It’s a wealthy industry that can afford, one legislative session after another, to impose its will on Florida: in this case, that would be rock mining.
In Miami Dade County, the rock miners have tried to cap their liability for the cost of new water treatment facilities serving the drinking water needs of 2 million residents, […]

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Looks like they are having a hard time trying to get people to volunteer to work for free for Sierra Club — to replace the Florida Chapter Leaders that the National Board threw out when they suspended the Florida Chapter for 4 years. National had to extend their deadline:
NOTE: The deadline for submitting a statement […]

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There is shocking news from California and the Pacific Northwest: the wild salmon fishery has virtually disappeared. California’s Congressional delegation is seeking $150 million for the disaster, and it leaves me cold. Last week, I went deep into Florida Bay for the first time in many years, and what I saw was an ecological disaster […]

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In case you haven’t noticed, representative democracy in Florida is turning paler and paler under the weight of special interests that dominate local county commissions and the state legislature. People get half the story, if the story at all.
Today, the county committee on budget and finance run by Bruno Barreiro and Barbara Jordan is considering […]

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Michael Lewis’ editorial in Miami Today was on target on the Charter Review: Democracy, Miami-Dade style: Don’t let the people vote Miami-Dade. He said:
“Commissioners set the charter review rules, picked the players, set the time limit — and now ignore everything as they prevent a public vote to protect their own interests.”
Look what the Commissioners […]

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Today there is just so much to write about. Should I start with “American Idol” or Greenberg Traurig.
The Miami Herald reports, “The U.S. Territory of Guam has dropped criminal charges against Greenberg Traurig after Miami’s biggest law firm agreed to refund $324,000 in lobbying fees it collected while now imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff worked at […]

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