Big-money deals seldom get finished in Miami because almost every city commissioner wants to play his own game by his own rules and end up as the star. Right or…
Exactly 125 years ago in a grimy pool hall on our nation’s frontier a new city was born: Miami. Each concert hall at the Arsht Center today holds six times…
In a community whose number-one industry is visitors, what’s the first impression we give our guests? Often it’s the taxi that takes them from Miami International Airport to wherever they’re…
Today we are acutely aware of structural safety. That’s why we must act now to replace the 77-year-old Bear Cut Bridge, where the county said work had to start in…
A step to expand the zone where businesses get a local advantage bidding on Miami-Dade County contracts far undershoots the proper target. Commissioner René García seeks a vote this week…
Days before the 245th anniversary of our nation’s Declaration of Independence, two Florida edicts show the complexity of the declaration’s stated principles that led to our nation’s founding and how…
Congratulations: the Miami Marlins last week kept a promise to invest in player development when they broke ground on a youth baseball academy. They’ll have 35-plus acres, three playing fields,…
“Never let the facts get in the way of a good story” must have been the adage running through the minds of members of Florida’s State Board of Education last…
Miami Beach wants city employees to live in town. But making that happen could be extremely costly and difficult. Cities often want their staff to live within their borders. That…
As civic and government leaders prepare to celebrate Miami’s 125th birthday next month, it’s pitiful that its oldest known historic relic and one of its most significant locations is purposely…
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