By attacking tourism marketing, House buries head in sand
With spreading coronavirus hammering travel and shutting out major meetings and events, the Florida Legislature is kicking our visitor industry as it stumbles. “The travel and tourism industries are facing…
Give legislative effort to grade 479 local governments a ‘D’
In a misguided bid to letter grade every county and municipal government from A to D, Florida’s legislature is creating a complex solution in search of a problem to solve.…
Don’t swap largest city park for the grass between buildings
Miami showcases its policy that it can lose no total parkland. Yet a lease of the city’s largest park for a private mega-project would lose 53 acres. That’s shameful. Don’t…
Sick city hall needs to prove it’s acting for public’s benefit
Coronavirus is crippling China. Miami suffers from its own contagious virus, spreading rapidly at city hall. In both cases, cause and cure are elusive. You can gauge city hall’s health…
Ratchet up Miami-Dade’s spectacular unemployment count
Two weeks ago this space was titled “Miami-Dade’s 1.8% unemployment is spectacular – if true.” While the widely touted figure remains spectacular, it definitely isn’t true. The real figure is…
Act in haste on public-private land deals, repent at leisure
Alarms rang in Miami when an unstable city commission talked of undoing a riverfront land swap for a new administration building. The complex deal with a subsidiary of The Adler…
Miami-Dade’s 1.8% unemployment is spectacular – if true
The news was so good Friday that I couldn’t believe it, but there it was: Miami-Dade County’s unemployment rate had hit its lowest point ever – by far. From November’s…
State tourism spending cut failed; instead, try increasing it
Florida tourism officials this week are in Tallahassee making a case for keeping their state marketing arm alive. Our thriving real estate industry – and others – should be at…
Miami needs to patch up its commission mess on live TV
When Miamians elected five commissioners, we presumed they aimed to do their best for the city. We still believe that. But they’re making it mighty hard for us to see…
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