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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…

Freedom Park negotiations miss the point of parkland loss

Freedom Park negotiations miss the point of parkland loss

Negotiations to build a commercial complex to replace Miami’s city golf course are following a familiar disappointing pattern as negotiators seek to pack the deal with more benefits but miss…

Tell the public how county transit plans to regain lost riders

Tell the public how county transit plans to regain lost riders

As plans to spend billions on new Miami-Dade rapid transit advance, the transit we already have is rapidly losing riders – as it has been for years – and this…

City search for an Olympia Theater operator is a tough act

City search for an Olympia Theater operator is a tough act

The curtain is rising on a new act in one of the longest-running dramas in Miami: how can the city keep its 94-year-old Olympia Theater and Tower in good shape…

It’s time to make Miami’s historic national landmark visible

It’s time to make Miami’s historic national landmark visible

Florida owns a significant historic destination that could easily educate Miamians about our past and lure more visitors who dig into history wherever they vacation. Sadly, the state’s inattention has…

Florida: the rules are different here on rampant inflation, too

Florida: the rules are different here on rampant inflation, too

There is no way to sugarcoat this: inflation in South Florida is in double digits, a percentage point and a half higher than for the nation as a whole. At…

County assets are not suitable departure gifts for officials

County assets are not suitable departure gifts for officials

Either Miami-Dade County is rolling in cash, the naming rights market has collapsed in red-hot Miami, or term-limited commissioners are about to exit with big-time public gifts. How else could…

Can Diaz bar Tallahassee from grabbing air and seaports?

Can Diaz bar Tallahassee from grabbing air and seaports?

The man who helped block a state takeover of five Miami-Dade tollways sees the writing on the wall: future state power grabs might target not just highways but also our…

Veto was proper, but war on local government is unwise

Veto was proper, but war on local government is unwise

Veto of a state bill to give businesses leverage over city and county ordinances was vital, but in his veto message Gov. Ron DeSantis unwisely asked the legislature to instead…

Will Miami City Hall be the next municipal domino to fall?

Will Miami City Hall be the next municipal domino to fall?

As Miami negotiates a deal to build an administration building beside Miami Freedom Park, will plans include a new city hall, freeing the city’s historic Coconut Grove home for something…

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