With intelligent community activists, the Singularity is near
Twelve years ago Ray Kurzweil wrote his seminal book “The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology.” This book electrified Silicon Valley, thus the United States and the World. The…
Rules for public-private deals are OK, but pick proper rules
To expedite public-private partnerships and unsolicited proposals for deals with Miami-Dade, commissioners are being asked today (9/7) to toss out every word of county code on the topic and add…
Jeter could turn the ultimate double play for youth academy
Pray that future Marlins owners were watching when New York Mets rookie Dominic Smith homered against Miami on Aug. 19. It could be pivotal not just to baseball but to…
Big wheels in DC, Tallahassee can learn from skate park
Memo to Washington and Tallahassee on how to get things moving in these days of partisanship, division and government gridlock: just skate over to Northeast Miami-Dade – literally. A federal…
Six pivotal decisions vital before restoring marine stadium
An architect has listed more than 50 uses for a restored Miami Marine Stadium, which is heartening, but before the city tries to actually restore the stadium it has six…
How to close the continental divide in county’s transit plans
The chairman of the Miami-Dade County Commission says his bold, far-ranging plan for six new mass transit corridors is not really at odds with the mayor’s aim to focus for…
Why does our approved affordable housing take so long?
A report issued quietly Friday should startle anyone who cares about Miami-Dade’s future. In that report, Mayor Carlos Giménez details affordable housing completions and lists projects stuck in the pipeline…
Mayor’s about-face on transit modes is compelling logic
Not everyone can gaze at new facts, realize he’s been chugging hard down the wrong track, admit it, and then start chugging hard in reverse. That’s what Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos…
Startling new facts provide vital perspective on key issues
New federal statistics unveiled last week paint an image of Miami vastly different from the televised pictures of the glistening metropolis that the nation was concurrently viewing during coverage of…
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