Political silence on FPL rate hike, save for new Sen. J-Rod

Political silence on FPL rate hike, save for new Sen. J-Rod

The Florida Public Service Commission should change its name. Because it is of absolutely no service to the public. This week, the PSC approved an $811-million robbery, er, we mean rate increase for poor, old Florida Power & Light over the next three years. The utility giant was looking at a measly $1.6 billion in […]

Mayor Carlos Gimenez to meet with Underline park backers

Mayor Carlos Gimenez to meet with Underline park backers

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez will meet Wednesday afternoon with Meg Daly and Parker Thomson, founder and president and the director, respectively, of the Friends of the Underline, a group of activists who want to transform the stretch of land underneath the MetroRail tracks into a 10-mile linear park and bike/walk trail from Brickell to Dadeland. […]

Miami Lakes voters toss Michael Pizzi out for Manny Cid

Miami Lakes voters toss Michael Pizzi out for Manny Cid

He beat a bribery rap in federal court. Then he won several judicial rulings to get back into his elected office to finish out his term. He even beat a possible DUI investigation when he hit a tree on the side of a road and ran away from the accident on foot. It took voters […]

Dade legislators become state VIPs on House committees

Dade legislators become state VIPs on House committees

Miami-Dade is going to own Tallahassee this year. Half of the leadership positions in the Florida House — the most powerful half — have gone to 305 legislators, giving the Miami-Dade delegation a louder voice in how priorities are sought and funded in the Sunshine State. It starts at the top with State Reps. Jeanette […]

League of Women Voters celebrate solar win, Dade turnout

League of Women Voters celebrate solar win, Dade turnout

No matter how they feel about the presidential results of last week’s election, the victory over the proposed and misleading solar choice amendment, which was soundly defeated, and the 72% turnout in Miami-Dade will be celebrated Wednesday when the League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade County gets together for a post-election gathering. “I know that […]

Juan Zapata’s last meeting items: ‘smart growth’ zoning, ATVs

Juan Zapata’s last meeting items: ‘smart growth’ zoning, ATVs

A zoning amendment that holds down development in suburban West Kendall neighborhoods could be the swan song for Miami-Dade Commissioner Juan Zapata at Tuesday’s county commission meeting — his last, unless they don’t get through the agenda and meet again Thursday (but they should).  Zapata, who withdrew his candidacy for re-election after his name was already […]

Get breakfast and up to date on Miami Marine Stadium

Get breakfast and up to date on Miami Marine Stadium

The future plans for the Miami Marine Stadium will be the topic of discussion this week at the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club meeting in Miami Beach. Don Worth, co-founder of the Friends of the Miami Marine Stadium — which advocates for the Bayside watersports stadium’s restoration — will be the guest speaker and bring people […]

Democrats plan therapeutic special meeting with “extra wine”

Democrats plan therapeutic special meeting with “extra wine”

They need each other at this dark time. The Democrats of South Dade Club will have a special meeting next week to talk about what happened Tuesday and, from what it looks like on the email invite, hug it out. “There will be a special format for the November meeting,” it says. “We will start […]

Raquel Regalado set to fight anew for charter change, reform

Raquel Regalado set to fight anew for charter change, reform

True to form, Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado is not going to shut up and go away just because she fell a bit short in her shot to become the first female mayor of Miami-Dade. Conceding Tuesday night and thanking her supporters, Regalado vowed to continue to fight for Miami-Dade residents and against the […]

Recount starts and gap closes in by-a-hair House 118 race

Recount starts and gap closes in by-a-hair House 118 race

Robert Asencio probably shouldn’t put a deposit on a Tallahassee apartment just yet. And Ladra bets David “King Nine Lives” Rivera is lighting a candle to Cachita right now. Because the election might have been on Tuesday, but we still don’t know who won the seat in Florida House district 118. Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor Christina […]