Miami Beach commissioner: ‘Let’s fight back in court’ So this is how zoning works now. When developers can’t get approval from local boards, residents or even the area’s own elected officials, they simply go shopping for a different government — one 400 miles away. Under a bill passed Friday in Tallahassee, the legendary Fontainebleau Miami […]
Every few years, someone in Tallahassee looks at Miami-Dade’s Urban Development Boundary — the thin, invisible line separating suburbia from swamp — and decides it would look better moved west. Or south. Or “adjusted.” Or “modernized.” Or whatever euphemism is trending in the Legislature that week. This year’s version of that effort — which was […]
Two Democrat legislators have filed an appeal of last session’s controversial House Bill 1, the so-called “anti-riot” law, which was pushed by Republicans to punish Black Lives Matter protesters and chill free speech. Sen. Shevrin Jones (D-Miami Gardens) and State Rep. Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) have filed companion bills last week — in collaboration with The […]
A subcommittee in the Florida House will hear the first bill Tuesday to legislate the process for felons to get their voting rights restored, which voters approved last year with the passage of Amendment 4 by 64% of Florida voters. But in the typical bait and switch style of our Republican-controlled legislature, it seems the […]
Tallahassee’s worst kept secret is out. Ladra had heard about an affair between senators Anitere Flores and Oscar Braynon III for more than a year, maybe two. But we didn’t care. Not then. Not really. Not so much now, either. It was only mildly interesting because of its bipartisan nature. Flores is an ultra conserative Republican […]
April showers bring May flowers, but what do elections, transportation meetings and town halls bring? The Cortadito Calendar starts April off with a long day on transit and transportation talk as the new Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization, the old Metropolian Planning Organization with a new name, meets for two meetings Monday like its in a […]