Florida bans 54 math books to keep our schools mediocre
Those who thought Florida would limit its crackpot crackdown on legitimate ideas in schools to social studies and history didn’t grasp the full range of narrow-mindedness: last week the state…
Standards for selecting new FIU president will be crucial
A 15-member committee will spotlight candidates for a president to guide Florida International University to greatness, but how to sort out candidates is pivotal. As students, faculty and staff at…
A new sheriff in town will spotlight unfair county pay scales
Miami Today long has pushed for county hall pay equity. New law now spotlights that vital need. Exactly 20 years ago, when the fourth Miami-Dade commissioner in five years met…
Florida opens floodgates to vast wave of book censorship
Florida has formalized control of what students read with the aim of purging books that don’t please the governor’s handpicked education commissioner. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law March 25…
We’re upgrading bus system but not luring riders aboard
What is the county’s most common mass transit? Right, it’s the simple county bus. But its use has been getting less and less common, as riders keep fleeing. Latest county…
Don’t let a ‘good deal’ pave over our largest green space
When Miami commissioners vote April 1 on a massive plan to uproot the city’s only golf course, the debate has been framed as whether private developers’ offer to take over…
Spending based on fiefdoms a recipe for government waste
Miami commissioners just split equally $177 million to battle sea rise and flooding district by district. Every commissioner thus became a lone ranger to decide where and how to protect…
Public-private project developer should assume cost risks
As the county plans to redevelop more than 20 acres in the core of downtown with multiple projects, it should examine past and current developments to see what worked well…
As ballpark adds more events, county gets another lesson
The Miami Marlins just made a deal with Oak View Group of Los Angeles to book events at their ballpark, and why not? With labor strife sidelining baseball, they could…
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