Leaders ignore protests and widespread opposition Coral Gables commissioners approved the controversial zoning code update Tuesday — or a watered down version, taking out potential height increases, a reduction of parking restrictions, and the contentious changes proposed on Miracle Mile for more discussion. But the upzoning for the Crafts Section — three blocks of single […]
Man, did newly appointed commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins step in it last week. Deep in it. It’s not so much that she renewed a proposal to build a super controversial bridge over a canal on 87th Avenue connecting 164th Street with 163rd Terrace — and Cutler Bay with Palmetto Bay — just a few weeks […]
Coral Gables Commissioners are poised to take the second and final vote Tuesday on the controversial zoning clean-up (read: rewrite), which includes remote parking, height increases downtown, and increased density in the neighborhood known as the Crafts Section. If they do, they will have completely ignored hundreds of residents who have concerns about the process, […]
Oooops! The Florida Legislature is already knee deep in committee meetings and the budget was presented by the governor on Thursday. Many if not most municipal governments have already sent their legislative priorities and designated lobbyists to Tallahassee to fight for their pet projects and piece of pork pie. But not Miami, where city commissioners […]
The first female and first Jewish mayor of Miami-Dade County will deliver her first State of the County address Friday morning without a live audience, thanks to COVID19, which promises to be the central theme of her speech. La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava will present the annual report on the county’s status and goals virtually, […]
As expected, Florida’s House Bill 1, the governor’s priority anti-protest law disguised as an “anti-rioting” measure, passed its first committee meeting Wednesday — along partisan lines. The 11-6 vote at the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee followed a hearing of more than two hours with about 70 public commenters, most against the bill, and […]
The controversial Coral Gables zoning code rewrite is up for its second and final reading in two weeks. But Vice Mayor Vince Lago wants the city to give residents one more opportunity to provide their comments. That’s why he is asking the commissioners on Tuesday to schedule a third and final community meeting with all […]
Bill Galvano can apparently count. The former Florida Senate president terminated his contract with the city of Miami on Friday, a week after commissioners moved to fire him at a meeting earlier this month, citing the costly lawsuits that followed his manipulative redistricting of the state. Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Galvano’s buddy, had […]
Miami commissioners want to fire former Sen. President Bill Galvano, who has been consulting on redistricting for $10,000 a month, because they can’t fire Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla. The official line from Commissioner Jeffrey Watson, who made the move to terminate Galvano’s contract on a surprise pocket item at last week’s meeting, is […]
Finally, a local Republican has taken a strong stand against the party for it’s lukewarm response to the insurgents’ siege on The Capitol earlier this month: Hialeah Councilman Paul “Pablitiquito” Hernández is turning blue. He made the decision almost two weeks ago, right after the “attempted coup on the building that represents our first branch […]