It seems like a shock and awe campaign. This week alone, Miami-Dade Commissioners considered giving away the last waterfront property to a Cuban exile museum project, finding a way to break the lease with the Dade County Youth Fair to make room for Florida International University’s expansion on 80-some acres of county land (do I […]
Joining giants like Lebron James and Emilio Estefan and local heroes, the outgoing chief of staff to the county mayor got a the ultimate kiss up Thursday at the Miami-Dade Commission meeting, where her boss, Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez proclaimed it Lisa M. Martinez Day. After just three years? What does she know? Gimenez […]
You may have heard about that new movie that’s about to be released tomorrow, though you can see it today at some theaters, “The Purge: Anarchy.” It’s a sequel to the “The Purge,” which is basically a thriller about a future in which the law of the land is temporarily suspended. Well, someone wants you to […]
It had to be a Hispanic. Everyone has been whispering that Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chairwoman Annette Taddeo Goldstein, who has been active supporting candidates but also on local county issues like taxpayer funded sports stadiums and the proposed cutting of library services by a mayor she said was stadium obsessed, was setting herself up to […]
By MARGIE MENZELTHE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDATHE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 16, 2014 — Carlos Lopez-Cantera is the first Hispanic lieutenant governor of Florida. Gov. Rick Scott tapped him for the post in January, 10 months after the resignation of former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, and Lopez-Cantera was sworn in Feb. 3. Lopez-Cantera represented part of Miami-Dade County in the […]
While the regular Joe P. Taxpayer citizens of Miami-Dade County were begging county commissioners to restore the library budget to what is needed to go back to the right level of services and not to fire police officers and not to increase the bus fair and prices for special transportation for the elderly and the […]
By JIM TURNER / THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 15, 2014 — Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday they do not plan to appeal a judge’s ruling that struck down Florida’s congressional map but want lawmakers to be able to redraw the disputed districts after this fall’s elections. House Speaker Will Weatherford […]
Nobody left happy from the Miami-Dade Commission meeting Tuesday where our electeds dealt with the county’s $6.2 billion budget for the first time as a whole. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez can’t be happy that all three of his recommended tax rates — for the general fund, the fire department and the libraries — were not rubber […]
Miami-Dade Commissioners have a choice today: They can allow Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez to establish his legacy as the man who decimated our police department, libraries and public services while doling out millions in corporate giveaways. Or they can show what true leadership looks like and actually set a tentative increase in the property tax […]
While the Miami-Dade Commission considers firing 700 workers and slashing services and making employees sacrifice their benefits, the county spent close to $1 million this year on fancy new pavers for the parking lots at three county facilities. No, not libraries or neighborhood service agencies or cultural centers where hundreds of constituents come and go. These octagonal, terracotta-colored […]