You never would have guessed it, considering we're more or less ground zero for the foreclosure crisis, but the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area is actually the 12th best place to start a small business, according to Biz Journals. The rankings cited South Florida's strong population and job growth. Between 2003 and 2008, we've actually seen 9 percent growth in jobs. However, we've fallen a bit from grace. The last rankings in 2007 had us at number three, while the 2006 rankings put as at numero uno.
Today the Miami-Dade County Commission will vote to build the Florida Marlins a new stadium. Or not. I hope they don't. This deal is such a stinker I don't know how Mayor Carlos Alvarez, the stadium's chief cheerleader, doesn't walk around wearing a gas mask every time he is out promoting it. So here's hoping a majority of the county commissioners reads this fine article by David Levine on the Yankee stadium boondoggle -- and gives the Marlins a thumbs down. Levine does a great job explaining h
So much for protests. Taxpayers are on the hook for a $634 million new playground for the Marlins, and the biggest grassroots organizer against the project says he wishes he hadn't wasted his time fighting it."The fix is in. It was a dog-and-pony show," says Michael Burnstine, an insurance salesman who organized an anti-stadium coalition. "If I had known eight weeks ago what I know now, I wouldn't have put in countless hours fighting this thing, because it was a no-win battle."Burnstine and
