Category: Miami-Dade Cities
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Flood of Russia-Ukraine war refugees leads to severe overcrowding at Miami-Dade school
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Overcrowding at a Miami-Dade elementary and middle school is so severe, students are crammed into classrooms and rats roam the cafeteria grounds, parents and teachers say. -
Conservancy rakes in cash at taxpayer-owned Miami Beach Botanical Garden
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
A non-profit group turned the Miami Beach Botanical Garden into a cash cow by obtaining federal pandemic aid funds and charging top dollar for hosting booze-filled events. But the Miami Beach Garden Conservancy fattened up its coffers without giving the city its fair share, and without contributing any money for maintenance of the taxpayer-owned flora facility, an internal audit found. -
Miami Shores council member Wagar lands lobbyist job and breaks the law; If she doesn’t act soon, she’ll break another
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Two years ago, when she was Miami Shores mayor, Crystal Wagar led the charge in hiring The Southern Group to lobby Tallahassee legislators and the governor’s office on the village’s behalf. Now a council member, Wagar recently landed a gig with the same firm, violating a state law that bars public officials from accepting jobs with companies doing business with their governments. -
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North Bay Village mayor scored all-expenses-paid trip to London from soccer facility bidder
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
On June 1, North Bay Village Mayor Brent Latham had prime lower bowl seats at London’s Wembley Stadium for the Cup of Champions, a South America versus Europe soccer match between heavyweights Argentina and Italy. The mayor’s VIP ticket came courtesy of the Argentine Football Association, or AFA, which picked up the tab for Latham to spend a week in the United Kingdom’s capital city. -
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Miami Beach Inspector General targeted by two commissioners who don’t like independent watchdog’s oversight
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Two Miami Beach commissioners are on a mission to fire or at least muzzle the city’s independent watchdog for doing his job too aggressively. -
Surfside, still shaken by condo collapse, caught up in conflict-of-interest allegations involving vice mayor and his construction company
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Six months into his tenure as Surfside’s vice mayor, Jeffrey Rose has voted on at least two legislative measures in which he had conflicts that the county ethics commission warned him to abstain from, according to residents who have filed complaints against him.
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