Despite a “listening” session for stakeholders to raise concerns, the request for proposals on the Rickenbacker Causeway overhaul (and privatization) went out exactly as it was first expected to: As a near total replica of the unsolicited Plan Z proposal that looks like a done deal. Guess nobody listened. This is just theater, pretend transparency […]
Here we go again. Again. Another developer wants to push beyond the limits of zoning and land use in the Crafts Section, less than six months after the city approved a controversial upzoning that just doesn’t seem like enough. Trammell Crow Residential, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will go before the city’s Board of […]
Jeff Porter and Elvis Maldonado have challenged incumbent Steve Losner The Homestead mayoral race is shaping up to be a brutal battle and could be a repeat of the “bloodbath” two years ago. So far it’s a three way that practically guarantees a runoff: Either there will be a rematch between two old rivals or […]
¡Pero por supuesto! Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had to know that his stance against mask mandates in public schools — and his threat to defund schools and take away the salaries of school officials who defy him — would become campaign fodder for the 2022 election. He didn’t have to wait long. Congressman and former […]
Lobbyist hints at a bait and switch for a smaller project It was, indeed, a “slam dunk” against Ponce Park Residences, as former Coral Gables Commissioner Wayne “Chip” Withers called the planning and zoning board meeting Wednesday night where seven members voted unanimously to deny zoning variances and land use change requests from Allen Morris […]
In three lines with exclamation marks, Miami-Dade School Board Member Lubby Navarro sold parents, teachers and kids out to side with her Republican Party and Gov. Ron DeSantis. “I do not support masking our children,” Navarro tweeted early Wednesday. “I stand firm on giving the choice to our parents! The strongest voice in our public […]
Developers of a mixed use project on Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables want the city to let them add nine stories to the Ponce Park Residences on the corner of Malaga Avenue by changing the zoning limit from seven floors to 16 stories, more than twice as tall as allowed. Oh, and they […]
Oh, the irony! Here was Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy standing in the Bay of Pigs museum in Hialeah Gardens, blasting the Cuban government — because, you know, he’s not going to get left out of the trend — saying that people are being picked up off the street as they cry for freedom, when the […]
By GUEST COLUMNIST George Volsky Statistics daunt. Early this month, more than 200 million cases of Covid-19 and 614,000 deaths, were recorded in 182 countries. These totals, believed to be considerably undercounted, unequivocally confirm that the pandemic that appeared to have stabilized at the beginning of the year, has surged anew. This is due mainly […]
Can you imagine 30 people in a room today without masks? The governor can. If those people are children. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has repeatedly failed to act responsibly on the COVID-19 emergency — has come under intense fire for his executive order forbidding local governments from making mask mandates. This came after […]