Looking to define trends in Miami’s shifting condo market
You can’t spot a trend on day one. A deviation becomes a trend only if it lasts awhile. Otherwise, it’s just an anomaly, a blip on history’s radar. That’s what…
Go-slow governments create frustrating economic hurdles
Frustration with governments’ snail’s pace has reached the point that critics now sit within government halls. New bathrooms were due in Coconut Grove’s Kennedy Park two years ago but work…
Free speech trumps school system’s gag rule on teachers
Educators long have fought to teach freely, standing firmly for free speech. That makes it all the more pitiful that the Miami-Dade County school district is telling the world that…
Along the road to transit gains, chamber told it’s the driver
A chamber of commerce goals huddle seeking to unsnarl Miami’s traffic found no easy answer last week but got a surprise challenge from experts: Do it yourself. The good news,…
Reveal on ballot the operating cost for bonded construction
With a bow to logic, a Miami-Dade commissioner wants to require that before asking taxpayers to OK construction bonds, the county list how much running the project would cost and…
Why parochialism trumps everything in local governments
When our commissioners battle parochially, it’s not good guys vs. bad guys. Because each wins office via geographic voting, they face a dysfunctional dilemma about how to serve the public.…
How a small dinner for out-of-towners could elevate Miami
A sea change might have washed over Miami last week, seen by few but destined to alter our psyche and image as only a handful of events ever do. That’s…
State’s taxpayers win, but county’s take a protectionist hit
Fair competition in government contracts got a win at the state level last week but took another hit in Miami-Dade. Legislative leaders sent to Gov. Rick Scott a bill on…
Get county out of pothole business and into the big picture
Miami-Dade is grappling with a half-century-old task. It should end with a big-picture county view that leaves local concerns to city halls. The road is winding and bumpy, as commissioners…
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