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Bad proposal would turn transit tax watchdog into a lapdog

Bad proposal would turn transit tax watchdog into a lapdog

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…

You can’t evaluate our mental health center until you open it

You can’t evaluate our mental health center until you open it

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? …

What pivotal facts belong to county hall but not the public?

What pivotal facts belong to county hall but not the public?

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…

Goodies are still dropping from the piñata of airport leases

Goodies are still dropping from the piñata of airport leases

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…

Don’t make Miami mayoral vote a presidential litmus test 

Don’t make Miami mayoral vote a presidential litmus test 

 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…

It’s time to count your blessings and Accentuate the Positive

It’s time to count your blessings and Accentuate the Positive

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…

Talk about inefficiency: airport hotel will take at least six years

Talk about inefficiency: airport hotel will take at least six years

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…

Will anyone pay the county for its crumbling courthouse?

Will anyone pay the county for its crumbling courthouse?

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…

What’s cooking in rapid transit Smart Plan? Nobody knows

What’s cooking in rapid transit Smart Plan? Nobody knows

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…

In Miami, the fans don’t sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame

In Miami, the fans don’t sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame

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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