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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…

Bizarre order to mayor exposes flaw in county’s structure

Bizarre order to mayor exposes flaw in county’s structure

What’s more bizarre than last week’s county commission order that the mayor thoroughly report the time she and staff spend filling commission orders to her to make thorough reports? The…

Add county bidders, end senseless rules, level playing field

Add county bidders, end senseless rules, level playing field

Miami-Dade commissioners have long sought more local county buying. A small vendor academy that opened March 1 is a welcome step to achieve that. A far bigger step would be…

41st Street is Main Street in government vs. the people battle

41st Street is Main Street in government vs. the people battle

Community news isn’t just local: some has broad, even national, implications. Our report last week on a meeting to revamp Miami Beach’s 41st Street should resonate wherever government decides what…

Welcome to the state that keeps heroes out of its schools

Welcome to the state that keeps heroes out of its schools

School used to be fun before kids became political pawns. Nobody but the teacher (and our parents) spied over our shoulder at what we were reading. And their aim was…

Smart transit plan (but not the one you think) gets rolling

Smart transit plan (but not the one you think) gets rolling

Miami-Dade County finally has the real smart plan for transit in place and operating. It’s vital. No, I don’t mean the formal Smart Plan, which is supposed to add six…

In a swift reversal, big wage rises imperil growth aspirations

In a swift reversal, big wage rises imperil growth aspirations

Suddenly, Miami-Dade has become a national beacon of shrinking unemployment and rising wages, seemingly a cushy featherbed for the new CEO of our economic development organization when he enters the…

Magnet pull of South Florida on US residents is just a myth

Magnet pull of South Florida on US residents is just a myth

Despite a widely professed belief that people from big cities across the nation are caught in a magnet pull to South Florida, it just ain’t so. Just the opposite. New…

Can someone please tell the mayor what’s going on in his city

Can someone please tell the mayor what’s going on in his city

When Miami commissioners voted to rape the landscape by allowing monstrous ad signs throughout downtown on every government property, it created a perfect opportunity for Mayor Francis Suarez to become…

Should the King of England name Miami’s commissioners?

Should the King of England name Miami’s commissioners?

It took 10 ballots, but Miami finally took the right path and allowed democracy to prevail by electing a fifth commissioner to fill a vacancy. The commission had been deadlocked…

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