Who believed the Everglades sales pitch story? No, not the one where someone tries to sell you a bridge, but close. It’s the Air Show in the Swamp pitch, where Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez was going to get all these international corporations and celebrities to come out for an fancy aviation convention at […]
It’s very nice that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is putting $5 million more into our public parks and $2 million more into animal services and $1 million aside for a summer jobs program for needy youth. What Gimenez didn’t say at his big reveal of the 2015-16 budget Tuesday is that he also wants to […]
Everyone in Miami-Dade County can sigh a breath of relief! Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez has saved the day! There will be no further cuts to services and personnel, no more “sacrifices” asked of our loyal county employees, no more library closings. In fact, 10 of the 20-some libraries closed two days a week will […]
Miami-Dade School Board Member Raquel Regalado — who in March became the first and, so far, only challenger to incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez — has been calling the mayor out for months on a number of issues. She sued him on the value adjustment board and the $9 million in public funds going to Skyrise Miami. She […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez apologized profusely for the “past miscalculations” that caused sudden, big increases in taxes for property owners in 234 special taxing districts that pay for extra street lights, security and other neighborhood amenities. And then he admitted that some of the special taxing district property owners have been paying for […]
Among the $43.3 million in Miami-Dade projects vetoed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott was $5 million in state funds designated for Florida International University’s ambitious expansion plans. And we should give Scott props for that one. Because ity was premature. Because the expansion plans are contingent upon the Dade County Youth Fair organization, which has a […]
More than 116,000 Miami-Dade property owners got notices recently that show increases in their special taxing district assessments for the first time in at least four years — some as much as 22 percent. These hikes come because, in part, they’ve not been paying their fair share since at least 2011. But somebody has. Because […]
Monday’s meeting between Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez and one of the investors in the David Beckham Major League Soccer team expansion that they want to bring to Miami was not about the stadium that they’ve been talking about for more than a year now, the mayor’s deputy and his spokesman each said. It was […]
Fresh off his trip to Paris and Marseilles, France, our jet-setting Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez is meeting early this morning with one of David Beckham‘s Miami soccer team investors to, presumably, talk about a stadium again. But why? According to sources and published reports, Team Beckham is looking at two sites for a possible soccer […]
It stands out. Former Miami Mayor Joe Carollo — who lashed out publicly and loudly against alleged and rampant corruption in the city of Doral after he was fired as city manager — is on the payroll for the campaign to re-elect Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Tainted Boy” Gimenez. He’s been paid $6,000 a month for consulting […]