Miami-Dade County in COVID-19 Trouble
March 29, 2021 Leave a comment
THANKS TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Coral Gables Election: ANTI-OVERDEVELOPMENT CANDIDATES?
March 28, 2021 Leave a comment
There are a few candidates who to mention “smart development.” This could include overdevelopment, easily.
Candidate Phillip “PJ” Mitchell is the only candidate who far who so far is against overdevelopment, increased density of development and associated traffic problems.
Are there any other candidates who are clearly against overdevelopment?
Coral Gable Pension Liabilities–Unfunded and Unmanageable
March 23, 2021 Leave a comment
During at least the last 15 years we have heard about the unfunded pension liabilities and the multiple promises of commission candidates to fix the budget problem. None have been able to do so–more empty promises.
Solutions to the problem are fairly obvious but the city manager and the commission have been reluctant to make the changes. Better to put off to future when neither the manager nor the commissioners will be around.
The solutions are simple but require political acumen: raise taxes, reduce overall salary costs, change pension plans to lower cost ones, and cut back on public security overhead costs. Revenue costs would help but the city runs on the knife edge of deficits and any increases go into capital outlays and staffing.
Florida New Pandemic Wave?
March 21, 2021 Leave a comment
Anecdotal observations in Coral Gables, Miami and Miami Beach show that the resident populations and Spring Bread tourists are playing the new COVID-19 variants that are very much faster at spreading, more contagious and more dangerous for your health.
Florida is leading the country in 1/ exporting virus to other state by spring breakers and 2/ many, many residents are putting down their guard and 3/ Governor DeSantis is promoting non-vaccine natural herd immunity.
