Vol. 43, No. 88 NOVEMBER 3, 2025 More Transparency in Miami-Dade County Budget BY GRANT MILLER, PUBLISHER The Problem with The ink on Miami- Dade County’s $12.9 billion FY 2025-2026 “A Walk on the Wild Side Illusory Leadership budget is barely dry, but the...
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Vol. 43, No. 88 NOVEMBER 3, 2025 More Transparency in Miami-Dade County Budget BY GRANT MILLER, PUBLISHER The Problem with The ink on Miami- Dade County’s $12.9 billion FY 2025-2026 “A Walk on the Wild Side Illusory Leadership budget is barely dry, but the conversation about next year’s financial with Ron Magill” BY OLIVER GILBERT III Miami-Dade County Commissioner storm should already be underway. After months There’s a version of of brinkmanship, politi- leadership that looks the cal sparring, and late- part but does nothing. It night sessions, the hides behind words like County Commission managed to close a “transparency,” “effi- $400 million gap without raising property ciency,” and “account- taxes. That feat deserves recognition. But the ability,” as if saying the tools that made it possible including dipping word is the same as into reserves and one-time returns from doing the work. It points newly independent constitutional offices are at problems but never not a replacement for
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