If you harbor even a sliver of doubt about how promises Genting made in seeking a Miami mega-casino would play out, its pleas in federal court last week tell you…
Homestead just learned a painful lesson: anti-competitive policies cost taxpayers millions. If city commissioners are wise, they’ll take that lesson to heart and undo a policy that gives local bidders…
Miami’s trolleys, like most mass transit, lose money. The more riders, routes and amenities, the more the system loses. Not a good business model. But commissioners never planned for a…
A county lease in the making sets off loud alarm bells that seem to fall on deaf commission ears. The lease for a local office for Commissioner Bruno Barreiro could…
Do taxicabs exist to serve passengers, or does the public ride merely to serve taxi companies? The answer is obvious, isn’t it? Everybody knows that taxis are licensed only to…
Miami-Dade County’s nine-year-old slogan drips with aspiration: “Delivering Excellence Every Day.” Would that it were so. Taxpayers know delivery falls short of the message – sometimes woefully so. Fill in…
New Miami Beach officials last week were shoveled the worst sort of advice by the daily newspaper across the county in Doral, which admonished them to appoint Hispanics to local…
Why does Miami-Dade mess up so many bid offerings? Equally vital, what should the county do when it does foul one up? These questions aren’t theoretical. They apply to real…
Not many years ago a Miami-Dade creator of a vast high-end condo project decided to target the North. He hired a marketing team oriented to New York and bombed –…
It’s Groundhog Day on downtown’s main thoroughfare, Flagler Street. The question is whether to celebrate or scream. As we reported last week, Miami’s Downtown Development Authority plans to remake Flagler…
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