A single vote due this week encapsulates six interrelated concerns in getting Miami-Dade County to serve us all better. The resolution before the Chairman’s Policy Council seems straightforward: it would…
At a buffet we often overeat. We see so much that’s tempting that we overfill our plates. But if we think of the review of Miami-Dade’s charter as a buffet,…
Showing, now and seemingly forever, on downtown’s main thoroughfare is the Flagler Street version of the film Groundhog Day. Every few years Miami’s Downtown Development Authority cites tremendous progress on…
Credit Miami Beach for wisdom and courage in asking voters to pay the mayor and commission more than the token level set 52 years ago. We trust that Miami-Dade will…
Frictions are ripping scabs off the sores of a downtown divided by a river that takes ever-longer to cross. The longer it takes, the worse the frictions as agencies grapple…
Miami Beach sent the state a plan to join with Miami and run light rail from 63rd Street on the Beach south and then across the bay to downtown Miami.…
Miami-Dade made a huge mistake in 2002 when, to entice voters to support a tax for new rail lines, it made Metromover free. Ending fares shut off a small flow…
Miami Today this week concludes 35 eventful years of providing vital news that you seldom, if ever, find elsewhere. Back in 1983 we competed with three county-wide newspapers with a…
Although Miami-Dade commissioners proclaim they want to grow the economy to benefit all, they persist in local preference purchasing that helps a few businesses but actually costs taxpayers more and…
Miami-Dade’s visitor industry has every reason to smile as it looks ahead. Every visitor figure is a bright green – green as in growing revenues. Last year overnight visitors spent…
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