Tag: Claudia Cubillos
El Portal Mayor Claudia Cubillos: One last lie for the road!
Election day in the Village of El Portal will be nonexistent – and drama free – due to the fact that not a single one of the candidates has a challenger for their respective seats….
El Portal Interim Village Attorney Norman Powell crosses the line, Mayor Claudia Cubillos abandons ship, Village Hall in chaos!
Just when you thought the tiny Village of El Portal couldn’t get any more dysfunctional, Village officials amp up the crazy! If you need further proof, just watch the five hour Special Council Meeting held…
El Portal Councilperson Vimari Roman challenges VotersOpinion to a “duel.” 🤣🤣🤣
The good news is that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to run for office, especially in the Village of El Portal. The bad news is that you don’t have to be a…
El Portal: The Saga of Norman Powell’s “All-Inclusive” Contract Continues…
In El Portal: The shady alliance of Claudia Cubillos and Norman Powell, we told you about Mayor Cubillos’ desperate attempts to convince her colleagues to hire Norman Powell as the permanent Village Attorney. According to…
“Lies My Mayor Told Me,” a True Story (Because we really can’t make this stuff up!)
We’re old enough to remember that time El Portal Mayor Claudia Cubillos falsely accused Vice Mayor Omar C. Nickerson of lying. At the July 23, 2019 Council meeting, she claimed at hour 1:01:01 of the…
El Portal: South Florida’s shadiest little Village just got a whole lot shadier!
Get out the popcorn. The pint-sized Village of El Portal, run by public officials with disproportionately out-sized egos, is back on our radar. At the center of the latest drama are the three usual suspects,…
El Portal: The shady alliance of Claudia Cubillos and Norman Powell (UPDATED)
Ever since Norman Powell lost his sweet gig as the municipal attorney for North Bay Village on February 28, 2019, he’s been even more desperate to snag the permanent position in the Village of El Portal….
El Portal: The hits just keep on comin’
What a difference Jose makes! Miami-Dade County corruptocrats beware! The new Executive Director of the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust is taking no prisoners. After seven long, frustrating years of watching Joe “No…
El Portal’s “so called” Mayor gets panties twisted, denies reality
In response to our recent blog, as well as Miami Herald reporter Sarah Blaskey’s scathing article about El Portal’s attempt to hide public records from the public, Mayor Claudia Cubillos thought it was a good idea…
El Portal’s Dirty Little Secrets
Claudia V. Curbillos became the Mayor of El Portal in 2014, and promptly emailed the Miami Herald, “I will be using residents’ input and ideas in setting both short-term goals and a long-term vision for…