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Chairwoman Christine King and Vice Chair Joe Carollo were the two Miami commissioners opposed to Damian Pardo’s idea of allowing voters to weigh-in on ballot language in November.
Miami city commissioners voted Thursday to cancel this year’s municipal election and postpone it until 2026, approving a controversial ordinance to move city elections to even-numbered years — a move that has drawn sharp criticism from Florida’s attorney general and community advocates who say the change unlawfully extends officials’ terms without voter input.
On the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida” host Glenna Milberg was joined by former Congressman and current CEO of the American Jewish Committee Ted Deutch, U.S. Ambassador to Panama Kevin Cabrera, Inspire Weather Chief Meteorologist Brian LaMarre and The Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher.
A dramatic Miami City Commission meeting involving chicken costumes, code enforcement complaints and allegations of political retaliation unfolded Friday, with Commissioner Joe Carollo at the center of it all.
Shocking allegations made by the wife of a Miami city commissioner about one of her husband’s colleagues grounded city business to a halt Thursday.
Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo is being sued again, this time by two former employees of a city agency he ran. They claim he retaliated against them for exposing financial mismanagement, misuse of public funds and corruption.
Joe Carollo scored another legal victory in his fight against a $63 million legal verdict; a judge issued a recommendation Wednesday that the Miami city commissioner shouldn’t have his wages garnished to pay the Little Havana businessmen who won a lawsuit against him.
Local 10 News takes a look at what’s on the ballot for the Aug. 20 Primary for the city of Miami.
Several press conferences were held on Thursday across South Florida centering on the current situation in Venezuela following the country's presidential election.
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo discussed what he’s calling a big win Monday: a recommendation from United States Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis, which means he may not lose his Coconut Grove home after all.
Joe Carollo’s defense attorney released a statement saying a federal judge’s ruling Saturday gave the Miami commissioner and his family a reason to feel “thrilled” amid his battle against two Little Havana businessmen.
Miami city commissioners voted Thursday to adopt a new commission map, agreed upon as part of a settlement with civil rights groups after a federal judge ruled that elected officials unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered the previous districts.
During This Week In South Florida on Sunday, Miami Commissioner Miguel Gabela said the delay in replacing the unconstitutional city-drawn districts’ map was to ensure it gets done.
Anyone who thinks local government meetings are boring hasn’t been to one at City Hall in Miami. The latest spectacle of the dysfunction at a commission meeting was the ousting of Miami City Attorney Victoria Méndez.
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo touted a win Thursday in his battle against Little Havana businessmen Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla, after federal judge dismissed an updated lawsuit filed by the two against Carollo and other city officials.
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo won a victory in court Friday as he seeks to save his Coconut Grove home from the auction block after losing a $63.5 million civil judgment to two Little Havana businessmen.
Two Little Havana business owners and their investors are amping up their language in a newly-amended lawsuit against the city of Miami, Commissioner Joe Carollo and other top officials.
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo addressed the latest legal volley Friday related to the federal civil case he lost.
A federal judge didn’t mince words in denying Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo requests for a new trial and to reduce $63.5 million in damages against him after a civil jury found he used his position to violate the rights of two Little Havana businessmen last summer.
U.S. Marshals have scheduled a public auction to sell off Joe Carollo’s Coconut Grove home in order to satisfy a portion of a $63.5 million civil verdict against the Miami city commissioner. Carollo expressed confidence Thursday that he would prevail in stopping it.
A speaker approached the podium at Miami City Hall for Thursday’s commission meeting and addressed one member in particular: Joe Carollo. He wasn’t there to comment on an agenda item; instead, he let Carollo know that he was there to serve him with legal papers.
U.S. Marshals visited Joe Carollo’s Coconut Grove home Friday afternoon and taped a notice to the front gate, starting the process of seizing the house in order to satisfy part of a massive legal judgement against the Miami city commissioner.
