Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Faced with a looming half-billion-dollar deficit from the expansion of Miami International Airport, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department wants to cash in on an Everglades jetport it was forced to abandon decades ago.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
When it comes to deciding how to cut Miami-Dade County employees' salaries, apparently the third time was the charm.<p/> After failing to decide twice last week, Miami-Dade commissioners voted late Monday to present three county-employee unions with a choice: a 5 percent reduction in base pay or an equivalent reduction in holiday pay.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Miami-Dade County commissioners will try again Monday afternoon to make a conclusive decision on which employees will be laid off in the face of budget cuts.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
When Miami-Dade commissioners closed a $444 million budget gap after marathon public hearings in September, the crucial ingredient was their decision to cut nearly $200 million from county employees' paychecks.
Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
That the Miami-Dade county commission exists in a cocoon formed from the silk threads of campaign contributors from the Growth Machine, is indisputable. From cost-overruns at Miami International, to the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, to Transit and transportation, to hair-brained schemes to rock mine the Everglades or put ORV's on the former Everglades Jetport site, the county commission...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The Miami Herald: Dennis Stackhouse surrendered Thursday to face charges that he stole nearly $1 million from a proposed taxpayer-supported biopharmaceutical park intended to revitalize Liberty City. A Miami-Dade judge on Wednesday signed an arrest warrant charging Stackhouse, 67, with...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
THE EVERGLADESATV park in Everglades prompts delight, concernAn ATV park proposed by Miami-Dade and Collier counties would open Everglades wetlands to thousands of all-terrain vehicle riders.An ATV rider pops a wheelie in an open area where families and individuals come to ride ATVs and dirt bikes these some of the last untouched areas of Miami. CHRIS CUTRO / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD BY CURTIS MORGANUnless...
FishStripes (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
... for them, unless the Dolphins plan on paying for it, it will be one tough fight with the Miami-Dade commissioners. Or at least it should be, it was for us.
Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
County Commissioner Rolle's former cash cow JESCA is in the news again. I complained bitterly for a long time that a lot of questionable charities were getting our tax dollars from the County. My complaint was centered on that the Inspector General was suppose to be doing random audits on charities/non-profits on the discretionary giving list but was told by the IG Office that NO AUDITS HAD...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Under Miami-Dade Commissioner Dorrin D. Rolle's watch, the James E. Scott Community Association raided employee retirement accounts and diverted charity funds to pay executive salaries and other operating costs, the county's Office of Inspector General found.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
... support -- installing mountain bike trails and a BMX bike run on the key's North Point. City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff and Miami-Dade Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, whose districts include the island, both sent aides to the hearing to express support for restoring mountain biking to the plan.One issue remained unresolved, however: Where to put a public boat ramp on the island....
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
... region," Industry Mayor David Perez said in a joint statement with Walnut officials.•Miami, Miami-Dade to again vote on Marlins stadiumIn a near echo from this time last year, Miami and Miami-Dade commissioners are expected to take rapid-fire votes between Thanksgiving and Christmas to cement the future of a new Little Havana baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins.Last December...
