Commissioner ADLP then travels with school attorney While all eyes were on the Melreese Golf Course and the insider Miami Freedom Park deal last month, the city of Miami basically gave another city-owned property away to the private school that got national headlines last year for its backwards COVID policies. City commissioners approved a license […]
Don’t put those masks away just yet. New variants and increased activity bourne from the confidence of mass vaccinations and lower infection rates have led to another surge in COVID cases nationwide. And Miami-Dade, where there are six confirmed cases of the omicron variant so far, is no exception. The seven-day positivity rate that was […]
Add another chief of something to the growing cabinet of Democrat castaways that Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava is building around her administration. Former Florida Emergency Management Director and State Rep. Jared Moscowitz is now our Chief COVID Officer. Well, that’s not his official title but it’s what he is. He is officially just a […]
As Miami-Dade grapples with a new COVID-19 surge — and children aged 5 to 17 account for 15% of new infections — kids 12 and over can get a vaccine Friday, along with book bags and other school supplies, at a back-to-school book bag giveaway hosted by Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne McGhee. As far as Ladra […]
The first female and first Jewish mayor of Miami-Dade County will deliver her first State of the County address Friday morning without a live audience, thanks to COVID19, which promises to be the central theme of her speech. La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava will present the annual report on the county’s status and goals virtually, […]
The current COVID-19 vaccination distribution process in Miami-Dade is apparently not for everyone — at least not for those without Internet access. Registration for the new life-saving vaccine is only online. So, Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne McGhee has opened his office for constituents without WiFi or internet access to register there. “I want to make sure […]
With less than 10 days before the end of the election, Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson announced Sunday that he had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, sending a flurry of other politicians — and maybe a few drag queens — to get their own tests. Richardson, who reported “minor symptoms,” was one of the […]
The brewing battle between Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and some city mayors over the COVID-19 pandemic response has become a food fight over $474 million in CARES federal funding for governments to help cover coronavirus-related costs — and Grimenez is getting grabby. On Monday, the county decided that all the cities would have to share […]
The COVID-19 response in Miami-Dade has been to take one step forward, two steps back. And Monday’s decision to rollback the reopening of our economy was no exception. At 10:15 a.m., financial experts were on Radio Caracol AM radio explaining the RISE Miami-Dade Fund program’s $25 million in low interest micro loans for local businesses […]
The town of Miami Lakes may have become the first municipality in the country last year to allow residents to not just watch, but appear and speak at public meetings from anywhere in the world. They use Zoom, a video communication platform companies have been using as a conferencing solution for years, that transports residents to a flat […]