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Miami Herald on Virginia Key Beach Park Budget Cuts.

By Tony Garcia On September 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A few days ago on this blog, Greg Bush commented on this issue regarding Virginia Key Beach Park:

Digging deeper, Miami may cut once-untouchable agencies
BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI
aviglucci@MiamiHerald.com
Miami would shut down its network of NET offices, the problem-solving neighborhood outposts of City Hall, under a proposed budget that aims to close [...]

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Miami Beach Residents will get Public Access to Baywalk

By Tony Garcia On September 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

In a stunning victory for public access, the Flamingo Condominium has agreed to provide access to its baywalk. Miami Herald reporter Andres Viglucci said:

What does it take to open a two-block stretch of public baywalk in Miami Beach? Apparently a battalion of attorneys, a convoluted and costly court case that alleges fibbing by [...]

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Budget: The City of Miami uses the County Playbook.

By Tony Garcia On September 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Just as Miami Dade County did, the City of Miami voted to keep the tax rate flat. The Miami Herald said about the budget meeting:

Taxpayers flooded Miami City Hall Thursday for the first of two budget hearings — a meeting so volatile a screaming match broke out between a commissioner and the mayor.

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Is Amendment 4 the Right Answer?

By Tony Garcia On August 3, 2009 · 2 Comments

There is an article in the Miami Herald today about Amendment 4. The author says:

In the complex world of comprehensive land-use plans, the public cannot vote.

However, this uneven balance of power could change in the 2010 elections. A proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution would give the public the final say [...]

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Jackson Health Systems Execs Meet with Miami Herald Editorial Board

By Tony Garcia On July 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This is a window of opportunity for our readers to see what happens during a newspaper Editorial Board interview.

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Florida Department of Revenue what is the Reasoning?

By Tony Garcia On July 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Miami Herald Columnist, Jackie Bueno Sousa, reported in the Herald yesterday that property records are not being listed accurately on the My Home, property appraiser website. People buying distressed properties (foreclosures) are listed as the owner, but the prior selling price and prior sale date is listed under their name. This is printing false records. [...]

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Mayor Carlos Alvarez talks to the Editorial Board about the Budget

By Tony Garcia On July 20, 2009 · 1 Comment

Change of plans. We tried to post the video of the Editorial Board meeting but it crashed the blog. Now it is gone from the Herald site. Here is the Marlin’s groundbreaking instead and much more embarrassing and should be seen by Miami Dade residents so they know who to thank when they go to [...]

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Marlins Stadium: Other Views in Miami Herald

By Tony Garcia On July 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Posted on Sunday, 07.12.09 – Stadium is a bad deal for taxpayers
BY NORMAN BRAMAN

I read with great disappointment, but not surprise, Wednesday’s front-page article about the Florida Marlins’ stadium’s final costs being more than $2.4 billion.

This does not include the cost of the city-paid parking garage (about $100 million), the land, infrastructure [...]

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Marlin’s Stadium: Miami Herald Poll on Community Pulse.

By Tony Garcia On July 10, 2009 · 3 Comments

With 83% of those responding NO to the question: Will the new baseball stadium benefit Miami Dade County? — you might think the elected officials would think twice about their decision or at least conduct their own scientific poll.

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