Despite a “listening” session for stakeholders to raise concerns, the request for proposals on the Rickenbacker Causeway overhaul (and privatization) went out exactly as it was first expected to: As a near total replica of the unsolicited Plan Z proposal that looks like a done deal. Guess nobody listened. This is just theater, pretend transparency […]
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 […]
The Miami-Dade mayor’s desired request for proposals on the overhaul of both the Rickenbacker and Venetian causeways — a necessary step after getting an unsolicited proposal — could hit a snag Thursday. A number of commissioners and other stakeholders — including city officials in both Key Biscayne and Miami Beach — have questions and concerns. […]
Is this a push to privatize our public beaches? A secret and unsolicited pitch for a redo of Rickenbacker Causeway has driven Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to ask the commission this week to issue a request for proposals for the redevelopment of both the Rickenbacker and the Venetian causeways. This means she probably likes […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava backpedalled and ditched her old recommendation to reject all the bids for a $50 million airport contract — where a selection committee of staff had already ranked the top two firms — and start the process over. After Political Cortadito exposed what looks like illegal lobbying by former Transportation Director […]
Checkered past raises eyebrows on the appointment, doubts on ‘search’ Updated: The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department has a new director, another refugee from Miami Beach government. And critics say former Miami Beach Public Works Director Roy Coley is not ready for prime time. Coley was appointed as the new WASA director Tuesday by Miami-Dade […]
La Alcaldesa steps into second procurement mess in as many weeks Two weeks after she withdrew her recommendation for an airport construction supervision contract due to the meddling of a politically connected family and their lobbyists, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava apparently wants to throw out another perfectly good bid process and start over — […]
Here we go again. After almost a year, an award for construction supervision at Miami International Airport was stalled last week after the mayor’s office said it needed more time to review a bid protest from the company that was not chosen. It had to be the airport, where bids go to be challenged. And […]
Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz seizes power, fills void Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz is flexing again and could get his colleagues to strip Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of more power by taking certain offices and departments from the mayor’s purview. The commission already voted 10-3 in March at first reading to give Diaz […]
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, […]