Miami-Dade Commission chair says it ain’t Along with the Miami-Dade County commission, mayoral and judicial races on the August 20 ballot, after the state legislative and party committee candidates and the new constitutional officers, there will be a ballot question about county mass transit. It’s a non-binding, straw ballot, which means that, really, nothing will […]
The Coral Gables commission on Tuesday will consider putting a question on the ballot to establish an Inspector General in the city. The resolution on the meeting agenda is sponsored by Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson and co-sponsored by Mayor Vince Lago. But wasn’t this already decided? Yes. Last month, the mayor and vice mayor — […]
Survey is out — just as the mayor faces re-election Affordable housing? Traffic? Well-paying jobs? Finding reliable child care or elderly programs? How about all of the above? Miami-Dade County wants to know what residents need and/or lack most and are working with the Florida International University Jorge M. Perez Metropolitan Center to conduct the […]
One of the questions asked at the forum for the Miami-Dade sheriff candidates Monday was whether or not our community would be safer if we each went out and bought a gun, obviously getting the training or whatever needed to use one. And, almost like an echo chamber, the candidates said they believed in the […]
This meeting has been cancelled due to weather. The agenda moves to a special meeting Tuesday. At first blush, it may seem like Thursday’s Miami City Commission meeting is a sleeper, especially compared to recent meetings. Nothing on LED billboards. Nothing on redistricting. But a closer look at the agenda reveals a bunch of items […]
County urges state legislature to back off For months, Kendall residents have been calling county commissioners, state senators and representatives to complain about the 5G towers popping up without notice in their neighborhoods — sometimes on the sidewalk right in front of their homes. About 60 of them gathered on a recent Sunday to protest […]
City will seek action against existing sign at PAMM After hearing from more than 65 residents from all five city districts speak against the mega LED billboards on public land, and then taking a long break for lunch, Miami Commissioners voted Thursday 4-1 to rollback the ordinance that allows the mega signs in the downtown […]
The Miami-Dade Commission will consider spending more than $245 million to build the South Dade Transit Operations Center to improve efficiency for bus routes serving the southern part of the county, particularly the new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) busway under construction along U.S. 1. The county has already identified a 20-acre site at Southwest 27th […]
Some Miami-Dade voters got a text message poll over the weekend, gauging support for many of the big candidates on the ballot this year and also for the $2.5 billion bond referendum promoted by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and dropped on us during her State of the County address in January. And, for the first […]
In South Miami, voters are not only casting ballots for next week’s Republican presidential primary, which is already decided anyway. They will also be voting March 19 on whether or not to amend the city charter so that the city-owned property where City Hall is can be leased for more than 50 years. Today, the […]