Wisdom reveals paying officials more is fairer to everyone
Credit Miami Beach for wisdom and courage in asking voters to pay the mayor and commission more than the token level set 52 years ago. We trust that Miami-Dade will…
Boring tunnels may be only total solution at Brickell Bridge
Frictions are ripping scabs off the sores of a downtown divided by a river that takes ever-longer to cross. The longer it takes, the worse the frictions as agencies grapple…
It’s decades past time to get transit lines rolling – move now
Miami Beach sent the state a plan to join with Miami and run light rail from 63rd Street on the Beach south and then across the bay to downtown Miami.…
Add a Metromover fare, bond the money and build transit
Miami-Dade made a huge mistake in 2002 when, to entice voters to support a tax for new rail lines, it made Metromover free. Ending fares shut off a small flow…
Real readers still need real news, not flash, fluff and blood
Miami Today this week concludes 35 eventful years of providing vital news that you seldom, if ever, find elsewhere. Back in 1983 we competed with three county-wide newspapers with a…
Which commissioner will adopt lesson of Economics 101?
Although Miami-Dade commissioners proclaim they want to grow the economy to benefit all, they persist in local preference purchasing that helps a few businesses but actually costs taxpayers more and…
Bright green in the visitor industry merits closer attention
Miami-Dade’s visitor industry has every reason to smile as it looks ahead. Every visitor figure is a bright green – green as in growing revenues. Last year overnight visitors spent…
Vision of mayor, skills of city manager two different roles
News item: Mayor Francis Suarez wants voters to dump Miami’s professional manager-commission system in November and let him run the city as strong mayor because “a strong mayor is, by…
Bus outsourcing so successful that county should try more
Talk about terrible timing: just as the county transit union was asking voters last week to oppose transit outsourcing, the county’s first bus outsourcing wave was reporting better performance while…
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