Category: Miami-Dade Cities
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Waging legal war to make Miami Springs comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
For nearly five years, the City of Miami Springs has refused to make sidewalks and public parking spaces near a 60-year-old disabled resident’s home wheelchair accessible. Instead, the city has engaged in a legal war with Theodore Karantsalis by claiming he waited too long in taking action against Miami Springs over making sidewalks and parking spaces accessible to the handicapped. -
Mental health services for Miami-Dade seniors in jeopardy after Florida healthcare agency changes billing practices
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami-Dade senior citizens with mental health illnesses who rely on Medicaid and Medicare to cover their therapy sessions and medications are on the brink of losing their treatment thanks to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. -
Biden moves to slow use of trains to haul hazardous LNG, but Trump’s permits let LNG ‘bomb trains’ roll on FEC tracks
By Ann Henson-Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Biden administration has proposed a rule that would temporarily halt the transportation of liquified natural gas (LNG) by rail – except in three states, including Florida, where those “bomb trains” regularly haul the highly flammable material through heavily populated neighborhoods along the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) tracks. -
Bankruptcy filings, financial woes dog surprise Miami commission candidate Jeffrey Watson
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
During the 2010s, Miami City Commissioner Jeffrey Watson was twice unsuccessful in securing bankruptcy protection, fell behind on more than $1 million on his home mortgage, couldn’t pay a $129,284 civil judgment and owed $26,933 in income tax to the Internal Revenue Service. Now, the former Bill Clinton White House aide is poised to upend the Miami City Commission District 5 race after pledging not to run when he was appointed to the seat 11 months ago. -
FEC slaps U.S. Rep. Salazar’s campaign for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in illegal contributions
By Francisco Avarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar’s re-election committee has amassed $147,400 in illegal excessive campaign contributions for her primary, according to a pair of recent warning letters from the Federal Elections Commission. -
A developer’s ‘monster’ comes to Miami’s tree-lined Silver Bluff Estates
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Maureen McCarthy’s days of quietly relaxing in her lush backyard’s pool and Jacuzzi are numbered. Thanks to Miami 21, the 12-year-old rewrite of the city’s zoning code, the Miami Dade College professor now has to live with a four-story apartment building full of tenants hovering over her two-bedroom house…
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