Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez reportedly qualified for the Republican Congressional primary in District 26 because he filed his paperwork on time, before the deadline at noon on Friday. But could a typo kick him off the ballot? Florida statute 99.061 requires a federal candidate to submit “a properly executed check drawn upon the candidate’s campaign account” for […]
Miami-Dade County is finally taking some small steps to control the coronavirus spreading petri dishes that they call buses: providing masks to all employees, limiting the number of passengers allowed on board — signs on the seats will tell riders where they should sit — and suspending low-use routes with overlapping services while adding more […]
Virus? What virus? A land use change, some code amendments and the ban of certain types of fertilizer are among things the Miami City Commission will consider when it meets virtually for the second time since the national COVID19 crisis struck and the stay-at-home orders were issued. The first meeting last month was pretty much limited to […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo got his colleagues on county commissioner to approve urging the Federal Aviation Administration to prohibit travel to and from Cuba due to the coronavirus cases on the island. They also urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue an executive order imposing isolation and quarantine on airline travelers to Florida from Cuba. Maybe Bovo […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez has been after the state and the county to open a coronavirus testing center at the Youth Fair grounds, where there is already a field hospital, and on Tuesday, he got word that testing would begin on Wednesday. Adults with COVID-19 symptoms must make an appointment first by calling 305-499-8767. On March […]
Miami-Dade commissioners will meet Tuesday for the first time since the COVID19 pandemic pretty much shuttered and cancelled everything, including the March 17 commission meeting. One might think it’s all going to be about the coronavirus numbers and the local government’s continuing response to its threat on our county, which is Florida’s epicenter, with 4,146 positive […]
Someone get Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes a map to the city, please. And pronto! Reyes went on Channel 7 News over the weekend from a COVID19 relief food distribution event at Miami City Casino — which he recently voted to settle a lawsuit with — and pretty much dissed the entire Brickell neighborhood, an area he […]
Was it just a bad dream? Furloughs proposed for healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital in the middle of the national coronavirus pandemic, with thousands of Miami-Dade residents testing positive only on the rise, have been called off. Thankfully. At least for now. “It won’t happen,” said Jackson Public Health Trust Chairman Joe Arriola on […]
We finally have proof that Miami-Dade Carlos Gimenez failed kindergarten: He doesn’t play well with others. He can’t share. He can’t sit in circle time. On Friday, as the number of positive COVID19 county residents grew to 3,364 — and the number of county deaths to 25 — Gimenez told the White House to ignore the letter written […]
Two Miami-Dade bus drivers and an employee from the radio room have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, their union leader said, as transit workers — who are also on the front lines — continue to work without protective gear. And the southbound Route 9 bus in Aventura had 60 passengers on board Friday morning. […]