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Favorite Allegations in Miami Herald update on "where in the world is Ana Sol Alliegro" … by gimleteye
Favorite allegations, verified by two or more sources, in today's Miami Herald report on Ana Sol Alliegro, the "Republican Bad Girl" tied to a criminal investigation involving former Congressman David Rivera. Alliegro now lives in Granada, Nicaragua...
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Testimony on Waste Water Issue Before the County Commission Yesterday
Honorable members of the Board of County Commissioners – You have before you a bond authorization request that includes a capital plan for sewer and water. The EPA and BBWK have sued the county on the sewer side for massive violations of the...
Good government: can we conquer traffic … by gimleteye
The Belle Isle blog has some great old postcard views of what the former Miami Herald property looked like, in the kindler, gentler (unless you were Jewish or African American) 1930's.What is striking is that the views illustrate traffic access...
The EPA and Miami-Dade County fumble on climate change … by gimleteye
On climate change adaptation, the rubber meets the road in the most highly developed areas of Florida that are also flood prone and virtually at sea level. Consider, the following.The EPA is the chief federal agency advancing policy agendas...
How to dial back the national security state? … by gimleteye
The Associated Press is the nation's most important news feed. It now appears that AP private and work cell phone conversations were secretly taped by the national security state, based on suspicions of a leak to the AP of an important counter-terrorism...
Environmental Groups Appeal To Mayor Carlos Gimenez and EPA Regional Chief Gwen Keyes Fleming: Don’t spend $1.5 billion to be washed away by rising seas
In a May 13th letter, a coalition of environmental groups including Biscayne Water Keeper and prominent leaders urged both the County and the US EPA to consider a "reasoned, sound science approach to re-building the County's sewage system, to...
Tampa Bay Times: "Levy nuclear plant more costly than a natural gas facility" … by gimleteye
Read this piece in the Tampa Bay Times, digging into the comparable costs of nuclear versus natural gas. It is something that Miami-Dade ratepayers ought to consider, in the face of the FPL tsunami pushing two new nuclear reactors at Turkey...
Miami Dade’s Benghazi: On Sewer Rate Hike, No Political Courage Anywhere In Sight … by gimleteye
It's our own mini-version of Benghazi; someone needs to ask questions, why were water rates kept so low that now taxpayers are required to fund billions of dollars of infrastructure improvements? Miami-Dade taxpayers have some of the lowest...
Stanzione 87 … a great new entry for best pizza in Miami … by gimleteye
I highly recommend Stanzione 87, just off Brickell and SW 8th, the newest entry for best pizza in Miami. I was over the moon when Harry's Pizza emerged a few years ago from the wilderness of poor pizza choices. Franco Stanzione, Gulliver grad,...
The Marlins Stadium: why the stain is indelible … by gimleteye
The public apathy for the Miami Marlins made network news (again) last night, with a NBC Nightly News segment on the team's decision to close the upper deck of the new stadium because so few people are going to the games. Back in the 90's, I...