Miami Dade College tax battle still brews after big fight

Miami Dade College tax battle still brews after big fight

Fight, fight! But Ladra bets the ugly, public brawl between a group of Republican legislators and the beloved president of Miami Dade College isn’t really over yet and that the former doesn’t know what they have gotten themselves into. Jaws dropped all over the county last week when the typically staid and methodically elegant MDC […]

Dolphins stadium owner looks for candidates to run

Dolphins stadium owner looks for candidates to run

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has not given up on getting public financing for some of his planned $350-million in upgrades to his privately-owned SunLife Stadium, even though efforts to do just that this year were thwarted in the Florida legislature. “Have I given up? The answer is no,” he said earlier this month. “The […]

Dolphin stadium backlash is for GOP only, claimed illegal

Dolphin stadium backlash is for GOP only, claimed illegal

Looks like Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is making good on his threat to punish the Tallahassee bunch who killed his $350-million dream. Well, not the Democrat one. The second wave of mail attacks on state legislators that fought the plan to finance the roof and improvements to Ross’s privately owned Dolphins stadium with public tax […]

Winners and losers on Dolphins stadium strike-out

Winners and losers on Dolphins stadium strike-out

Naturally, we all know the bigget loser in today’s defeat of the Miami Dolphins stadium modernization bill in the Florida House is Stephen Ross, who had hinged getting the roof and some fancy upgrades for his very own SunLife Stadium on using public dollars and creating a new revenue stream for himself. Indeed, he had invested […]

Tales from Tallahassee II: Regrets from a bad, bad dog

Tales from Tallahassee II: Regrets from a bad, bad dog

While there was a lot done and accomplished in Tallahassee when Ladra went up for Dade Days, there are regrets, too. Naturally. First let me say that I regret posting this so late. But there’s been an election in Coral Gables, posts coming about Doral and Sweetwater, and a lot of activity regarding the Dolphins […]