A controversial takeover of the Coral Gables Country Club by a politically-connected businessman and lobbyist could be dead in the water after Rodney Barreto sent the city a letter Saturday saying that he gives up on what he called a “painful process.” Barreto has withdrawn his proposal to lease and operate the historic, taxpayer-owned “crown […]
Proposal calls for 480 residential units, a grocery store and more The 87th Avenue bridge isn’t the only thing riling folks up in Palmetto Bay. The village council will meet Monday night to consider the approval of a 480-unit multi-family residential complex at the site of the Palmetto Bay Village Center, the old Burger King […]
Neighbors sue to stop mowing, spraying and cutting of trees In an obvious attempt to skewer the results of mandated environmental studies to verify the existence of threatened and endangered wildlife, the owners and developers of the old, abandoned Calusa Golf Course — which has become a natural preserve in the midst of suburbia — […]
Who is the brother? That’s the question everyone was asking on Tuesday after it was revealed that Miami-Dade State Attorney Kathy Fernandez-Rundle recused herself in the case of accusations against Miami’s Three Amigos by former Police Chief Art Acevedo before he was fired. In a scathing 10-page memo, Acevedo accused Miami Commissioners Joe Carollo, Manolo […]
Condo reform, critical race theory, abortion and more There’s always a theme to the Florida legislative session, and especially among the Miam-Dade delegation of state representatives and senators. This year, bills about condo safety, education and oversight are all the rage, thanks to the tragedy at the Champlain Towers in Surfside, where 98 people died […]
The husband and wife team at Miami Police who were fired by former Police Chief Art Acevedo after they allegedly attempted to cover up her car accident in a city SUV are back on the job. So is Luis Camacho, a sergeant at arms who was relieved of duty after he was accused of helping […]
She’s worked for different electeds at all levels — federal, state, county and city. So now, veteran GOP operative Alina Garcia — most recently the “senior political advisor” for Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo — wants to be elected herself. To the Florida Senate. Garcia is waiting for the redistricting to shake out and will run […]
And now the commission may reward the driver with a new job Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla was involved in a car accident last week in a city vehicle driven by a Miami police officer and now there’s apparently an internal affairs investigation. Someone also sent a complaint to the Miami-Dade State […]
But a $2.2 million mortgage on the property could complicate things A week after a Miami-Dade Circuit judge slammed Coral Gables for a secret settlement deal that paved the way for a WaWa gas station on Grand Avenue, the city — fighting a lawsuit from homeowners and parents at the elementary school across the site […]
The city of Miami has an employee flight problem. It begun two years ago when Commissioner Joe Carollo forced the resignation of former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez and, like a virus, has had several mutations and variants since. New acting planning director Jeremy Gauger, who was the deputy and had taken over after Francisco Garcia […]