residents enraged over the economic free fall are close to recalling Mayor Carlos Alvarez ... More >>

Carlo Gimenez and Akerman Senterfitt Are Looking Out For Each Other

Carlos Gimenez gives $60,000 contract to law firm that raised $30,000 for him. ​A local law firm that raised at least $30,000 in campaign funds for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is seeing its investment pay off. On Monday, the county commission approved Gimenez's request to split Miami-Dade's st ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez Is No Longer Looking Out For Akerman Senterfitt, Lobbyists Who Funded His Campaign

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has vetoed a controversial lobbying contract that included a law firm that has generously supported his political campaign for the county's top elected position. Citing the county commission's failure to cut the cost of Miami-Dade's lobbying services, Gimenez killed t ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez Collects Half-A-Million Bucks In First Round of Fundraising

​Miami-Dade County's new mayor has become quite the rain maker. According to his most recently filed campaign finance report, Carlos Gimenez raised $419,985 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 of last year for his reelection run. His political action committee, Common Sense Now, raked in another $89,750. C ... More >>

Miami-Dade Paying $340,000 To Lobbying Firms Tied To Marlins Debacle, Genting Agenda

The four firms representing Miami-Dade County before the state legislature are mired in potential conflicts of interests and ongoing controversies. Yesterday, county commissioners awarded $120,000 each to law firms Ronald L. Book P.A. and Rutledge, Ecenia & Purnell, as well as $50,000 each for A ... More >>