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You don’t have an airport, commissioner, it belongs to us all

As Miami-Dade commissioners last week debated land use around airports, a tense exchange exposed a pivotal divide over their role in serving us all. Discussion saw Chairman Oliver Gilbert III berate Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez because fiefdom mentalities…

We’ll safeguard transit funds, just put lipstick on that pig

We’ll safeguard transit funds, just put lipstick on that pig

A county committee agreed last week – some kicking and screaming – to resolve that Miami-Dade won’t again misspend the voter-approved half-penny sales tax for transit on uses that the…

Sand in My Shoes heaped hopeful ideas on dinner plates

Sand in My Shoes heaped hopeful ideas on dinner plates

A thousand Miamians assembled last week to honor the Knight Foundation’s Alberto Ibargüen got more than expected: it wasn’t the usual rubber chicken fundraiser, and his speech accepting an award…

End bait-and-switch on transit costs, benefits and timelines

End bait-and-switch on transit costs, benefits and timelines

To get Smart Program transit OKs, officials cite prices far below their ultimate level. It’s a wink and a nod. As long as the public can pay, officials gloss over…

Huh? Amazon hiring 250,000 but can’t staff a warehouse?

Huh? Amazon hiring 250,000 but can’t staff a warehouse?

In a weird way, thank Amazon for teaching valuable lessons by defaulting on its deal with Miami-Dade to open a million-square-foot warehouse with 325 jobs on county economic development land…

Amazon playing a shell game with county contract and jobs

Amazon playing a shell game with county contract and jobs

We asked last week why Miami-Dade hadn’t built penalties into a contract on which global icon Amazon has defaulted, failing to staff a warehouse that was part of a sweetheart…

Amazon defaults on county contract: where is protection?

Amazon defaults on county contract: where is protection?

Sometimes the shiny prize of an economic development deal with a big-name company can get a little tarnished. All is not gold that glitters. In 2017 three South Florida counties…

Image is everything: 15-year-old taxis are bad ambassadors

Image is everything: 15-year-old taxis are bad ambassadors

Fast-changing Miami has few constants. One is the annual return of the buzzards that encircle our skyscrapers from their summers in Hinckley, Ohio. The other is the return of the…

Will Miami Wilds water park be blindsided by a bat?

Will Miami Wilds water park be blindsided by a bat?

The longest-running drama in Miami-Dade is not the battle to revive the closed Coconut Grove Playhouse, now dark for its 17th year, but the bid to create a water park…

Adopt mayor’s vital waste plan now, with one major option

Adopt mayor’s vital waste plan now, with one major option

Miami-Dade is in a bind trying to find an economical, environmentally sound way to dispose of its solid waste before it hits a ceiling that will prevent further development countywide.…

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