Backdropped by a portrait of a rooster standing proudly in front of American and Cuban flags Wednesday, Joe Carollo compared two businessmen to a famed mobster and bemoaned the appeals process over the $63 million lawsuit he lost to the pair, likening himself to a “hostage.”
The Little Havana businessmen who won a $63 million civil verdict against Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo have their sights set on the longtime politician’s Coconut Grove home in an effort to recoup a portion of the judgment.
In Joe Carollo’s first Miami City Commission meeting since a federal court ordered U.S. Marshals to start collecting on a $63 million legal judgement, the longtime elected official came out swinging against his critics.
The U.S. Marshal’s Office has been ordered by a federal court to seize $63,500 in assets from Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, according to court records.
A federal judge ordered the city of Miami to begin garnishing Commissioner Joe Carollo’s wages in order to satisfy a massive multi-million dollar legal judgement.
As plaintiffs in a racial gerrymandering lawsuit try to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court, there was a new legal twist Monday in the ongoing saga over the fairness — or, as some argue, lack thereof — of Miami’s city commission district map.
In a 2-1 decision the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday granted the City of Miami’s motion for a stay. That means the Plaintiffs’ map won’t be used for the upcoming November election.
Fresh off the heels of a court order stating Miami city commissioners’ second try at redrawing their electoral map failed to remedy “unconstitutional” racial gerrymandering issues, there are now questions over whether an incumbent commissioner will have to move or relinquish his seat.
Local 10 News' recent story on the trash problem in Little Havana seems to have struck a nerve.
Joe Carollo didn’t park in his usual reserved spot at Miami City Hall and apparently got in using the back entrance, but all eyes were on the city commissioner as he sat on the dais Thursday, attending his first commission meeting since losing a multi-million dollar lawsuit the week prior.
A number of former elected officials, business owners, activists and community members joined forces Tuesday and called on Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo to resign or be removed from office after a jury found him liable last week for violating the rights of two businessmen, handing down a $63 million judgement.
Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo broke his silence after a jury found him liable for violating the rights of two Hialeah businessmen.
Days after his loss in court, Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo has kept a low profile after being found liable for violating the rights of a pair of businessmen and being ordered to pay a $63 million judgment.
A former Miami city commissioner is warning that taxpayers could end up footing the bill for his ex-colleague’s massive legal judgment.
A federal jury in Florida has awarded $63.5 million to a pair of businessmen who claimed a city of Miami commissioner used his office to harass them after they supported the commissioner’s political opponent.
After a marathon civil trial, a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale found Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo liable in a civil case brought by two businessmen who accused him of retaliation — and they delivered a massive monetary verdict.
After a more than 50 calendar day trial, jurors will decide if Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo targeted two businessmen because they supported his political opponent in 2017.
Miami taxpayers have already spent nearly $2 million on City Commissioner Joe Carollo’s legal defense as his lengthy civil trial continues to drag on. But will he have to pay that back if he loses?
Two officials testified in defense of Miami commissioner Joe Carollo in a civil trial that's been going on for weeks. Jurors will now get a few weeks break.
A photo of a member of the media talking to an attorney is submitted to the court by a Miami city commissioner's defense team during a civil trial. The judge had harsh words for the attorney telling him he broke the law and calling the actions "reprehensible."
Three more witnesses took the stand on Tuesday as jurors continue listening to hours and hours of testimony in Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo’s lengthy federal civil trial.
The defense in the civil trial of Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo who is being sued by two businessmen began calling witnesses Monday.
As the trial stretched beyond the one-month mark, a juror sitting for the federal civil case against Joe Carollo had to call it quits Thursday, as one of the businessmen suing the Miami city commissioner spent another full day on the stand.
Two businessmen suing Joe Carollo took the stand at the Fort Lauderdale federal courthouse Tuesday, claiming the Miami city commissioner waged a “campaign of destruction” against them because they supported his opponent back in 2017.
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo was on the stand for a third day on Wednesday in federal civil court and is scheduled to continue his testimony on Friday morning.
