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You don’t have an airport, commissioner, it belongs to us all

As Miami-Dade commissioners last week debated land use around airports, a tense exchange exposed a pivotal divide over their role in serving us all. Discussion saw Chairman Oliver Gilbert III berate Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez because fiefdom mentalities…

Will county buy the best at the lowest prices? Good luck!

Will county buy the best at the lowest prices? Good luck!

Just when we thought Miami-Dade County’s buying of goods and services couldn’t be any more bureaucratic and wasteful, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has ordered county officials to skew buying further…

Why can’t our transit trust get the facts on county’s plans?

Why can’t our transit trust get the facts on county’s plans?

A Mount Vesuvius of frustration erupted last week as the trust that helps fund a transit expansion known as the Smart Plan lamented that it couldn’t learn about how our…

Miami makes a towering mistake in splintering its assets

Miami makes a towering mistake in splintering its assets

Handing a theater to one commissioner to run under his private team of city-paid workers expands a perilous trend that goes beyond the Miami City Commission’s 3-2 vote to let…

One town balances public and private needs; who else will?

One town balances public and private needs; who else will?

We pleaded in June that governments let taxpayers keep some of the huge gains they can collect from soaring tax bases. Hats off to Miami Lakes, which is letting taxpayers…

Don’t engineer county railroad policy on a bare-bones idea

Don’t engineer county railroad policy on a bare-bones idea

One of the boldest and most exciting ideas to arrive in years is legislation being heard this week to make it county policy to develop one or more multimodal Miami-Dade…

Costco land deal would cost county too much, yield too little

Costco land deal would cost county too much, yield too little

Some deals are too good to miss. Others are too bad to consider. A deal Miami-Dade is to weigh this week to sell vital land falls into the latter category.…

Steps to fix county contract rigging just scratch the surface

Steps to fix county contract rigging just scratch the surface

Miami-Dade goods and services contracting is broken, rigged and tortoise slow, a committee said as it agreed to tweak procedures. Members pushed to speed it up. If the county commission…

What, no options to $99.90 a trip transit? Hey, taxi! Uber!

What, no options to $99.90 a trip transit? Hey, taxi! Uber!

Commissioners tried hard last week to dissect a no-bid contract renewal for on-demand van rides from home to rail or bus. They cut contract length in half to 18 months…

Leave some money on the table for the forgotten taxpayer

Leave some money on the table for the forgotten taxpayer

An old quip about taxes is apropos as we look at what we will soon be forced to pay. The federal government, so it goes, had simplified that complex 1040…

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