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There is no free lunch: tourists won’t pay our taxes for us

There is no free lunch: tourists won’t pay our taxes for us

It’s wonderous what government can do that business can’t. It can slash its revenues by cutting burdens on taxpayers, then reduce its spending, but still keep providing everything it did…

Sweetheart Costco deal stretches on, grows even worse

Sweetheart Costco deal stretches on, grows even worse

Two years ago Miami-Dade was warned it had to rush a deal to sell 17.32 acres for a small fraction of its value or lose a Costco store forever. Last…

Late contract decisions are worse than a 54-cent mistake

Late contract decisions are worse than a 54-cent mistake

When Miami-Dade moved too late to stave off rising costs to pay water bills, it tapped an underground cash stream flowing to those in poverty rather than make the public…

Shock lingers from short-circuited electric bus purchase

Shock lingers from short-circuited electric bus purchase

As the first 25 electric buses have rolled in for the South Dade Transitway when it opens July 21, Miami-Dade keeps battling its last major buy of 75 electric buses…

Being cheap can be very costly to Miami-Dade taxpayers

Being cheap can be very costly to Miami-Dade taxpayers

What fulltime job pays only 22% of Florida’s minimum wage yet controls the spending of more than $9 billion a year? If you know the answer, you recognize the dangers…

County’s clumsy structural elephants walked out on parade

County’s clumsy structural elephants walked out on parade

A breath of fresh air: Commissioner Juan Carlos Bermudez outlined last week why Miami-Dade’s structure needs a full review and upgrade to meet current challenges. Band-aids, as his message made…

Hail a two-pronged attack on Miami-Dade government waste

Hail a two-pronged attack on Miami-Dade government waste

Miami-Dade officials finally seem serious about cutting waste in county government by operating more efficiently. First, commissioners agreed to have an outside consultant deeply probe one or more departments for…

County commissioners point out waste – so why not end it?

County commissioners point out waste – so why not end it?

As Miami-Dade commissioners voted last week to let a company find costs to cut, opponents said that’s a waste because they already know all the money leaks and can plug…

Trash talking by commission shreds county mayor’s effort

Trash talking by commission shreds county mayor’s effort

It’s not so much that Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s final solution to Miami-Dade’s garbage crisis is to just keep doing what we’re doing, sending the stuff out of county to…

Charter review should move fast, put pivotal issues on table

Charter review should move fast, put pivotal issues on table

The county charter, the rulebook that governs Miami-Dade, requires that its details be nitpicked at least every five years to let voters make needed changes. Last week the new county…

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