Miami-Dade junket to Japan is latest trip on La Alcaldesa’s world tour

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Miami-Dade junket to Japan is latest trip on La Alcaldesa’s world tour

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Commission Chairman Oliver Gilbert and several county commissioners and staffers are in Japan on an “outbound mission” to encourage business and economic development, growth, expansion, trade, tourism and cultural exchanges. A delegation of public officials and about 30 business leaders left Nov. 25 for the trip to visit Tokyo and […]

Beacon Council head leaves just as report is questioned

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Beacon Council head leaves just as report is questioned

The head of the Beacon Council resigned last month. But it’s likely he would have been fired anyway when his contract expired in October. That’s because it looks like Larry Williams has exaggerated his accomplishments. Williams, president and CEO of the Beacon for the past three years, announced in late August that he was taking a […]