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...

Is there a Plan B?

" In 1802 Thomas Jefferson said “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and...

Step up to the challenge Miami!

" Miami-Dade County has accepted a challenge by the National Association of Counties to see which county can get the highest percentage of residents and employees to participate in the Drive $marter and Change the World competitions. So, please join your fellow...

Miami Dade Public Library’s Website Up for Grabs!

" Miami-Dade’s efficiency or the lack there of should be source of anger to Miami-Dade tax payers, however this one really amuses me! Miami-Dade Public Library’s domain name http://www. mdpls.org expired on 09/05/2008 somebody was asleep at the wheel. For 40 days,...

Fort Lauderdale man pleads guilty to sexually abusing teen

" Bobby Minnis, 45, of Fort Lauderdale pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck at the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida. According to information presented at the plea hearing, Minnis flew from Fort Lauderdale , Fla. , in 2005 to Texas...

Interactive website for high school students and colleges

" Zinch is an interactive website for high school students and colleges. It is also a good tool for students and parents alike to find out more about a particular school. Any high school student in the world, free of charge, can create a comprehensive online profile to help...

From paper ballots to the optical scan voting

" Florida is changing the way we vote once again! There was the antiquated punch-card and stylus system of 2000. We all know how that worked out. Then there were the electronic touch-screen machines of 2004, which too many people simply didn’t trust. The paperless system...

Moving from Miami? - Some Options

" No surprise there, Miami it seems is not the top 5 cities to for building wealth. The good news is that it is not among worst 5 either. Topping the list is Plano, Tex., while high cost of living lands New York at the bottom, reports Salary.com. Salary.com, which...

Fall of Peshawar to militants eminent: NYT, other dailies

" TORONTO/NEW YORK: The fall of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to heavily armed Islamic militants is eminent, say experts and locals of the area. According to the Globe and Mail, Peshawar, which borders Pakistan's wild...

Miami - Medicare fraud capital of the country

" The top growth jobs right now in South Florida are in health care and government. Healthcare according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Miami-Dade County alone accounted for more paid DME (durable medical equipment) claims than 44 other...

Potential Annexation Of The Falls And Fairway Estates

" Miami-Dade County mailed a letter to 12 cities last August asking whether they might take in one of eight unincorporated areas after the county lifted a two-year moratorium on annexations. Several cities said they might want parts of some areas, like Biscayne Gardens...

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...

Change I can believe in

" Ok in theory it all sounds great - a person needs to work for a living, a person needs to get a good night’s sleep after working hard all day and a person needs some personal and family time. So break up 24 hours into three equal parts - 8 hours each. You work for 8...

First Gov For Consumers

" Ever wondered what you should do if you are a victim of identity fraud? what your savings bonds are worth? Where you could get tax forms? Here is the pick of the week a federal website that is meticulously organized by topic (Money, Food, Children, Health, Technology, Your...

Florida Plunder & Loot

" Ok what is wrong with this picture?Here is company or to be more accurate group of companies that is one of the more generous South Florida companies when it comes to lavishing perks on its execs. In what Miami Herald calls POURING ON THE PERKS its Chairman and CEO received...
 

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