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 […]
Second place bidder almost gets ‘consolation prize’ Miami-Dade leaders have long wanted to have a four-star hotel at Miami International Airport to elevate the facility to world class status and give overnighters a decent place to stay on campus. The Miami International Airport Hotel is more than 60 years old and an embarrassment, county commissioners […]
Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Oliver Gilbert assigned new committees and appointed the commissioner who will serve as chair and vice chair of these new committees, which are often where the details of projects and policies are debated. Every woman on the commission got a chairmanship, which means that five women will be chair of something or […]
But county ‘ambassadors’ program with $25K stipends was killed Ka-ching! Right after denying property owners an additional percentage or two in a tax break, Miami-Dade Commissioners on Tuesday approved a budget that more than doubles their compensation to a whopping $138,000 a year in a sneaky move that took many — including commissioners — by […]
It was painful to watch. But worth noting. And Ladra may watch last week’s Miami-Dade Comprehensive Development Master Plan meeting again. Several Miami-Dade County Commissioners went out of their way and made excruciatingly strange arguments Thursday to defend and promote a land use change that would replace 800 acres of farmland with an industrial park […]
Two of the Miami-Dade County Commission races will be decided in August without a runoff because they are head-to-head contests, meaning someone is going to get 50% plus one of the vote. This means that in less than a month, we will have two brand new commissioners at both ends of the numbered districts. They […]
If you thought Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert is going to have an easy coast in the Miami-Dade Commission race to replace the termed out Barbara Jordan, think again. Gilbert may have more experience and campaign money, right now, but all the momentum belongs to Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old who was unarmed […]
When Audrey Edmonson took over as chair of the county commission last month, she mentioned term limits that will force her to step down in November — and lamented there’s going to be a brain drain because of it. “The board will never have as much combined experience as it does today,” she said. “There […]
We all got a close up and rare look at the contentious battle between Miami Gardens and Miami-Dade County for control of Sun Life Stadium Tuesday in a joint meeting of both municipal governing bodies over the city’s lawsuit against the county for regulatory oversight. And it got a little testy. “How much more time […]
So now that the proposed Miami Dolphins stadium renovation scam, er, deal would take taxes away from his little, scrappy city, Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert — who supported the team’s last plan for using tourist tax dollars — says Sun Life Stadium is not all that. Gilbert told the Miami Herald Wednesday that he wants Miami […]