And this could be a test case for the UDB expansion Namaste. The veto that promised to launch a showdown quietly dissolved Wednesday into what can aptly be described as parliamentary yoga. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s dramatic Feb. 1 veto of the Kelly Tractor wetlands project didn’t get overridden. It didn’t get sustained either. […]
Water, water everywhere — except not really Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava took to video last week with a message that sounded less like routine government housekeeping and more like a gentle but unmistakable warning shot: We have a water problem. A “water shortage warning“ is in effect. Not a watch. Not a suggestion. A […]
Protected wetlands are too important, she says Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava dropped a veto this week on the Kelly Tractor project — the same wetlands-eating, UDB-jumping development our esteemed county commissioners approved 9-2 just weeks ago, despite complaints from staff and advocates. Bold? Sure. Effective? Almost certainly not. Political? Now that’s the question. The […]
A feel-good pep rally with not much substance Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava took the stage Wednesday night at Florida Memorial University with a clear message: unity, belonging, strength in diversity. It was the annual State of the County address, mandated by charter and staged this year before a standing-room-only crowd in Miami Gardens, the […]
After false starts, county approves petition form Back in December, the crew who wanted to recall Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava face-planted on a paperwork technicality. The Clerk of Courts sent them home to rewrite their homework. Many assumed the whole thing would quietly die on a laptop somewhere between a fundraising pitch and a […]
In Miami-Dade government, nothing really changes — it just gets reassigned And so it was this week, as Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced yet another strategic personnel realignment just in time for what she herself describes as a “critical and challenging” budget year. Translation: brace yourselves. Out goes longtime budget chief David Clodfelter, the […]
But voters feel chilling effect of cancel culture Well, here’s something you don’t see every day in Florida: a Democrat woman leading both Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump in a popularity contest — and not just in the 305 liberal bubble, either. According to the new Bendixen & Amandi poll of 600 voters between Sept. […]
We all knew it was coming, but Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava made it official Wednesday, wading into the Miami mayoral election, backing her political BFF, County Commissioner Eileen Higgins among the 13 candidates. Nobody is surprised. But the timing might be key: It comes 12 hours after a less-than-lackluster performance by Higgins at a […]
Residents at budget hearings urge county to defund As it scrambled to cover a $402 million budget gap, raised fees and cut corners on some services, the county still found ways to shovel millions into Israel bonds at a time when most of the world is condemning what can only be described as genocide in […]
DERM gets separated, Metro Connect survives First in a series of county budget coverage stories Miami-Dade’s $12.9 billion budget squeaked through Thursday night — or, more accurately, early Saturday morning — after another one of those all-night marathons at County Hall that leave everyone bleary-eyed and cranky. The biggest headline? Bus riders dodged a fare […]