American Dream mall lobby team = casino connections

American Dream mall lobby team = casino connections

The mega mall proposed for the Northwest corner of Miami-Dade, known as the American Dream Miami complex, is gaining speed now that the School Board has released its lease hold on part of the property and the county commission approved to be a purchase pass-through for 82 acres of state land. But is it really […]

American Dream Miami mega mall clears School Board

American Dream Miami mega mall clears School Board

The Miami-Dade School Board approved the release of a lease hold on about half of a state property that is now in a convoluted land deal between the the county and the developers of a proposed mega mall and tourist attraction where I-75 meets the Florida Turnpike. But not before Superintendent Alberto Carvalho revealed the county […]

Mega mall gets its public land on rushed timeline

Mega mall gets its public land on rushed timeline

In yet another race against the clock, under the gun of yet another looming deadline that could have been completely intentional, Miami-Dade commissioners on Tuesday got into the real estate business and approved a land assemblage deal that is the first necessary step in development of a megamall/tourist attraction in the northwest corner of the […]

Carlos Gimenez’s ‘mega mall’ on fast track with shell firm

Carlos Gimenez’s ‘mega mall’ on fast track with shell firm

Controversial plans for a super mega retail mall with tourist attractions in a northwest corner of the county may have come out of nowhere earlier this month, but it’s looking like the project is going somewhere fast. American Dream Miami — the 200-acre complex that includes a skating rink, water park, performing sea lions and an […]

Miami-Dade to pay $10 mil for transit grants, firing

Miami-Dade to pay $10 mil for transit grants, firing

It’s not bad enough that Miami-Dade got caught lying to the federal government to get somewhere around $6 million in transit grants that we apparently didn’t use right and now Uncle Sam is demanding we pay back. It gets worse: Some honcho at County Hall had the gall to fire the eagle eye employee who […]

Raquel Regalado’s message: ‘I can be a better mayor’

Raquel Regalado’s message: ‘I can be a better mayor’

Dressed in a crisp white skirt suit that shimmered just a little, with a big green flower pin that matched her high heels, Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado — the 305’s favorite political daughter — became on Monday morning the first Hispanic woman to run for Miami-Dade mayor. While the media throng made a […]

She’s in: Candidate Raquel Regalado declares for 2016

She’s in: Candidate Raquel Regalado declares for 2016

Let the games begin. Call her candidate Raquel Regalado, as she officially was born Sunday as the Miami-Dade School Board member  announced that she will run for Miami-Dade mayor, after all — which was sorta the best kept secret in local politics. It was first outed by Doug Hanks at the Miami Herald that she was […]

Miami-Dade mega mall: A new, and shinier, insider deal?

Miami-Dade mega mall: A new, and shinier, insider deal?

Why is everyone freaking out about a future mega mall that sounds like fun out in the middle of nowhere that is probably never going to happen anyway? This American Dream Miami mall that was unveiled this week — after what? A year of planning? —  should perhaps be called the American In Your Dreams […]

Raquel Regalado issues rebuttal to Carlos Gimenez SOTC

Raquel Regalado issues rebuttal to Carlos Gimenez SOTC

If there is any one single sign that shows that Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado is running for county mayor, it’s the rebuttal she issued Thursday to Mayor Carlos Gimenez‘s State of the County address. Nobody — not even Regalado — can tell me now that she’s still undecided. Somebody had to do it. […]

Carlos Gimenez’s Miami-Dade SOTC: Much ado about nada

Carlos Gimenez’s Miami-Dade SOTC: Much ado about nada

That was it? Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez finished his State of the County address just a couple hours ago, reading 46 pages worth of words in large font size and all caps without saying much — a feat in and of itself — leaving folks sorta looking left and right for something, well, something more. […]

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