Miami-Dade Municipalities tough out economy

" Local Government Budgets ”It’s going to be a time that we all have to buckle down and get through this,” Mayor Julio Robaina of Hialeah said at a recent budget hearing. “Our residents are not in a position to pay more. Assessments are going to go down next year...

Fool me once

" While Miami-Dade commissioners have conceded that the county can’t keep promises it made in 2002 when voters approved a half-penny sales tax to fund bus and rail projects over the next 25 years they now want voters to approve another half-penny tax to fund the very same...

Unmanned aerial vehicles for law enforcement operations

" The Miami-Dade Police Department is experimenting with using unmanned aerial vehicles for law enforcement operations. Earlier attempts by other agencies to use unmanned drone aircraft have been shot down by the FAA. Miami-Dade and the Houston Police Department were...

Palmer Trinity and Traffic

" Commenting on the story about Palmer Trinity Private School's plans (full story here) to expand Cape Cutler Homeowners Association's President Ron Blackburn wrote " Their plans to increase enrollment to 1400 students from the current 600 shows an excessive greed to be...

Cannot make money flipping properties or selling real estate - file a lawsuit

" Here are some recent lawsuits. In Miami Developer Tibor Hollo has filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against a Miami real estate agent who blogged that the octogenarian went bankrupt in the 1980s and is headed for a fall with the upheaval in the condo...

Cutler Bay not the first test area

" On his re-election website listing his achievements, Cutler Bay Council Member Ernie Sochin proudly announces “For one, the Wi Fi project is near the starting point." On July 15th, 2006 the Miami Herald reported that experts were skeptical about Miami-Dade officials...

RED CROSS AND MIAMI-DADE FIRE RESCUE HOST “FIRE SAFETY NIGHT” AT SANTA'S ...

"   WHO/WHAT:  In hopes of making a safe holiday season for families, the local Red Cross and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue will host the first ever Fire Safety Night at Santa’s Enchanted Forest. More than 100 children affected by fires this year will be invited to...

Public Lender Foreclosure Auction

" Many lender foreclosed residential properties will be liquidated by several lenders on Saturday Dec. 15, 2007 at the Miami Beach Convention Center Miami Beach Convention Center  1901 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, 33139 You need to register to bid at...

Mortgage crisis - Good Morning Washington

" A while back we reported that the bridge tender at the Brickell Avenue bridge  sleep on duty causing residents being rudely awakened from their slumber by a 140-decibel horn being blown consistently for several minutes. These horns are from tug boats towing a ships...

Teen awaiting deportation starts school

Columbian Juan Gomez and his brother came to the United States as toddlers and grew up in South Florida after their parents overstayed their short-term visas. Juan and his brother Alex are both 'stand out' students, and have been granted a 45-day stay of deportation whilst...

Miami Council Approves $5.6 M Town Budget

The Town of Miami has finally approved it's municipal budget for 2007-08 after concluding public hearings Monday night. The budget was finally signed into law, with some residents however raising questions concerning the lack of fee collections and the state of old, or...