One staffer worked on brother’s commission campaign
Miami loves a comeback story. Today, there are two.
Political observers and civic leaders have alerted Ladra to the resurgence of two shady political operatives who seem to be back in business after somewhat of a sabbatical — forced or not.
The Miami-Dade Commission talked about garbage this week. Not the usual garbage. Real garbage.
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has suggested a $36 annual garbage fee increase — or $3 a month — as part of her 2023-2024 $11.6 billion budget. To keep the current $509 annual fee would mean a cut in services, she said. But county commissioners, who approved her tiny. fake tax cut — a millage decrease that doesn’t actually cut anyone’s taxes — balked and deferred making any decision until Sept. 6.
Second place bidder almost gets ‘consolation prize’
Commissioners likely to discuss mayor’s gas tax gaffe
Late Monday, with less than 24 hours for county commissioners to review it, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava released her proposed $11 billion 2023-2024 budget — the largest ever, with a 20% increase in capital improvement spending, due much to federal dollars. She boasts about a 1% tax cut and what the mayor calls a “gas tax holiday” — which only came after her office forgot to renew the 6-cent gas tax.
