In an effort to shorten increasingly marathon Miami-Dade County commission meetings — and just in time for budget hearings — Chairman Jean Monestime explained rules Tuesday that allow our local government to basically limit the amount of speakers on any given item that is not a public hearing item as well as when and where […]
Just six months after being made chair of the Miami-Dade County Commission, Commissioner Jean Monestime has nabbed the “Elected Official of the Year Award” given out by the South Florida chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). He will get it Thursday at the group’s annual awards reception at Parrot Jungle Island. That’s […]
Next month, just as county employees hunker down to prepare and/or brace for next year’s budget, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Mr. Giveaway” Gimenez, his chief of staff, at least five other county employees and a few of his lobbyist pals will travel to France for the Paris Air Show and a side trip to Marseille. Ah, […]
If you go to the Miami-Dade ‘Taste of Haiti’ event today promoted by the county and Commission Chairman Jean Monestime, just know that it wouldn’t happen without the help of some of the very people who come to the county for millions of dollars in contracts. Like the Easter Egg hunt and spring festival put […]
From the what-a-difference-a-day-makes category: Freshly minted Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jean Monestime took his oath of office Friday, and immediately pledged to use his position to defend the county’s neediest residents — who, by the way, live in his district — with a “Chairman’s Council of Prosperity Initiatives” he said he hopes will bring more people […]
The historic installation Friday of Miami-Dade Commissioner Jean Monestime, the first Haitian American to hold the chairman’s position, is likely to draw a lot more local politicians than these ceremonies normally do anyway. Miami Herald reporter Doug Hanks tweeted late Thursday that even Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio might be in attendance. I […]
Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jean Monestime and Vice Chair Esteban Bovo will take over the helm of the ship after the official, public installation ceremony and swearing-in Jan. 16 with their families standing proud and loved ones/lobbyists gushing and TV cameras rolling. But they apparently can’t wait or want to start planning their rule in advance. […]
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson called for a “State of Emergency” meeting last week about a spike in recent shootings in her District 3 — at least 18 people shot in 21 drive-bys, including a 14-year-old boy who was killed — and what can be done to stop the violence. About 200 people attended, including […]
UPDATED: He doesn’t take the helm of the ship until January, but the Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Elect Jean Monestime issued his first statement Monday in his new role — hours after his colleagues voted unanimously for him as their leader — urging the community to keep calm when the grand jury decision in the Ferguson, […]
The power at Miami-Dade County Hall is going to shift over the next few weeks as commissioners play musical chairs. Not only because they are expected on Monday to name the next chair, and all eyes are on Commissioner Jean Monestime for that. But also because in January, Monestime will dole out the committee leadership […]