Beyond the glitz, soccer stadium at seaport an unlikely goal
We’ve now been treated to the glitz and glitter of a soccer team in search of both tax money and a stadium. The glitz is the stadium drawings, the glitter…
Rail zone engineers must look ahead but watch the tracks
Miami is boarding an exciting railway journey that could transform down-town’s west side into a thriving urban hub with commerce to complement the residential and office zone nearer Bis-cayne Bay.…
Taxpayers, businesses losers in bid preference legislation
Should businesses be bled to death, slowly poisoned, or nibbled to death by ducks? And by what margin should government overpay for goods and services? Don’t laugh: we’re offered those…
Our foreign policy belongs to Washington, not county hall
We have formally set ourselves against the government of Venezuela, condemning its violence, supporting its opponents, urging immediate diplomatic acts against its leaders and encouraging the US ambassador to the…
Convention center plans appeal, but nagging doubts costly
Our two-track route to better convention facilities won’t make us a top-tier meeting site. We can live with that, but not with doubts about just when better space with linking…
The lessons of Airport City have little to do with Airport City
Talks can go on to build Airport City on 7½ acres at Miami International Airport instead of 33½ as planned. But it’ll be hard to find anyone who feels good…
When we pay government peanuts, that’s the quality we get
Miami-Dade keeps cheating itself: We spend too many millions ineffectively in county hall rather than paying thousands to spend less. We don’t like what county commissioners do, so we pay…
Heed county’s sham request: broaden open government
A call to open more state lawmaking to view won near-unanimous Miami-Dade commission approval last week. It was so on target that you’d wish they meant it. Unfortunately, it was…
Billy, stop watching TV and go battle for global supremacy
You wouldn’t play in the National Football League using the local Pee Wee League champs. You wouldn’t ask the high school aviation club to pilot the American Airlines fleet. You…
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