Commission end run around ballot box for big raise is wrong
For decades Miami Today has argued that Miami-Dade’s unfairly underpaid commissioners should ask voters for a raise. The commission has now chosen the absolute worst tactic, trying to sneak in…
After 18 indecisive years, can the mayor fix funding flaws?
Rather than evaluate 125 organizations that plug gaps in the safety net for the needy, Miami-Dade once again took the easy way and without discussion kicked the can down the…
In an Uber/taxi collaboration, eliminate ancient clunker cabs
Miami-Dade this week may join an evolution in transportation to unite the ancient taxi industry and its modern foe Uber. Unfortunately, ancient refers to both the age of the industry…
Only riders can make Beach transit work – plan it for them
If there was a plot to keep us from riding mass transit to Miami Beach, it would match plans for the new Beach corridor: make us use four, five or…
Freedom Park negotiations miss the point of parkland loss
Negotiations to build a commercial complex to replace Miami’s city golf course are following a familiar disappointing pattern as negotiators seek to pack the deal with more benefits but miss…
Tell the public how county transit plans to regain lost riders
As plans to spend billions on new Miami-Dade rapid transit advance, the transit we already have is rapidly losing riders – as it has been for years – and this…
City search for an Olympia Theater operator is a tough act
The curtain is rising on a new act in one of the longest-running dramas in Miami: how can the city keep its 94-year-old Olympia Theater and Tower in good shape…
It’s time to make Miami’s historic national landmark visible
Florida owns a significant historic destination that could easily educate Miamians about our past and lure more visitors who dig into history wherever they vacation. Sadly, the state’s inattention has…
Florida: the rules are different here on rampant inflation, too
There is no way to sugarcoat this: inflation in South Florida is in double digits, a percentage point and a half higher than for the nation as a whole. At…
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