City commission has given voters a tool to root out corruption
It’s heartening that all five Miami commissioners have agreed to help scrub city hall’s reputation, which has been soiled as a haven of self-interest and corruption. Actual corruption is judged…
County pattern of disrespect hogties our transportation trust
Miami-Dade officials have once again shown disrespect for the Citizens’ Independent Transportation Trust and, by extension, the voters who approved a trust to guard their transportation tax money. In the…
A hotel moratorium is too perilous to rely on invented data
As Miami Beach seriously weighs a moratorium on new hotel rooms based on claims that “right now we are suffering economically; across South Beach there’s rooms at $40 … a…
Stop a constitutional red-light camera ban before it starts
Two legislators’ bid to enshrine in the state Constitution a ban on cameras that catch drivers who run red lights should get its own red light, because it would aid…
Restore Miami Beach tie to Sister Cities with proper funds
Miami Beach is taking a necessary step in working to bring its global Sister Cities program back under the city’s umbrella after handing it off to the local chamber of…
Florida needs less state control and more in its home towns
As Miami-Dade commissioners last week asked the state for money, they also unanimously passed four measures asking the state to take its heavy foot off the county’s back. The target…
Anointing true expressways king a transportation minefield
It was gut-wrenching to watch Transportation Planning Organization members last week tiptoe through a minefield of minor concern to them: a representative to another group. Targeted was how to give…
County vowed a transit Rolls Royce; we’re getting a Ford
The trust safeguarding our transit taxes accepted half a loaf last week for the $368 million South Dade Corridor Bus Rapid Transit, cheering that it will be good service while…
Signature bridge downtown merits a signature park below
Two newly elected commissioners give Miami fresh views to seize multiple opportunities. One that flies under not only the radar but also the highway is the Underdeck, a 33-acre linear…
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