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo continued his testimony on Tuesday in federal court in downtown Miami during a civil case against him amid a prolonged bitter quarrel.
Stunning testimony continued Wednesday in the federal civil trial of Joe Carollo, with a former secretary telling jurors that the Miami city commissioner coerced her into making false sexual harassment allegations against two other former employees.
Attorneys for Joe Carollo unsuccessfully asked for a mistrial Tuesday in the federal civil case against the Miami city commissioner, claiming a business partner of the men suing him followed and spoke to a juror.
Monday marked another day of eye-opening testimony in the federal civil trial of Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo.
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo’s former aid testified on Friday during a civil trial at the federal courthouse in Broward County, as the owners of Ball & Chain demand $2.4 million in damages.
Testimony continued on Wednesday in the civil federal trial of controversial City of Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo.
Testimony continued on Tuesday in the federal civil trial of Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, who is accused of abusing his power on local businesses.
Former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez testified in the federal civil trial of Joe Carollo Tuesday, saying the powerful city commissioner did use his influence to target two business partners.
A federal civil trial pitting two business partners against Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo got underway in Fort Lauderdale Monday.
With questions rising about the future of historic Virginia Key after Miami Mayor Francis Suarez refused to veto the city’s takeover of the board of trustees, many Black local leaders are now angered by the decision.
The “transition zone” plan, which would see 50 to 100 tiny homes built on Virginia Key, has generated controversy from the moment Commissioner Joe Carollo proposed it in late July.
Several days have passed since a Virginia Key business was suddenly shut down indefinitely.
On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by North Miami Councilwoman Mary Estime-Irvin, Congressional candidates Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormack, Dale Holness and State Rep. Anika Omphroy, and Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo.
Virginia Key has been a proposed site to build a homeless community in Miami, but one county commissioner says that's not the case.
A controversial proposal to create pop-up communities for the homeless across Miami, including on Virginia Key, was approved by commissioners last week.
Miami city commissioners vote 3-2 to move forward with a pilot program that would build a community on Virginia Key for the city's homeless population.
In a 3 to 2 vote, the Miami City Commission rejected a plan that would have built 50 to 100 mini homes on Virginia Key as a homeless shelter community.
A Miami city commissioner wants to create a “transformation and transition zone” to rid Miami streets of homeless encampments, but it’s already getting some opposition over the plan’s proposed optimal location.
David Beckham’s dream of building a proper home for his Inter Miami faced the gatekeepers of the public land that he and billionaire Jorge Mas have chosen.
Some people are claiming that the building was left to rot by its owners, who purchased the property two years ago, and it's not the only one.
Neighbors living in Little Havana said they were blindsided by a notice on their door giving them just two weeks to move out.
While many crowd-drawing celebrations are being canceled due to the omicron variant, the show is on at Miami's Bayfront Park to ring in the New Year.
Commissioner and Chairman of the Bayfront Park Management Trust Joe Carollo is hosting a press conference about the City of Miami New Year’s Eve celebration at Bayfront Park.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez won reelection Tuesday night with more than 79% of the votes tallied. Max Martinez, his main opponent and a sports podcast producer, had about 11%.
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Miami commissioners voted 4-1 on Thursday in favor of a resolution to establish the controversial “adopt-a-homeless” program, which is meant to remove people who are camping on public sidewalks and parks
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Protestors gathered outside of Miami City Hall on Thursday opposing a proposed ban on homeless people camping on public property in the City of Miami.
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Chief Art Acevedo’s suspension turned into termination of employment on Thursday night at Miami City Hall after a 6-month tenure as a designated outsider who had been tasked with reforming the Miami Police Department’s culture.
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A coalition of homeless advocacy, social justice, legal, and other groups rallied on Thursday at Miami City Hall to oppose a proposed ban on homeless people camping on public property in the City of Miami.
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who went to Houston to bring in Art Acevedo for a fresh perspective, said Tuesday that the police chief is too much of an outsider and he supports the city manager’s decision to remove him after just six months.
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