Veteran Miami-Dade Clerk Harvey Ruvin dies; opens seat up to politiqueria

Veteran Miami-Dade Clerk Harvey Ruvin dies; opens seat up to politiqueria

Funeral Thursday is open to the public at Miami-Dade Auditorium Was he the last of the good ones? Longtime Miami-Dade County Clerk Harvey Ruvin, who served in the role for three decades after being a county commissioner for two decades, died Saturday. He was 85. “Tonight, we are heartbroken to learn of Harvey Ruvin’s death […]

Could mayoral veto of Miami-Dade commission’s ugly UDB vote survive?

Could mayoral veto of Miami-Dade commission’s ugly UDB vote survive?

Same 8 commissioners who approved the application could override The vote last week to move the Urban Development Boundary for the South Dade Logistics and Technology District, a speculative industrial park development on land that should be used for Everglades restoration, could be vetoed by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who recommended to deny the application. […]

Miami-Dade Qatar trip shows mayoral advisor Christian Ulvert’s pull, power

Miami-Dade Qatar trip shows mayoral advisor Christian Ulvert’s pull, power

How in the world can Miami-Dade’s first female mayor, a self-proclaimed progressive who fights for equality and champions immigrants, women and the LGBT community visit a country like Qatar for no good reason? This is a country with an abysmal human rights record, according to Amnesty International. Women and gays are routinely discriminated against and […]

Miami-Dade awards MCM another multi-million contract, for fire station

Miami-Dade awards MCM another multi-million contract, for fire station

Miami-Dade Commissioners will consider on Tuesday approving an $7.8-million contract that was already awarded, and for which work has already started, to you guessed it, Magnum Construction Management — which is the same post-bridge collapse Munilla Construction company under a different name — to build a new county fire station in Sweetwater. Mayor Daniella Levine […]

Tree removal at Calusa causes concern for promised wildlife protections

Tree removal at Calusa causes concern for promised wildlife protections

Birds seen scattering and confused by deforesting in second day video Two weeks after the Miami-Dade Commission approved a zoning change from parks and recreation to high density residential — and four days after Mayor Daniella Levine Cava promised protections above and beyond for threatened and endangered species living there — a drone captured video […]