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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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