As the total taxable value of Miami-Dade properties keeps rising, property appraisers keep telling the other elected officials who will end up making the decisions to lower their tax rates. …
Economic wisdom has never been prized by our Legislature. That’s evident every time Florida tries to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs by raiding bed taxes that add…
As Miami-Dade County stares at forced budget cuts after years of spending at will, it’s wisely starting to look for where money may be leaking out unnoticed. Commissioners, the taxpayers…
If you think cutting county red tape is easy, look how hard it is just to get ideas on how to do it. Near the end of last week’s commission…
Is Miami-Dade suddenly getting serious about reforming its buying of goods and services? We all know the system is a mess, but commissioners for decades have winked at the millions…
In last week’s Miami Today focus on Coral Gables’ Centennial, a 1924 photo sticks in mind: buses rolling through the Granada Entrance gate chock full of new residents flocking here…
Coral Gables, whose 100th anniversary as a city we celebrate this week, was a carefully designed community that was never supposed to be a city at all – founder George…
A watershed debate of the ground rules of Miami-Dade County governance is finally on the calendar, beginning the first week in June. It’s about time. That’s the week when county…
These film permits were issued last week by the Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory & Economic Resources’ Office of Film and Entertainment, (305) 375-3288; the Miami Mayor’s Office of Film,…
Once Miami-Dade commissioners were sure all could get lucrative Miami International Airport concessions for 12 to 15 years for friends, they agreed last week to a vast tenant mix and…
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