Palmetto Bay mayor and council members, when were you going to tell the taxpayers about what was not in the budget? Taxpayers, some $1.5 million to date and the potential for $250,000 more of your tax dollars spent without your input. Are these numbers getting high enough for you to take notice? How about $461,000 [...]
Fiscal responsibility should mean that your government officials would dip into reserves only when they have to in order to protect essential services, not dip into them because they simply want to for nonessential projects. But once again, you had to be there to believe it (well of course you had to be there live, [...]
It has been 50 years of community service for the Howard Palmetto Baseball and Softball Association. The HPBSA has done as much or more than any other organization in this community to give our kids and their parents a place to gather and have fun, to make lifelong friendships and to play ball. I [...]
It has been 50 years of community service for the Howard Palmetto Baseball and Softball Association. The HPBSA has done as much or more than any other organization in and around Pinecrest to give our kids and their parents a place to gather and have fun, to make lifelong friendships and to play ball. I [...]
By Grant Miller.... Yocelyn Galiano Gomez was confirmed by the Pinecrest Village Council as Pinecrest’s new Village Manager on July 18. She was the assistant village manager in Pinecrest for almost 10 years before moving up to her new post. She participated in this question-and-answer session with the Pinecrest Tribune shortly after being named Pinecrest’s [...]
You had to be there at the last Committee of the Whole meeting to believe it. Of course you had to be there live as Palmetto Bay continues to resist broadcasting its meetings. Palmetto Bay may soon lose its distinction as of Village of Parks in favor of a new title — Village of Silence. [...]
I got an email this past week from a friend that left me somewhat dumbfounded. It seems that 15 or 20 men indulge in a sport called Ultimate Frisbee. They have been playing this insane game every Sunday morning for about eight years now, and for the last four years they have been getting together [...]
The problem with lawsuits in the village just keeps going. The latest is one filed on June 2 by Jane Forman, the former operator of the tennis facility at Coral Reef Park. The Jane Forman Tennis Academy had been there since 1989, signed a lease agreement with the county in 2002, signed a new [...]
By Grant Miller.... Once again I find myself writing about the lack of transparency in Palmetto Bay. The village has its second Charter Revision Committee working to propose changes to the charter, the source of the structure of government and important rules including powers, term limits, and pay for council members. Despite this importance, apparently [...]
By Grant Miller.... One of the big problems with our country government today is the lack of transparency. Back room deals, under-the-table payoffs and cronyism that results in high-paying jobs for unqualified associates and relatives are just a few of the allegations that have surfaced over the last few months. At the heart of our [...]
By Grant Miller.... In the private community of Royal Harbor -Paradise Point, around SW 152nd Street and east of Ludlam (67th Avenue), in the Village of Palmetto Bay, there have been some residents complaining to village officials about possible code violations and enforcement of covenants running with the land. Village officials have been reluctant to [...]
By Grant Miller.... The era of Peter Lombardi in the Village of Pinecrest government is about to come to an end, and his will be big shoes to fill. Certainly, Lombardi’s departure comes as no surprise. When his contract was renewed for four years by former Mayor Gary Matzner and the Village Council, Lombardi stated [...]
By Grant Miller.... How are we doing? Our Village has been incorporated for 14 years now and we want to know what you think. Take our brief survey in this issue on page 6 and tell us what you think about the Mayor and the Councilmembers. And, our Village Manager’s contract is up for renewal; [...]
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