Mayor & Commissioners
Mayor Philip K. Stoddard, PhD
Vice Mayor Josh Liebman
Commissioner Bob Welsh
Commissioner Valerie Newman
Commissioner Walter A. Harris
In the last city commission regular meeting, Vice Mayor Josh Liebman chastised Mayor Phil Stoddard and Commissioner Bob Welsh for apparently working together to selectively distribute a city seal-stamped flyer to area residents. What may have started as a simple message from the mayor and Welsh encouraging community involvement, soon devolved into a possible Sunshine [...]
Ygrene Energy Fund Florida, the leading provider of property assessed clean energy (PACE) programs for local governments in Florida, today announced it has funded the first PACE projects in the state. This is a major milestone for Florida and signifies a new era of property improvement and job creation opportunities for cities and counties across [...]
Larkin Community Hospital (LCH), one of Florida's twelve statutory teaching hospitals and the largest osteopathic teaching hospital in the nation, was named one of the safest hospitals for patients by The Leapfrog Group. The South Miami healthcare provider achieved an A in the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, which is the gold standard for comparing the performance [...]
The Junior Orange Bowl celebrated a night of glamour and royalty as the 2013-2014 Junior Orange Bowl Royal Court was crowned at the Rebeca Sosa Theatre in Miami Springs on Saturday. Camilia Romero, a 7th grader from Somerset Academy, was crowned as the 62nd Junior Orange Bowl Queen. Joining Queen Camilia are Princesses Skyler Odin, [...]
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is an odd looking little car and I had my doubts that I would find very much to like about it. Much to my surprise, I came away from my few days of test driving it with a grudging respect for the plug-in electric vehicle. In fact, it may be the perfect [...]
Vice Mayor Josh Leibman is playing target practice on the foreheads of the current mayor, which by the way happens to be Phil Stoddard and two of our other fearless leaders Commissioners Wally and Bobble Head. Not sure what has gotten into Josh recently, but I’ll just betya that he is fed up with all [...]
An apartment in the South Miami Senior Center on SW 62 Ave and 67 St caught fire last week which appears to have been caused by lite candle. Some 73 people, plus one dog were moved out of the 6-story-building by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the South Miami Police Department. Some first responders from the [...]
It's bold when a gym defines itself as the place "where great bodies are made." When you make a statement like this, you better have the right stuff to back it up. Six months ago when I walked into SoMi Fitness for the first time, I knew this was no ordinary gym. The parking lot [...]
The RocDoc, Dr. Stephen Etkin, was featured recently at a recent Jr/ Sr. High School Achievement breakfast held at the Westin Colonnade on May 8. Top students from nine area schools were recognized with certificates and metals during an entertaining morning event presented by the Miami-Dade Chapter of Thrivent Financial and coordinated by Joan Reitsma, [...]
It was the trip of a lifetime – and a trip that changed their lives. Roy and Lynn Roden rode their bicycles cross-country on a fourmonth, 5,000-mile journey from Seattle to Miami to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease and money to find a cure. Roy, 55, who grew up in Pembroke Pines and Miami, was [...]
Untold Miracles: An Undeniable Memoir of Faith chronicles the trials and tragedies that life often doles out and how one woman, Dr. Velma Palmer, remedied and survived those challenges through her deeply held faith in God and the sheer strength of her will. Dr. Palmer, educator, counselor, politician and now author, has launched a [...]
When one thinks of a dragon slayer, the image of St. George slaying the evil dragon comes to mind. In the story, St. George rescued a village by slaying a dragon that demanded they sacrifice their young to the point that the King’s own daughter was in peril. While the story of St. George, [...]
It’s bold when a gym defines itself as the place “where great bodies are made”. When you make a statement like this, you better have the right stuff to back it up. Six months ago when I walked into SoMi Fitness for the first time I knew this was no ordinary gym. The parking lot [...]
While the notorious tension at city hall seems to escalate as the mayor, commissioners, and same few outspoken residents squabble on how to run the city, the volunteer members of the Red Sunset Merchant Association continue their efforts to make South Miami the destination of choice for shopping, dining, and holiday celebrations. Begun in [...]
