Well, it looks like it’s happening. The Miami Seaquarium — once the depressing, algae-stained home of Lolita the orca and a bunch of overworked dolphins — is being reborn as… wait for it… a giant waterfront dining-and-marina playground. Because nothing says “environmental redemption” like swapping captive sea mammals for $60 ceviches and a fleet of […]
Just when you thought the dust had settled from Miami-Dade’s budget meltdown over nonprofit funding, the county commission is getting ready to cook up a permanent fix — and it’s one that could quietly take a bite out of every county contract. Ladra’s calling it the CBO skim. Thursday, the county’s appropriations committee will take […]
Florida politicians love to talk about “family values.” But when it comes to helping parents — especially working moms — actually run for office, they’ve been leaving them high and dry. That could finally change. State Senator LaVon Bracy Davis (D–Ocoee) and State Rep. Kelly Skidmore (D–Boca Raton) have filed legislation — HB 361 and SB […]
Here we go again. There’s another political tempest brewing in Palmetto Bay — and, once again, it’s Steve Cody and Vice Mayor Mark Merwitzer at the center of it. This week, Merwitzer — who has made a second career out of policing Cody’s social media — issued a press release demanding that the councilman remove […]
While everyone was busy watching which mayoral hopeful made it into the runoff — and whether Commissioner Joe Carollo would lose his temper before or after the polls closed — Miami voters quietly showed some serious smarts on the four city charter amendments that could reshape City Hall for years to come. The results? Yes, […]
¡Que sorpresa! Looks like Miami-Dade voters more divided than a Cuban sandwich debate between Little Havana and Tampa (Little Havana, hands down). A new Bendixen & Amandi International poll released this week shows just how divided, disillusioned, and downright dizzy our county’s electorate has become — with voters taking opposite sides on everything from fluoride […]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is supposed to protect endangered species, manage and regulate wildlife resources and habitats for the long-term well-being of both the species and the public. It is not supposed to go after one of their own biologists for reposting a whale joke in the wake of conservative firebrand Charlie […]
Don’t be surprised if the next Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office car that rolls up on you doesn’t have a cop behind the wheel. On Wednesday, Sheriff Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz unveiled what she claims is the nation’s first autonomous patrol vehicle — a driverless police car that sounds like it rolled straight out of a 2000s sci-fi […]
Miami loves being at the top of lists. Best beaches. Best nightlife. Most international flights. But now we get to add a new crown jewel: world’s riskiest real estate bubble. A new report from the Swiss banking giant UBS ranked Miami at the very top of 20 global cities in its annual Global Real Estate […]
So, apparently, there was a secret summit in Westchester last night about the proposed elimination of property taxes. At least, that’s what it feels like. Because unless you’re on Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez’s Christmas card list, you probably didn’t even know about it. Rodriguez quietly gathered some heavy hitters — state lawmakers, county officials, […]