May 17 Services DMV To Go The Miami-Dade County Office of Community Advocacy is upgrading its monthly “DMV To Go” event to include “FedAssist,” featuring additional assistance with federal issues like U.S. passport applications, housing, transportation, child support, military/veteran affairs, as well as Voter Education. “FedAssist” is the result of collaboration with the office of [...]
By David Arthur Walters The raucous Tuesday Breakfast Club on May 9, 2012, made it evident that the most vocal of Miami Beach residents are fed up with all aspects of the administration of “Boss” Jorge Gonzalez, which they feel has been an inequitable operation from top to bottom for a dozen years, particularly in [...]
By Frank Del Vecchio, Special to the SunPost Miami Beach is under a cloud of corruption. Sadly, I’ve lost confidence in the city manager and hold him accountable for failure and corruption during his tenure. I also fault the mayor and commissioners for not taking him to task earlier. They should do so now. Essential [...]
May 8, 2012 Honorable Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and City Commission: For nearly twelve years I have had the honor and privilege to serve the City of Miami Beach as its city manager. Over my tenure, we have accomplished a great deal and have had significant successes for which we can all be proud. I [...]
By David Arthur Walters Miami Beach City Manager Jorge Gonzalez was barely honored at this morning’s Tuesday Breakfast Club meeting at David’s Café. In fact, disgruntled residents, hungry for reform, had the handsome city manager for breakfast. Many people have been afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation from city officials, but the climate [...]
To the Editor: As you may know the City Manager of the city of Miami Beach is requiring all employees to sign a pledge against wrongdoing AND they must agree to report any misdeeds that they may encounter. This is a wonderful idea but unfortunately it lacks an essential ingredient. I would like to suggest [...]
By Alejandro Arce, Special to the SunPost It is appalling to be daily informed of the outstanding corruption happening in our city and committed by elected or appointed authorities or their subordinates. Difficult to begin appraising the “Who is right and who is wrong,” in a place where we read almost in every news that [...]
Results from Residents & Businesses’ Opinions will Help Guide Miami Beach’s Future According to the most recent Miami Beach Community Satisfaction Survey, a majority (89 percent) of resident respondents reported that their overall quality of life within the City of Miami Beach is either excellent or good. In addition, a record high, 89 percent reported [...]
By Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie, artburstmiami.com Say the word dance or think of a dancer, and legs invariably come to mind. What if, however, that weren’t always the case? What if someone were to subvert the traditional notions of what to expect from form and movement? In South Florida, that someone has been choreographer Karen Peterson, [...]
May 10 Poetry A Poetic Afternoon in Paradice* Professor Manoucher Parvin makes a brief presentation of his new poetic novel: Out of the Gray: a Concerto for Neurons and Synapses. He will read poems from this fifth novel and discuss Persian culture and poetry. Widely known as a polymath, he has published novels, poems, short [...]
Civic Circle Comes Full Circle to Honor Jorge Gonzalez By David Arthur Walters Miami Beach residents have gotten another runaround from city officials and have come full circle since the February 2010 inaugural cocktail meeting of the Civic Circle. City Manager Jorge Gonzalez was promoted as its esteemed guest of honor by Miami Beach Toastmaster [...]
May 3 Discussion Miami Vinyl In conjunction with the exhibition The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, on view at MAM through June 10, 2012, Miami Art Museum’s third panel discussion, MIAMI VINYL: The History of Record-Making in Miami focuses on The mid-1990s to Now. Hosted by Lauren Reskin, owner of Sweat Records. From hip hop [...]
