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Dennis Moss

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Down in Flames

    Miami's business leaders vowed to yank MIA from the clutches of politicians, but the politicians yanked back

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of March 10, 2005

    Miami's business leaders vowed to yank MIA from the clutches of politicians, but the politicians yanked back

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Dennis the Moderate

    Come January, expect to see a new dynamic take shape on the Miami-Dade County Commission when Dennis Moss becomes chairman. For one, Natacha Seijas will no longer have influence over the selection of committee chairs and assignments. Each of the last three commission chairs, from Barbara Carey-Shul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    Esto solo pasa en Meeyami

    Today, the last day of 2008, Banana Republican highlights his ten favorite news stories of the year, the tales that truly capture life in a sun-drenched, third-world dimension. 10. Marc Sarnoff's Memo to Himself. The Coconut Grove loving city commissioner has a super secret meeting with Joe Arrio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Dennis Moss Picks Committee Chairs

    Dennis Moss is done putting together the new make-up of the county commission's committees and I'm impressed with most of his selections. In case you don't know, the commissioners use the committee system to hammer out decisions that ultimately impact our tax dollars, from formulating new ways to ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Odebrecht Is Portuguese for "Big Money Donor"

    For the past two days, I've noted all the work Miami-Dade County awards Brazilian engineering and construction firm Odebrecht. Despite a history of completing jobs behind schedule and over budget, the company continues to get the nod to build county-funded projects worth hundreds of millions of dol ... More >>

  • News

    May 18, 1994

    They Saw Red

    The Dade Grand Jury scrutinizes the county's environmental attitude, and the verdict isn't very verdant

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Let me get this straight

    So at around the 7:04 p.m. mark of the Miami-Dade County Commission's nine-hour bull session to approve the Florida Miami Marlins' new stadium, Commissioner Sally Heyman posed a rather simple business question. She asked what would happen to the ballpark's projected $1.9 billion cost if the municip ... More >>

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    A Meaner, Leaner Latin Builders Association

    So at around the 7:04 p.m. mark of the Miami-Dade County Commission's nine-hour bull session to approve the Florida Miami Marlins' new stadium, Commissioner Sally Heyman posed a rather simple business question. She asked what would happen to the ballpark's projected $1.9 billion cost if the municip ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Isiah Who?

    From the Knicks to the Golden Panthers. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

  • News

    October 18, 2007

    Law Library Checks Out

    The county is closing law libraries faster than whorehouses

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Inherit the Worth

    Political icon and saint Carrie Meek is a lobbyist juggernaut

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Miami Gun Rhapsody

    Who's packing heat in the Magic City? You don't have to conceal your curiosity a second longer

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of , 2002

    Garrison Keillor, elitist farmers, Lincoln Road hazards, and rodeo hell

  • News

    January 27, 2005

    The Redland Menace

    Garrison Keillor, elitist farmers, Lincoln Road hazards, and rodeo hell

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    In His Own Words

    Garrison Keillor, elitist farmers, Lincoln Road hazards, and rodeo hell

  • News

    November 25, 2004

    Commission Quest

    Miami-Dade's most coveted political prize is the chairman's Throne of Power. Those who dare to seek it must navigate the Swamp of Secrecy, endure the Guild of the Greased Palm, and avoid exposure by the Orb of Light

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    The Gridlock Candidate

    The county mayor’s race is bumper-to-bumper with hopefuls, but a former traffic reporter thinks he has a shot.

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    Bass Relief

    Check your mufflers, biker boys

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Neighborhood Bully

    Think financing a Marlins ballpark is tricky? Just try finding a place to put it

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    The Cuban Kong

    What's $28 million a year and added jobs for the poorest American city mean next to big cubanismo, bro?

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    You Are Cordially Invited

    So you weren't among those lucky few who dined with the king and queen? Consider it a compliment.

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    The Manager's Many Friends

    One thing about Steve Shiver's future as the county's chief executive: It'll never be lonely at the top

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    It's About the Money, Stupid

    Long, long ago the county promised to build a sports complex in South Miami Heights

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Whiners

    Miami-Dade County Commission

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Screwing up the Center

    Years behind schedule and way over budget, the performing arts center is another Miami miracle

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Letters

    Years behind schedule and way over budget, the performing arts center is another Miami miracle

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    A Day of Reckoning

    Years behind schedule and way over budget, the performing arts center is another Miami miracle

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    Principles vs. Politics

    Years behind schedule and way over budget, the performing arts center is another Miami miracle

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    The Teele Deal

    Years behind schedule and way over budget, the performing arts center is another Miami miracle

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    Sitting Petty

    Years behind schedule and way over budget, the performing arts center is another Miami miracle

  • News

    August 8, 1996

    Good Enough for Political Work

    Years behind schedule and way over budget, the performing arts center is another Miami miracle

  • News

    August 17, 1995

    In the Dead of the Night

    While you were sound asleep, the Dade County Commission spent hundreds of millions of your dollars. Aren't you glad they didn't bother to wake you?

