Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine is now officially a trained diplomat. Thanks to Bill Cooke of Random Pixels for pointing out that Levine posted a picture on Facebook of his diploma from the Fletcher School at Tufts University stating that he had completed the Leadership Program in Advanced Diplomacy — which is apparently a six-day […]
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has passed on a request from the Miami Lakes council to open an independent investigation into the May car accident involving Mayor Michael Pizzi and a tree. FDLE Director Scott McInerny told Miami Lakes Town Manager Alex Rey in a letter dated Aug. 3 that they reviewed the investigation by […]
It’s fraud. Or extortion. Or both. Miami-Dade County sold six taxi medallions at auction for about $2.4 million dollars in 2012, an average of $400,000 each. This is on top of the 20 medallions awarded to taxi drivers through a lottery every year from 1999 to 2011– at $20,000 a pop. Folks paid those prices […]
You know how they say good news travels fast. Well, it also travels more. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced a series of budget town hall meetings, starting next week, where residents will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide input on his proposed 2015-16 county budget. And there are a whole 10 of them […]
Sarah smiled Wednesday. The 32-year-old daughter of former Palmetto Bay mayor Shelley Stanczyk was still in intensive care recovery Wednesday after undergoing six hours of surgery for a liver transplant Monday to save her life. She has been stable since the surgery and awake and alert since Monday evening, her mother said posted on Facebook, adding that […]
The photos and videos are startling. They show clouds forming in Biscayne Bay where the city of Miami Beach pumps water out to keep the streets dry. Activists say that the the thousands of gallons of storm water are accompanied by plastic bags, Styrofoam, construction debris and other pollutants — creating a cloudy and sometimes […]
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As Republican nominees for the 2016 presidential nomination prepare for the first debate Thursday by rehearsing their issues stances and going over (and over and over) their message points, political junkies in the 305 — where we have not one but two local boys in the running — prepare by purchasing bulk amount of chips […]
Uber, the popular app-driven black car service that has been a controversial addition to the traffic landscape in Miami-Dade, has been booted from Broward County as of last week. And Uber drivers are getting citations in Key West — where at least one driver was arrested for driving without a license. And where do you […]
Former Palmetto Bay Mayor Shelley Stanczyk‘s daughter is critically ill and awaiting a liver transplant in Wisconsin. Sarah Stanczyk, 32, a Coral Reef High grad (class of 2001) and University of Miami grad (B.A.) was going for her PhD at NSU, where she got her master’s in international security, when she fell ill. She is now […]
The second employee to resign from the Town of Miami Lakes in recent weeks because they’d rather be unemployed than work for Mayor Michael Pizzi is his handpicked assistant, the daughter of a longtime Pizzi supporter. Lissette Molina resigned from her position as Pizzi’s assistant just before 10 a.m. Friday. “Due to the unfortunate work […]