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Countywide Newsletter

September 11, 2026

Metromover’s $90 Million Dollar Free Ride

In my last column I wrote about the idle rail line to PortMiami and the first principle of a creative transit agenda, getting full value from what the public has already invested in while asking the direct beneficiaries to help pay for it. This week that principle comes home to the train we run every day through the heart of our urban core, because the way we treat Metromover tells you everything about why our transit budget never balances.

The Mayor’s report on funding the SMART Program offered the same menu residents have heard for twenty years, raise the sales tax, issue bonds, create a new property tax or raise fares, and this year’s budget goes further, quietly drawing down $89 million from the transit tax increment district, money captured to build the rail corridors we promised voters, to patch operating holes instead. At our first budget hearing this week the Mayor repeated, again, that we must raise transit fares or cancel early morning and late night bus service. We are telling the hotel worker who catches her bus before sunrise that her fare must go up or her route may disappear, while seven and a half million rides a year glide through Downtown and Brickell, one of the wealthiest square miles in Florida, completely free.

The Art of Healing: Dr. Carlos Wolf’s Four Decades of Compassion and Community

There is a particular kind of trust that exists between a patient and a surgeon — one that goes far beyond credentials and surgical skill. It is built on honesty, consistency, and the quiet reassurance that the person holding the scalpel genuinely cares about the person on the table. For nearly four decades, Dr. Carlos Wolf has been building exactly that kind of trust with the people of South Florida. And remarkably, he often begins building it before a patient ever walks through his door.

Podcast/Shows

Mobility Matters: Brian Bermudez, FIU Senior & CITT Intern

Mobility Matters: Brian Bermudez, CITT Intern & FIU Senior

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Easterseals South Florida: Festival of Chefs 2026 with Mark Allen & Community Leaders

Easterseals South Florida: Festival of Chefs 2026 with Christoph Babka, Marco Zuniga Gutierrez, Sardou Mertilus & Chef Summer Navarro

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Localized Miami | Robert Ruano Talks with Miguel Angel Gabela, City of Miami District 1 Commissioner

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Grant Miller Here!

Government Affairs Breakfast

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Bricked Burger is bringing its bold, crave-worthy burgers to Dadeland

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Together, We Won: Victory Celebration Celebrate the Win with Alex Sanchez

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Under the Hood with Grant Miller!

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