The brewing battle between Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and some city mayors over the COVID-19 pandemic response has become a food fight over $474 million in CARES federal funding for governments to help cover coronavirus-related costs — and Grimenez is getting grabby. On Monday, the county decided that all the cities would have to share […]
Different rules about containing the COVID19 virus in different municipalities across Miami-Dade are confusing residents about the requirement of masks and causing yet more distrust in local governments that say one thing one day and something completely different the next. Does anyone else remember a time when we were told that masks weren’t necessary and […]
There doesn’t have to be a looming election for another mystery mailer to turn up in mailboxes in Miami Beach. This one, that landed last week, targets Mayor Dan Gelber and calls him a dictator for closing beaches and businesses for too long in response to the COVID19 pandemic. There’s even an image of Gelber […]
Seniors are getting meals delivered at home. Food bank drive-throughs, turning political, have become regular and frequent in the face of the COVID19 pandemic that has caused many people to lose work and/or pay. But what about pets? Dog food can get expensive. To help provide relief for Miami-Dade’s pet owners, the county Animal Services […]
By the county’s own measure, at least 165,000 people countywide have been exposed to the coronavirus causing COVID19 — but it’s still time to start opening the parks and boat ramps and golf courses. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez — who just last week was asking people to “stay safer at home” — went ahead and opened […]
Virus? What virus? A land use change, some code amendments and the ban of certain types of fertilizer are among things the Miami City Commission will consider when it meets virtually for the second time since the national COVID19 crisis struck and the stay-at-home orders were issued. The first meeting last month was pretty much limited to […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo got his colleagues on county commissioner to approve urging the Federal Aviation Administration to prohibit travel to and from Cuba due to the coronavirus cases on the island. They also urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue an executive order imposing isolation and quarantine on airline travelers to Florida from Cuba. Maybe Bovo […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez has been after the state and the county to open a coronavirus testing center at the Youth Fair grounds, where there is already a field hospital, and on Tuesday, he got word that testing would begin on Wednesday. Adults with COVID-19 symptoms must make an appointment first by calling 305-499-8767. On March […]
Miami-Dade commissioners will meet Tuesday for the first time since the COVID19 pandemic pretty much shuttered and cancelled everything, including the March 17 commission meeting. One might think it’s all going to be about the coronavirus numbers and the local government’s continuing response to its threat on our county, which is Florida’s epicenter, with 4,146 positive […]
Was it just a bad dream? Furloughs proposed for healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital in the middle of the national coronavirus pandemic, with thousands of Miami-Dade residents testing positive only on the rise, have been called off. Thankfully. At least for now. “It won’t happen,” said Jackson Public Health Trust Chairman Joe Arriola on […]