Newly elected Commissioner Joe Martinez is sort of on a war path. And there is no bigger casualty than former Commissioner Juan Zapata. Martinez has several items on Tuesday’s agenda to start to undo some of the things that Zapata is most proud of from the last four years. Martinez will ask his colleauges to strip […]
UPDATE: This meeting has been cancelled. We imagine it will be rescheduled for a later time. West End could be the first new municipality to incorporate in Miami-Dade County since the moratorium was lifted in 2012 and since Cutler Bay was incorporated in 2005. The West End North Municipal Advisory Committee will convene for the […]
Weak. That’s what Michael Rosenberg thinks of “West End,” the catchy neighborhood name that Miami-Dade Commissioner Juan Zapata came up for his West Kendall/Hammocks district. Rosenberg, president of the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations and the founder and executive director of the Pets’ Trust, didn’t like the way Zapata just changed the name of his […]
The West District of the Miami-Dade Police Department may be one of the biggest geographically. It may be the most populated. It may have the second highest number of calls for police service. But it is also the most understaffed when it comes to patrol officers. That’s what Commissioner Juan Zapata says after he rode […]
UPDATE: For months, Miami-Dade Commissioner Juan Zapata has been trying to brand his district as a vibrant, family-oriented community with a focus on neighbors, community togetherness and quality of life. He has taken to calling District 11 The West End. Now, there’s even an app for that. Available in the iTunes store, the West End […]