Vol. 44, No. 2 JANUARY 5, 2026 County Budget Needs Greater Transparency BY GRANT MILLER, PUBLISHER County working with Miami-Dade County manages one of the largest local 46 Class 158 recruits graduate as cities to streamline government budgets in Florida,...
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Vol. 44, No. 2 JANUARY 5, 2026 County Budget Needs Greater Transparency BY GRANT MILLER, PUBLISHER County working with Miami-Dade County manages one of the largest local 46 Class 158 recruits graduate as cities to streamline government budgets in Florida, totaling ap- proximately $12.9 bil- full-time Miami-Dade firefighters permitting BY IRVANS AUGUSTIN AND TICO CASAMAYOR lion. That alone makes clarity essential. Yet Entrepreneurs know all too well how a for many residents, brilliant idea can be slowed down — by lack understanding where of vision, not by financing, but by the per- public dollars come from and how they are mitting maze in the 305. spent remains far more difficult than it In unincorporated Miami Dade County, should be. the process is comparatively seamless — but A county budget funded by taxpayers step just a mile into one of the 34 incorpo- should be accessible and easy for the pub- rated municipalities in the county, and the lic to understand. When residents struggle s
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