OK, so over here, we have the Marlins stadium, the port tunnel, and the Design District cable car. Cost: More than $1 billion.
Then over here, we have the paltry $5 million that Brazilian racecar driver Helio Castroneves is trying to get away without paying taxes on. Yesterday in Miami was a big day in the federal trial of Castroneves and his agent -- former NFL star Alan Miller.
NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson testified on Miller's behalf. Talk about trying to snow the jury with star power.
Efraim Diveroli, the 23-year-old Miami Beach arms dealer who illegally supplied Chinese-made ammunition to Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty. He face five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. [Reuters]
Mitch McConnell and John McCain are confirmed to be at that health-care forum today in Hialeah. [Herald]
Yesterday a man walked into a Miami Beach Police station and admitted to killing a mother and daughter. [CBS4]
Charlie Crist struck a new gambling deal with the Seminole tribe yesterda