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Town Hall Meeting Draws Big Crowd

    Scott Cunningham​Just got back from the Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Town Hall Meeting at the Miami Science Museum, where close to 300 people showed up to voice their dissatisfaction with Mayor Alvarez's proposed budget cuts of $11.168 million in public arts funding.The 240-seat audito ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    News Roundup

    The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office decided the cops who pulled their guns on an innocent University of Miami student during his first day of school did nothing criminal. However, the student's parents want the officers suspended. [Herald]Commissioner Dennis Moss handed out raises to cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Two-Thirds of Voters Have Negative Opinion of Mayor Alvarez, 46 Percent Support Recall

    Jonathan Postal Miami-Dade Mayor Alvarez and the County Commission have thrown sizable pay raises to staffers like they were life-vests on a sinking ship. They've simultaneously tossed funding to cultural efforts and other social programs overboard. That hasn't proven popular with voters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    The County Budget Hearings Have It Backward

    For several weeks, I've been reading passionate plea emails to save the $11 million in funding for Miami-Dade cultural programming, all of them written by the heads of well-established, reputable organizations such as the Miami Art Museum, the Wolfsonian, and Vizcaya. Because the funding they r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Miami MetroZoo Gets New Horribly Long, Generic Name

    And this sign is so great. Good luck fitting the new name on anything like this.​Zoo is one of the funnest words in the English language, and the name "Miami MetroZoo" is just charming and pretty well known at this point.It's worked for 30 years, and there's nothing wrong with it. So leave it to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Effort to Recall Five County Commissioners Launched

    Comm. Natacha Seijas is one of five being targeted​Billionaire Norman Braman's quest to have Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez recalled was officially approved by the Clerk of Courts yesterday. Today, and effort to recall five county commissioners was launched by a political action commi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Sally Heyman Had Miami-Dade Commission's Worst Attendance Record in 2010

    At least she showed up for picture day.​If the Miami-Dade County Commission was a third grade classroom -- and in terms of maturity it often resembles one -- Dennis Moss would get a gold star sticker on his sweater. Sally Heyman would flunk. This year, Heyman, who oversees the sprawling northeast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Commissioner Carlos Gimenez Purposely Delayed Recall Meeting

    Carlos Gimenez​Today the Miami-Dade County Commission was supposed to meet to set a date for the election to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez. Problem was only six commissioners showed up, because Commissioners apparently find it OK to act like school skipping children. Which means the commission fell ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    Commissioner Sally Heyman is always absent

    Carlos Gimenez​Today the Miami-Dade County Commission was supposed to meet to set a date for the election to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez. Problem was only six commissioners showed up, because Commissioners apparently find it OK to act like school skipping children. Which means the commission fell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Miami-Dade's Black Commissioners Have Failed the People

    Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on May 2 ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2011

    Miami's black commissioners must go

    Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on May 2 ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2011

    Miami-Dade commissioners are rich!

    Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on May 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    The Music Making Industry Is Harder Than County Politics

    Alex IzaguirreUncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. In this special edition, Luke -- who is a candidate for Miami-Dade mayor -- explains how running a music record business is to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Black-Owned Businesses Getting Screwed in County Contracting

    ​Though 15 percent of businesses in Miami-Dade County are owned by African Americans, only $260 million -- 2 percent -- of the county's $13 billion contracts were awarded to black-owned businesses between 2006 and 2010, according to a press release from County Commissioner Barbara Jordan."There is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center

    ​Next week, New Times is publishing a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for.As we reveal each one of these boondoggles on Ripti ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    A Guide to Trashing Taxpayers

    ​Next week, New Times is publishing a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for.As we reveal each one of these boondoggles on Ripti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Miami-Dade Nixes $3 Million Grant To Tax Evader After New Times Report

    Miami-Dade CountyCommissioner Dennis MossA recent New Times article helped convince Miami-Dade commissioners Tuesday to rescind a $3 million grant they had awarded to the family of shopping center developer Yoram Izhak.At the commission's regular meeting, Commissioner Dennis Moss requested his colle ... More >>

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