The SRO crowd at the TMBC meeting at Davids Cafe Commissioner Jonah Wolfson addressed the Miami Beach Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club at David’s Cafe II on Lincoln Rd. this week, offering some of his first public comments since the April 11 public corruption arrests of seven city employees. Here are some of his remarks: “There’s [...]
Beach Commissioner Ed Tobin and City Manager Jorge Gonzalez exchanged back-and-forth emails this week over the city employee corruption scandal rocking City Hall. Here is the email that kicked it off on Monday morning. April 23, 2012 TO: City Manager Jorge Gonzalez Subject: The Public and the elected officials have a right to know For [...]
Local developer Russell Galbut withdrew plans to hold today’s public meeting in the City Commission chambers, choosing instead to relocate it to the Shelbourne Hotel due to the “amount of people that have confirmed attendance.” The meeting, which would have shattered precedent by becoming the first ever by a private entity to be held inside [...]
Also, Proposals for Lincoln Lane Parking Lots are Now Available for Review Eight development teams submitted their development and design qualifications to the City of Miami Beach. Each of them are seeking to partner with the City for the multi-phased process to develop the 52-acre Convention Center District. In February, the City of Miami Beach [...]
People In The Community You Should Know: Damarys Zarling of Le Petit Papillon Montessori School Who are you? I’m a mother of two beautiful children and educator of wonderful students. That’s what comes to mind when I first read this question. While I was born in Cuba, my family came to the States when I [...]
By Alejandro Arce I hate to compare things in general because comparisons have been used in order to find an excuse for bad behavior. Nevertheless, in a few cases, it could assist in the solution of intrinsic problems while at the same time offering to the dutiful voters and taxpayers an avenue for solving the [...]
A mid-day rally at Miami Beach City Hall is planned for Thursday, April 26, by opponents of the City Commission’s “unprecedented” granting of permission to a private developer to use the Commission chambers to hold a meeting. Local attorney and civic activist Frank Del Vecchio, who spearheaded an anti-casino demonstration outside the city’s convention center [...]
Mayor Matti Bower has criticized a South Pointe luxury condo as “focused more on what it can get out of the deal than on helping the neighborhood” in its recalcitrance to the county’s efforts to replace the aging sewage line that removes city waste to a Virginia Key treatment plant. The deep dredging of the [...]
Miami Beach City Hall Art Exhibit Now Showing Several third-grade students at North Beach Elementary are doing a comprehensive study on the importance of how they see themselves. The students’ artwork displayed at Miami Beach City Hall Gallery focus on “Who We Are.” The exhibit is open April 3 through June 28, 2012, Monday through [...]
April 17, 2012 Named Official Jack Penrod Day By the City of Miami Beach and Miami Dade County Officials Last Tuesday, April 17, an exclusive group of Miami Beach residents, politicians and state officials gathered at the world-renowned Nikki Beach Club to celebrate its founder Jack Penrod. After 25 years in business on Miami Beach, [...]
An Open Letter to Mayor & Commissioners Dear Mayor Bower and City of Miami Beach officials: Thanks to these folks, I am no longer a resident of Miami Beach … [FBI Arrest Multiple Inspectors, Firefighters and Cop in Bribery Sting.] I finally caved and sold my unit just a few weeks ago as I really saw [...]
The developer who proposed a strip club on the old WIOD lot, has entered a law suit against North Bay Village for infringing on his first amendment rights. The Isle of Dreams L.L.C., whose top officer is Scott Greenwald, claims the village’s Adult Entertainment ordinance is unconstitutional on face and how it is applied to [...]
