If you blinked, you missed it. The Miami City Commission had what is probably its shortest meeting ever Thursday when Chairwoman Christine King adjourned about 10 minutes after it started and deferred all agenda items to the Feb. 10 meeting except redistricting, which will likely come up separately at a special meeting. Both Commissioners Alex […]
Town hall focus: Rapid transit zoning density and height increases A group of Pinecrest residents are riled up about a plan that proposes increases in heights and density along the eastern side of U.S. 1, across from where Miami-Dade County plans to build two rapid bus stations. But village officials say they’re worried about nada, […]
The distribution of hateful, anti-Semitic flyers in Miami Beach and Surfside over the weekend, blaming the “COVID agenda” on a list of Jewish doctors and officials, has not just alarmed that community. Everyone is disgusted. Police from several jurisdictions are investigating the source of the crude, false and inflammatory flyers, which were carefully left on […]
We may get some answers at Thursday’s city commission meeting What is it with the city of Miami Police and car crashes? First, it was Commander Nerly Papier who crashed into a curb, nearly killing two pedestrians, busting her tires and driving her unmarked vehicle through a red light on its rims. She and her […]
Who will be appointed? Ladra’s money is on a former councilwoman Updated: Hialeah Councilman Oscar de la Rosa announced Tuesday that he would resign, as promised when his stepfather campaigned last year for mayor of the second biggest city in Miami-Dade. You know… to avoid any potential or perceived conflict of interest. Esteban Bovo won […]
Faced with unwavering opposition from residents, the Palmetto Bay Village Council voted unanimously Monday night to deny an application to develop the old Burger King headquarters on Old Cutler Drive into 485 units with 68,000 square feet of retail, including maybe a grocery store and pharmacy. The owner’s promise to donate 22 acres of undevelopable […]
Miami-Dade School Board members on Monday chose longtime administrator José Dotres to be the new superintendent after the abrupt departure of Alberto Carvalho to the Los Angeles, California, school district. Yeah, it was quick. Carvalho announced in December that he was leaving, for real this time after he changed his mind when New York City […]
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 — […]