We all got a close up and rare look at the contentious battle between Miami Gardens and Miami-Dade County for control of Sun Life Stadium Tuesday in a joint meeting of both municipal governing bodies over the city’s lawsuit against the county for regulatory oversight. And it got a little testy. “How much more time […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez may still enjoy a majority approval rating — with 53% of respondents saying they thought he was doing an excellent (11%) or good (42%) job at the county, according to a recent pool. That’s not bad. But it’s not really good either, considering that there is a 4% margin of error, […]
This is beginning to feel like a recurring nightmare. In his desperate attempt to find a taxpayer bailout for the team he apparently overpaid for, Stephen Ross — one of the richest men in the U.S, according to Forbes — is going on his third try for subsidies from Miami-Dade County. Mayor Carlos Gimenez — […]
Might we call it a fake punt? While the owner of the Miami Dolphins and Sun Life Stadium seems to be putting an earnest effort into a public referendum that would get him $289 million in tourist tax dollars, it’s a known longshot. So maybe he’s really making a pass for a different kind of score. Because […]