Unite to protect, seize opportunities in virus game-changer
We are about to add Covid-19 to a short list of Miami’s historic game-changers. We don’t yet know how, but major change seems inevitable and we should unite to channel…
Forget coulda woulda shoulda and hail South Dade transit
There’s good news and bad news for South Dade’s commuters. The good news is that after years of wishing and begging, they’re about to get new, fast, comfortable, reliable mass…
Base a return to schools on evidence, not wishful thinking
There are good reasons for wanting to get children out of the house and back into classrooms. But combine all those good reasons and it’s still the height of irresponsibility…
Bayfront home values fall, inland values rise: a sea change?
The latest report on Miami-Dade property values points to a sea change in the relative evaluations we place on dwelling places. Look at data on taxable property values that Property…
Those who don’t take New Normal seriously add to our pain
A team appointed by Miami-Dade County to be economic slump-busters has a huge chore in pointing the way to economic recovery just as Covid-19 totals are soaring statewide. We obviously…
The pandemic is creating future trends in time and space
Covid-19 is changing not just public health practices: it’s also altering the very philosophy of time and space. The alteration doesn’t take a Sir Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein to…
Quest for an airport convention hotel should go on standby
Miami-Dade commissioners who rushed to quickly cut a deal for a new Miami International Airport convention center hotel should have listened to Mayor Carlos Giménez, who assessed today’s world and…
Responsibilities of thousands of nonprofits outpace funding
A data-laden report on the economic impact of nonprofits in Miami-Dade County points to a growing dependence on nonprofits to do what government once was expected to do but an…
Ethics report should derail tainted Baylink bid negotiations
Just when our column on a Baylink railway deal went to press last week, ethics officials released a formal report that goes back two years into highly questionable ties between…
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