Pinecrest water vote fails; no to $15 mil for 739 county water hookups

Pinecrest water vote fails; no to $15 mil for 739 county water hookups

Pinecrest voters rejected a plan Tuesday that would seek $15 million in bonds to pay for approximately 18.5 miles (98,000 linear feet) of pipeline infrastructure so 739 properties can connect to Miami-Dade County water. The vote came down to 63% against and 37% for taxing themselves an additional 23 cents per $1,000 of taxable value, […]

Cortadito Calendar for March 13: The details are in committee

Cortadito Calendar for March 13: The details are in committee

One of the great truths of politics is that the devil is in the details. It’s true of almost everything. but it is especially true in politics. Another thing that is becoming clear is that the details are in the committees. Is it me, or are the Miami-Dade County committee meetings getting more interesting? This […]

Commission term limits don’t really mean new faces

Commission term limits don’t really mean new faces

Municipal and state candidates wait in the wings If anyone ever made an argument for term limits, it was Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo just last week when he was sworn in as the new chairman of the board and talked about actually making decisions in the next two years because, after all, this is his last term and […]

Cindy Lerner confronts Rubio, Bush on climate change

Cindy Lerner confronts Rubio, Bush on climate change

Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner went to New Hampshire last week to personally deliver a letter signed by her and 14 other mayors in Miami-Dade regarding climate change and the federal response to both Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. Lerner, a deep blue Democrat who served in the Florida House with Rubio, told each of them at […]

Pinecrest to install red light cameras on U.S. 1

Pinecrest to install red light cameras on U.S. 1

Red light cameras will be coming to four intersections along South Dixie Highway in Pinecrest, now that a Miami-Dade Commissioner has dropped his objection. “I ask that we be given the same consideration as other cities that have put cameras on U.S. 1, such as Aventura, North Miami Beach, North Miami, Coral Gables, Cutler Bay, Florida City […]

Political Cortadito’s Politico Pics of the Week: Party!

Political Cortadito’s Politico Pics of the Week: Party!

From galas to stadiums to breakfasts to parks, Miami-Dade’s electeds were all over the place last week. This past couple of weekends seemed particularly busy. The always gorgeous Aventura Councilwoman Luz Weinberg glammed it up at the Voice for Children gala Saturday nigh at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and smiled for the camera with Judge […]