This post is dedicated to providing the links to the candidate websites for Seat 5, representing Waterstone and Malibu Bay.Seat 5 http://elvismaldonado.com/Seat 5 http://nazysierra.com/Nazy SierraElvis Maldon...
Saturday, 29 June 2013
Excerpt from Miami Herald"The mayor of Doral said Wednesday that he will submit to the city council a proposal to eliminate the cameras used to identify and fine traffic-light violators because he considers them an unnecessary mechanism for tax collection.“These cameras have become a nightmare for the people of Doral,” Luigi Boria told El Nuevo Herald. “I believe these cameras are used to take money from the people, and we don’t need to continue...
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Keys Gate is a hometown community within the City of Homestead. The 13 developments are located in the lush tropical southeastern portion of the city immediately surrounded by community and city parks, multiple crystal blue lakes and Biscayne & Everglades National Parks. Originally developed in the 1980s by a Canadian Company, Keys Gate has blossomed into a community of over 3000 homes averaging 2500 square feet and featuring amenities...
Monday, 24 June 2013
In the Miami-Dade County tradition of underbidding to get the contract, Bleu Network in Homestead had the winning bid to build the New City Hall in downtown Homestead's Historic District. The background checks have begun, but we figured we could help out by doing our own public records check. It appears the winning bid comes from a company owned by one of the Mayor's neighbors in the Fairways at Keys Gate. Talk about keeping it...
Saturday, 22 June 2013
Bait and Switch: Dade Medical College Theatre site plan was really an Urgent Care Center in disguise
The City Council on Wednesday during the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) project discussion endured Dade Medical College theatre. Not the theater they promised to build, this one has to do with a little bait and switch in site plans. The obvious question is: Why would a for-profit medical college build a theater? Of course only if it's a ruse to something more profitable: An Urgent Care Center for children no less....
If you use the Turnpike for your commute, you may want to give yourself more time in the morning if you work north of Cutler Bay. Starting next month in early July through the summer of 2016, there will be construction on the Turnpike from SW 216th St north to Eureka Dr (SW 184th ST). The $41M project will encompass lane widening from Caribbean Blvd to US1 from six to eight lanes, sound barrier walls, asphalt replacement, new lighting,...
Excerpt from Supermarket NewsThere's good reason why Publix has more than 1.6 million Facebook fans. Compared with some retailers that touch base on social media here and there, Publix posts virtually every day — sometimes several times a day — with polls, recipes, new product announcements, store openings, savings and more.And interest is quickly growing in an offshoot to Publix’s traditional page: a career-oriented Facebook page. Currently...
A potential Miami-Dade College Homestead Campus growth spurt should incorporate a commercial component. With Big Lots' closing last winter there's only Bealls Outlet and Winn-Dixie left as anchor stores at the underutilized Homestead Plaza. The Plaza is located on the south side of Campbell Drive between Parkway and English Avenues. There is great potential to this plaza with the right mix of businesses. Significant reconfiguring...
IF YOU GO What: Redland Summer Fruit FestivalWhen: 15 & 16 June 2013Where: Redland Fruit and Spice Park, 24801 SW 187th AvWhen: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and SundayAdmission: $8; children 11 and under enter freeFor more information: www.fruitandspicepark.org.Fruit festival offers sweet and juicy fun in South Dade - Homestead / South Dade - MiamiHerald....
Thursday, 20 June 2013
The Homestead City Council in their infinite wisdom and transparently duplicitous way are disavowing having supported Dade Medical College. The scandal that is shaking the Homestead political scene in an election year has the incumbents running for cover. Except, we have photographs that prove otherwise. First we have Elvis Maldonado being home schooled by CEO Ernesto Perez. Then we have Mayor Steven Bateman and Vice Mayor...
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
By hook or by crook the unelected Miami-Dade Expressway Board (MDX) sticks to its guns and allows the higher 70 cents per toll point to go into effect. Critics were lobbying for no tolls or a lower amount of 60 cents per toll but that was not to be. The citizen Roll Back Toll advocates are no match for the construction industry lobbyists. They bring lots of cash to campaigns. They want this done because it assures them a steady...
Monday, 17 June 2013
It must be election season because the mudslinging has commenced. Miami Herald first slams Mayor Steve Bateman for alleged corruption then the Miami New Times slams him for alleged vandalism. The South Dade News Leader interviews the Mayor, he defends himself, says it's all lies or at least 90% of it. HIH is curious about the 10%. Is that like being "a little" pregnant? We're not sure but we're gonna try to find out....
What to believe who to believe. This morning we wake up to a new blog in Homestead called goodmorninghomestead.org. This is not new in this town. Every election season we see blogs spring up out of thin air and then die as soon as the election is over. However, research to discern fact from fiction is hard work so interest fades fast. Everyone is entitled to their side of the story so someone wants to tell the Mayor's...
Sunday, 16 June 2013
After only one year in operation, the Okey-Dokey Grocery, a Russian-backed retail venture that envisioned opening as many as 400 small discount grocery stores around Florida, has closed or will close all of its stores, reported Supermarket News (SN). This includes the Homestead store located 28600 SW 137th Ave at Biscayne Plaza next to the Home Depot. The South Florida market is dominated by Publix Super Markets and new ventures...
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Miami-Dade County received approval to buy or take through eminent domain 15 parcels as part of a road-widening project for one of Homestead's fastest-growing neighborhoods in November 2007. Commissioners at the time approved on Nov 13th the widening of Lucy Street (SW 328th ST) from US1 to Farm Life School Rd (SW 162nd Ave) as part of a $21 million project funded by road impact fees. The project was supposed to be completed in 2010. ...
According to US News and World Reports using 2010 figures from the Department of Justice, the less you have, the more you have to lose, apparently. Looking at the correlation between property crime and household income levels, the DOJ found that those with a household income of less than $7,500 were subject to the highest rate of property crime--200 per 1,000 households. Households earning $50,000 or more were victims of far fewer incidents...
Friday, 14 June 2013
In 2002 the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) passed the gay-rights ordinance and was subsequently upheld by the voters in the Fall. However, the existing Miami-Dade law doesn’t cover transgender people. In May, Commissioners Bruno Barreiro and Audrey Edmonson filed a trans-inclusive amendment, which was co-sponsored by Commissioners Barbara Jordan and Sally Heyman. The amendment passed on first reading with an 11-1 vote....
Thursday, 13 June 2013
The story below is not hard to believe. The La Ley Baseball Stadium debacle is an all too common theme in Homestead. City Council makes a deal, Deal goes bad, Council gets upset but can do little besides access the Courts. Mayor sits on dais and does nothing. However, in this case the Mayor went over and cut the lock on the gate. Vandalism? Possibly but who cares. La Ley owes this city a lot...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Here we go again! There's a robbery in Keys Gate? Oh My! Let's call CBS4 because of course this is a tragedy worthy of Local News at 6 and 11PM. Must've been a slow news night for the TV station to trek down to Keys Gate and report on a house being "ransacked". If this had happened in Southwest Homestead, well, that's not news. House watchers, Mr. and Mrs. Gunther and Shirley Karger left the doors and windows...
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