Average homeowner could pay about $90 more in annual taxes Voters in Cutler Bay have either gotten or are about to get absentee or mail-in ballots for a $37 million, 30-year general obligation bond to fund the construction of municipal facilities and their own “Central Park” on 16 acres of vacant land on Old Cutler […]
The two main county referendums on the Nov. 4 ballot — the FIU expansion and the courthouse bond tax — have cost advocates a combined $2.5 million so far. Campaign consultants and TV and radio stations are raking it in. Friends of Higher Education, which is pushing the yes vote on the question of whether […]
I’m surprised it’s not in a mailer already, but look for one in which proponents of the new courthouse tax on the ballot Nov. 4 say the building is unsafe because of the asbestos. That’s one of the arguments made by former U.S. Attorney Roberto Martinez, who went on This Week in South Florida earlier […]
There’s a real debate going on about the $393-million that rich, big wig lawyers want to get from your taxpayer dollars for a brand new, shiny 600,000 square foot courthouse that is bigger than what we need in the heart of downtown. We have Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado to thank for that. In […]
Don’t let the proponents of the bond referendum for a new civil courthouse fool you: This is not about Cielito Lindo. The question that commissioners voted to put before voters on Nov. 4 is not about raising taxes to restore the historic downtown courthouse to its rightful glory. It is not about the health of […]
Miami-Dade Commissioners on Wednesday approved a ballot question that would tax residents an additional $18 a year for a $200,000 home in order to build a new courthouse. Where? Don’t know. Who? Not a clue. How? No se sabe. There are absolutely zero details on any of the parameters of the new courthouse, except that […]