Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
MIAMI -- Miami-Dade Commissioner Natasha Seijas announced a plan to combat the problem of wage theft - an effort that could serve as a model for cities nationwide.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Miami-Dade Commissioner Natasha Seijas is set to announce a county initiative to combat the problem of wage theft - an effort that could serve as a model for cities nationwide.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In late July, as Miami-Dade leaders confronted the county's worst budget crisis in decades, Commissioner Natacha Seijas boarded American Airlines Flight 56 for a weeklong trip to Ireland.
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In late July, as Miami-Dade leaders confronted the county's worst budget crisis in decades, Commissioner Natacha Seijas boarded American Airlines Flight 56 for a weeklong trip to Ireland. In September, a day after commissioners voted to lay off more than...
Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
MIAMI — Miami-Dade Commissioner Natasha Seijas announced a plan to combat the problem of wage ...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Miami-Dade Commissioner Natasha Seijas announced a plan to combat the problem of wage theft - an effort that could serve as a model for cities nationwide.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Clara Rush Oesterle's legacy as a Miami-Dade County commissioner runs on 30 miles of electrified track: the Metrorail/Metromover system.<p/> As commissioner from 1974 to 1988 and close ally of the late county Mayor Steve Clark, she championed light rail as essential to controlled county growth.
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones stole $50,000 in county grant money in a scheme to benefit her family business, prosecutors charged Thursday -- plunging City Hall closer to chaos just hours after she was sworn into office for her second term.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Clara Rush Oesterle's legacy as a Miami-Dade County commissioner runs on 30 miles of electrified track: the Metrorail/Metromover system.<p/> As commissioner from 1974 to 1988 and close ally of the late county Mayor Steve Clark, she championed light rail as essential to controlled county growth.
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...
