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Made in Miami brand must manufacture excitement, funds
Miami-Dade commissioners last week agreed to have officials explore “Made in Miami” labels for what we make here. As a point of pride, we’d love labeling of our products. It…
Candidates with specific aims deserve funding, not aginners
At the end of a bitter election season, do you know in detail what any of the candidates you supported actually aimed to accomplish in office, or how? If you…
Miami is headed for a train wreck with strong mayor vote
Miami voters are being asked to make an elected mayor, who already holds an outside job, manager of 4,000 city employees too, replacing an apolitical manager. That’s three fulltime jobs.…
Save Miami’s vital green space from one-sided giveaway
Miamians will vote Nov. 6 whether to convert a swath of city parkland into a massive mixed-use private complex in a no-bid sweetheart deal that would close the only golf…
Voters, finish the convention center job by adding vital hotel
Miami Beach can have its cake and eat it too: if voters OK a convention hotel on city land on Nov. 6, they’ll fuel the economy with higher-revenue events, pour…
Don’t force on Miami-Dade an unqualified elected sheriff
Deep on a long Nov. 6 ballot, a terrible offering could force Miami-Dade to elect a sheriff with no required qualifications. If passed, our top cop would need no police…
New work-at-home regulations offer a hint of the near future
Traffic congestion is hastening a trend toward doing more business more of the time at home. If you don’t have to commute to get there, you’ve added productive time and…
Survey reflects changed use of news media, consumption
We formally take the temperature of our readers every few years to help chart our course and to tell our advertisers who they’re reaching. As always, our survey results this…
Marlins need to pitch youth academy benefits to big leagues
As the Miami Marlins finish their seventh year in a ballpark that will cost the public $3 billion – the big bond payouts are still due – we’re waiting for…
FIU board did right thing in naming, but might face a rerun
It was fitting that the student representative on the Florida International University Board of Trustees became the swing vote in properly refusing to remove former President Modesto Maidique’s name from…
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