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Commissioner wants more discussion before Dade transit fare increases

miamiherald.com
Sep 15, 2008
        

The latest showdown in the never-ending soap opera over the future of public transportation in Miami-Dade County is set for Tuesday. County Commissioner Carlos Gimenez wants to reconsider the Sept. 2 vote that would have...

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Dig Deeper To Ride The Dade Transit System

cbs4.com
Sep 3, 2008 1 related
        

MIAMI (CBS4) ― Trying to save the Miami-Dade County transit system without pricing passengers out of public transportation, commissioners voted 6 to 5 on Tuesday to increase fares 33 percent. They also voted 9-4 to...

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Miami-Dade Cities Fight County To Keep Fire Services

firefightingnews.com
Aug 31, 2008 1 related
        

Florida - Is it fair for residents of unincorporated Miami-Dade County to decide whether five cities continue to run their own fire departments. A countywide vote in November, which could be called for during Tuesday's...

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Miami-Dade Looks To Increase Property Taxes

cbs4.com
Jul 17, 2008 13 related
        

It seems like only weeks ago Floridians voted for lower property taxes, and for the right to opt for a double homestead exemption, but Miami-Dade county is looking to increase taxes, and many of its municipalities aren't happy.

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Decision on raising fares, taxes delayed

miamiherald.com
Jul 18, 2008 2 related
        

Facing a July 31 deadline to submit a key application to federal transit regulators, county commissioners refuse to raise fares or taxes to prop up the transit system. Miami-Dade commissioners left the future expansion of...

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Make a deal on megaplan, judge orders

miamiherald.com
Jul 11, 2008 13 related
        

A Circuit Court judge told parties to seek an out-of-court solution to a suit seeking to block Miami's plans to finance a baseball stadium and other projects. With those words, attorneys for Miami, Miami-Dade County and the...

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For Plan, 'Slum or Blight' Crucial

redorbit.com
Jul 7, 2008 2 related
        

Posted on: Monday, 7 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By Matthew I. Pinzur, The Miami Herald Jul. 7--Bicentennial Park is home to crumbling concrete, weed-patched plazas and little attention from anyone other than the vagrants who nap...

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44 elevator wells equal mosquito heaven

miamiherald.com
Jul 6, 2008
        

Q. We live behind a new town home development on Red Road near South Miami. It's the breeding site for a huge infestation of mosquitoes. Our children can't even step outside without being completely overwhelmed by them. In the...

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Manatee crossing sign confuses motorists

wsvn.com
Jul 4, 2008
        

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Manatees are not ready to walk among us, no matter what a South Florida roadway's sign will have you believe. The Florida Department of Transportation said construction crews working along...

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miamiherald.com: Mayor Alvarez's plan requires rejiggering the four tax rates that compose the county's overall rate. He wants to cut three of those rates while raising the fourth just enough to keep the total flat. miamiherald.com

Dade mayor's budget would shrink property-tax cut

miamiherald.com
Jun 26, 2008 267 related
        

To minimize service cuts, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez's budget plan would chip away at property-tax cuts -- especially for people who live in cities. Homeowners would lose part of the property-tax cut they won earlier this...

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