Constitutional amendment petitions: Know before you sign
Recently my wife and I were having a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream on the boardwalk outside the new Margaritaville Resort Hotel on Hollywood Beach. A man with a clipboard... Read more.
Transit tax promise made 30 years ago not fulfilled
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced the opening of the New York Subway’s 469th station. The system so widely used that the one new station, built... Read more.
Miami- Dade County: The future Venice of America?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the great Romance English poet knew the high value of drinking water when he wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The most famous line... Read more.
Who will make it tp the White House in 2016
Who will make it ot the White House in 2016Unless you were buried deep down inside a Kentucky coal mine the evening of Sept. 16, I am certain you had... Read more.
Déja vu, again and again and again in Tallahassee
Déja vu, again and again and again in TallahasseeI guess the old expression “try and try again until you get it right” doesn’t apply to the members of our... Read more.
Return services to community or put more dollars in our pockets
Are we interested in seeing services to the community increased — or at least restored to their previous highs — or lower the millage and keep a few more dollars... Read more.
Time to extend Metrorail system west to 137th Avenue?
Some 32 years ago our county government, recognizing the population explosion in our community, broke ground on a heavy rail elevated mass transit system — 24.4... Read more.
Florida’s Supreme Court: Legislature illegally drew congressional districts
Gerrymandering the boundaries of electoral districts means redesigning the boundaries of voting districts to favor a particular political party or elected official... Read more.
Governor vs. Lt. Governor for U.S. Senate? Let the battle begin!
Too early to be thinking about Florida’s coming U.S. Senate race? Evidently not for our current heads of state in Tallahassee. This is going to be one interesting... Read more.
Sexually abused teen will need medical attention; who will pay?
Two front page articles in a recent week’s Miami Herald reported on the unbelievable state of Florida government. One article under “Child Welfare” tells of... Read more.