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Ride the new bus rapid transit – it could be our last new line

Ride the new bus rapid transit – it could be our last new line

When Metro Express electric bus rapid transit starts rolling Monday, it should successfully lure more commuters out of cars as they go faster and more efficiently on a 20-mile trip…

Bumbling and fumbling sink county port in a sea of troubles

Bumbling and fumbling sink county port in a sea of troubles

Failure of the county to order a vital legal step added another costly – and perilous – inaction that has jeopardized the economic future of PortMiami. It didn’t have to…

Swing in the centralization pendulum slams into Miami-Dade

Swing in the centralization pendulum slams into Miami-Dade

A memo from Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava underscores an almost 250-year tug of war between a centralized federal government on one end and state and local governments on the…

Go along with the rest of Florida, pay county commission fairly

Go along with the rest of Florida, pay county commission fairly

As a task force wrestles with how to increase Miami-Dade commissioners’ salaries above a pitiful $6,000 a year to oversee a gross domestic product larger than that of 141 nations,…

How county is fighting a battle of the port vs. Fisher Island

How county is fighting a battle of the port vs. Fisher Island

I’ve never seen sausage being made, but it can’t be worse than watching Miami-Dade commissioners in three hours try to fix decades-long errors of omission that could cripple our seaport.…

Be fair to voters: get commissioners above minimum wage

Be fair to voters: get commissioners above minimum wage

This week a team tasked with suggesting changes to Miami-Dade’s charter plans to probe a dangerous inequity that we’ve ignored for more than half a century: we don’t pay our…

Who will ultimately support county social service groups?

Who will ultimately support county social service groups?

Even while Miami-Dade tries to figure out how to fund non-profit social service groups this year, those fearing similar panic in years ahead have put two answers on the table.…

No caviar or chips, commissioners: feed county what’s vital

No caviar or chips, commissioners: feed county what’s vital

Miami-Dade’s budget battle that will capture headlines over the next two weeks of pressure to restore spending cuts has less to do with current finances than the difficulty of sticking…

All aboard for paid Metromover rides – it’s the smart plan

All aboard for paid Metromover rides – it’s the smart plan

As commissioners scramble to close a $402 million gap between what everyone seeks in the next county budget and what’s available to pay for it all, they echo an old…

Pace of revamps: 33 years for I-395, 14 years for Flagler

Pace of revamps: 33 years for I-395, 14 years for Flagler

A third of a century ago, Florida began a revamp of I-395 that became the downtown Signature Bridge that drivers have come to know and curse. Miami Today reported last…

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