by Javier Manjarres Miami-Dade County Commissioner Carlos Gimenez has announced that he will be running for Mayor of Miami-Dade County. Gimenez may be a candidate in a late spring special election if the voters of Miami-Dade county recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez. Early voting for the recall has already begun, and there’s a decent chance that Mayor Alvarez will … Read more
by Javier Manjarres Appearing at the Club for Growth Economic Summit in Manalapan, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann levied some serious allegations at President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi regarding the manner in which they effectively hid $105 billion dollars in future funding during the passage of the … Read more
by Javier Manjarres At the recent Miami-Dade GOP Lincoln Day dinner, Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Chairman David Bitner took a few minutes out of his schedule to tell us how his stint as Chairman of the state Republican Party has gone thus far. It was refreshing to hear Chairman Bitner state that whenever he has … Read more
by Javier Manjarres Congressman David Rivera (R-FL) dropped the hammer down on Assistant Secretary of State Arturo Valenzuela during a congressional hearing that culminated in a discussion about imprisoned American citizen Alan Gross who is currently imprisoned in Cuba. Alan Gross has been incarcerated for a over a year on charges of espionage against Cuba, and … Read more
by Javier Manjarres Senator Marco Rubio recently made the rounds at U.S. Military’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in Doral, Florida, where he was taken on a tour of the facility and briefed on military matters in the southern hemisphere. SOUTHCOM is charged with overseeing all U.S. national security interests and military operations in the Caribbean, Central and … Read more
by Javier Manjarres Last weekend I was invited to be a guest panelist on Univision’s Sunday morning political show ‘Al Punto’, and I was privileged to be able to give my take on the current political news of the week. One of the topics in question was Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s forthcoming visit to the … Read more
by Javier Manjarres Former Florida House Majority Leader and probable U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner gave the keynote address to the Broward REC (BREC) on Monday evening in front of about 200 attendees. Hasner threw down the proverbial gauntlet in his address and spoke in no uncertain terms about the national security threats that challenge … Read more