Persuaded by a vow that an independent watchdog would safeguard receipts, Miami-Dade voters taxed themselves in 2002 to add transit. Ever since, commissioners have tried to tie down that watchdog…
County commissioners in January will struggle with the same puzzle a committee ducked this month: how can we afford to open the long-awaited Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery? …
Who owns Miami-Dade: county hall or the residents? That question plays out daily as elected officials run our county as though they’re the owners. It’s true they have a fiduciary…
Fallout from a piñata of blatant favoritism that is raining down golden Miami International Airport leases landed in a county meeting last week as commissioners who didn’t share in the…
In next week’s runoff for mayor, Miamians face two high-quality candidates, a rare but welcome choice. Unfortunately, national forces that include the president and the Democratic National Committee are bent…
Thanksgiving is a perfect day to reflect on the song that a newborn Miami Today appropriated as its theme in the early 1980s. The lyrics by Johnny Mercer, written in…
With global airports touting shiny modern hotels, Miami International Airport has for decades been trying to replace its 66-year-old hotel that multiple aviation directors have labeled inadequate at best. Efforts…
The Dade County Courthouse is about to go to auction, with commissioners praying hard that someone actually bids on their historic 28-story white elephant. Everybody loves the building, which when…
Ask people to list Miami’s biggest issues and they’ll rank mobility near the top. Then ask them the status of the plan that was sold to us nine years ago…
With the baseball season ending, fans watching the World Series this week were inundated with statistics. No other sport pays as much attention to percentages and numbers and records of…
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