Redland residents worry about move to allow food trucks, parking on farmlands

Redland residents worry about move to allow food trucks, parking on farmlands

Change would also allow breweries and “fruit stand” like businesses Always wanting to do something else with farmland, Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne McGhee has proposed an amendment to the zoning code that would exempt certain uses within the agricultural district from having to get a certificate of occupancy, which would basically allow not only fruit and […]

Commissioners go out of their way to defend, promote moving the UDB

Commissioners go out of their way to defend, promote moving the UDB

It was painful to watch. But worth noting. And Ladra may watch last week’s Miami-Dade Comprehensive Development Master Plan meeting again. Several Miami-Dade County Commissioners went out of their way and made excruciatingly strange arguments Thursday to defend and promote a land use change that would replace 800 acres of farmland with an industrial park […]

Kionne McGhee turns district office into COVID-19 vaccine registration center

Kionne McGhee turns district office into COVID-19 vaccine registration center

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 […]

Miami-Dade’s 3 new Commissioners: Hardemon, Regalado and McGhee

Miami-Dade’s 3 new Commissioners: Hardemon, Regalado and McGhee

None of the new Miami-Dade County commissioners elected Tuesday are really new to public office — or to us. With all the votes save some absentee ballots counted, the Miami-Dade Elections Department reported that former Miami City Commissioner Keon Hardemon, former Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado and former State Rep. Kionne McGhee won their […]

2020 contender Xavier Suarez has dream slate for commission

2020 contender Xavier Suarez has dream slate for commission

Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez is not only running for mayor in 2020 (probably), he’s got a whole slate of commission candidates he is supporting. “Ordinarily, it would seem a bit early to engage in those discussions,” Suarez said. But this is no ordinary election. Term limits approved by voters in 2012 mean that five of the […]