What’s the next proposed budget change, Mr. Mayor?
Every workday morning county cops wake up and the first thing to enter their minds is: do I have a job? Certainly it makes sense that they have and will... Read more.
Commissioner Suarez working to revitalize downtown Miami
I have memories as a young man in my late teens going to the public library located in Bayfront Park at the foot of Flagler Street where it runs into... Read more.
Time to bring some order to immigration policy
They came in waves — the English, the Irish, the Germans, the Hungarians, the Spanish, the Vietnamese, the Russians, the Portuguese. A few came looking for the... Read more.
Wasted: 4,489 precious American lives in Iraq
It started with a lie. General Colin Powell, then Secretary of State, was sent by the Bush/Cheney administration to appear before the United Nations General Assembly.... Read more.
Florida Supreme Court to decide if voting districts must be redrawn
Florida’s Constitution, like many other states, requires that once every 10 years the state’s legislature must review the boundaries of its voting districts... Read more.
Sports a distraction from county’s financial dilemma
Football wants the taxpayers of Miami- Dade to pay for a stadium upgrade. Basketball, making millions for the team’s owners, finally agrees to part with a “few”... Read more.
My changing views on a PortMiami soccer stadium
My friends are asking me “why no column on Beckham’s proposed soccer stadium on the port?” I tell them “…because I’m not sure what I think.” It was... Read more.
Lack of tax revenue is bankrupting county’s future
The year was 1982. The prestigious magazine, The Economist, printed a lead article that called Miami (Miami-Dade) the American city of the future while so many American... Read more.
Where might you buy medical marijuana in Florida?
You can soon buy medical marijuana in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts,... Read more.
A gun range in your next-door neighbor’s backyard?
BANG, BANG…BANG! Alicia, call 911. Didn’t you hear gunshots? Call the police! Where is Carlos? I told that kid to stay home tonight! ¡Dios mío! Where are those... Read more.