The redistricting process in the city of Miami has turned into a land grab.
A battle erupted Friday between Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla in District 1 and Chairwoman Christine King in District 5 over who would get the Wharf Miami, site of a proposed $185-million mixed use project with a 165-room hotel.
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Or ‘How Miami Police tried to extradite a Gables resident’
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Time-out.
More than three years after a voter referendum gave the Miami commission the green light to negotiate a lease for a real estate complex disguised as a soccer stadium on the city’s Melreese golf course, the Miami Freedom Park team is still not ready to play.
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Attorney says it’s gerrymandering to protect his house from seizure
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Miami-Dade Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, who was appointed to replace Mayor Daniella Levine Cava more than a year ago, submitted 500 signed petitions to qualify for the race in District 8 this year.
If she wants to do it by petition, she will have to collect another 971 petitions to make 1,471 in total — or 10% of the number of registered voters in D8. And if she wants to stay in office, she’ll have to get elected this time.
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He read the room.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto asked the county attorney to repeal the ordinance that created the Westchester Municipal Advisory Committee he later secretly formed to consider (read: jam through) the incorporation of Westchester.
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