For four hours on a recent Wednesday, Miami-Dade commissioners sat around the dais debating the future of a mental health facility everybody claims they desperately want to open but nobody wants to fully pay for. And somewhere in the middle of all the speeches about compassion, fiscal responsibility, sustainability and “mission alignment,” an uncomfortable truth […]
For a man touring Florida accusing local governments of wasteful spending, Blaise Ingoglia — the head of the Florida DOGE, who reported last year that Miami-Dade had misspent more than $300 million (lacking any details, of course) — has picked a very awkward place to collect campaign checks: The Biltmore Hotel. Yes, the same grand, […]
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, […]
Dariel Fernandez gives county hall $26 million gift While Miami-Dade is drowning in debt and digging under the couch cushions looking for a staggering $402 million to close Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s budget gap, blaming the constitutional offices for a big chunk of the shortage — one of those offices is swimming in a big […]
How do you say “Welcome, Big Brother” in budgetese? Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez put out a press release Wednesday doing his best impression of a grateful hotel concierge, all but fluffing pillows for the DeSantis-appointed DOGE squad as they announce plans to parachute into County Hall with flashlights and subpoenas. In a glowing statement […]
15-member committee has lobbyists, contractors Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Anthony “A-Rod” Rodriguez is now leading the charge to strip away inefficiencies in the county’s bloated and Byzantine procurement system. Yes, you read that right. The same Anthony Rodriguez who helped build the maze — and recently came under fire for awarding millions to a shady charity […]
Something stinks at Tropical Park, and it’s not the horse manure. Because while Miami-Dade is sharpening its budget axe and slashing around $40 million from the budget for non-profit grants, a baby nonprofit with barely a bank account, zero track record and no actual contact info — but a politically-connected director — just landed a […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera officially resigned his county seat Monday and was then sworn in as the U.S.’s new ambassador to Panama in a packed commission chambers. The next day, Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez announced the creation of a web portal for residents of District 6 to express intros and submit the necessary documentation to […]
For all their talk about not wanting to “kick the can” down the road, Miami-Dade commissioners are really good at it. Last week, the commission once again postponed making a decision on the long-term solution to the county’s solid waste disposal needs — which became an urgent issue after the waste-to-energy facility in Doral burned […]
The KFHA will host a community meeting Tuesday Imagine leaving for work one Wednesday morning and coming home in the afternoon to find a 32-foot, cement pole in your front yard and a box next to it with a sticker that warns about chemicals that have caused Cancer in California. This is happening to a […]