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Miami Beach votes to keep plate readers, defy DeSantis order
Miami Beach commissioners voted unanimously to explore relocating about 20 license plate reader cameras from state roads to private property rather than comply with Gov. DeSantis' removal order, with Police Chief Wayne Jones set to present additional safeguards on Oct. 14.
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Miami Beach votes to keep plate readers, defy DeSantis order
Miami Beach commissioners voted unanimously to explore relocating about 20 license plate reader cameras from state roads to private property rather than comply with Gov. DeSantis' removal order, with Police Chief Wayne Jones set to present additional safeguards on Oct. 14.
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View MoreMiami Beach sets Sept. 15 town hall on affordable housing
Commissioner Monica Matteo-Salinas will host a two-hour affordable housing town hall at Miami Beach City Hall on Sept. 15, with a Zoom option for remote attendees, as the city grapples with some of the nation's highest rents.
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View MorePiper forces Lopez into District 5 runoff, wins Miami Beach precincts
Miami-Dade Commissioner Vicki Lopez faces a Nov. 3 runoff against retired Marine Rob Piper for the District 5 seat after falling short of a majority in the Aug. 18 primary, with Piper winning four Miami Beach precincts south of Dade Boulevard despite raising $2,815 to Lopez's $1.31 million war chest.
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View MoreMiami Beach board weighs Waldorf Astoria, La Gorce zoning Oct. 6
The Miami Beach Planning Board's Oct. 6 agenda includes 13 items, headlined by modifications to the Waldorf Astoria conversion at 2201 Collins Avenue, a zoning change for La Gorce Country Club and new applications for the Cameo Theater and the North Beach tennis center.
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View MoreMiami Beach mayor's Flock camera stance draws backlash
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner's social media defense of Flock license plate readers drew more than 24,000 views and 150-plus critical comments, while the city has not disclosed how many crimes its six mapped cameras have helped solve.
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View MoreFeds charge three after yacht smuggling stop near Government Cut
Federal agents stopped a 64-foot yacht named Mi Amore one mile east of Government Cut on Sunday and charged its captain, mate, and a passenger with smuggling an undocumented Colombian national from the Bahamas, with an undeclared .45-caliber pistol also seized aboard.
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View MoreMiami Beach town hall on affordable housing set for Sept. 15
Miami Beach Commissioner Monica Matteo-Salinas will host a public affordable housing town hall on Sept. 15 at City Hall, offering residents a forum on the issue as the commission prepares to vote on major housing proposals this fall.
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View MoreSidewalk work begins on Drexel Avenue in $29.4M Lincoln Road project
Crews began above-ground sidewalk reconstruction at two Drexel Avenue locations on Aug. 20, the first visible street-level work in the $29.4 million Lincoln Road Phase II project that will eventually pedestrianize the corridor.
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View MoreTwo Miami Beach races head to November after primary
The Aug. 18 primary set up two November races with direct Miami Beach stakes: Lucía Báez-Geller won the Democratic nod to challenge Rep. Fabián Basabe in HD-106, while Commissioner Vicki Lopez and Rob Piper head to a District 5 county commission runoff.
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View MoreSurfside commission may cancel Nov. 3 vote on spending-limit changes
Surfside commissioners will vote Thursday morning on whether to rescind two charter amendments that would have loosened spending controls and cancel the Tuesday, Nov. 3 special election where residents were set to weigh in.
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View MoreMiami Beach voters head to polls in District 5 county commission primary
Miami-Dade's District 5 County Commission primary is on the ballot Tuesday, Aug. 18, with incumbent Vicki Lopez facing challengers Joe Sanchez and Rob Piper in a race that will determine who represents Miami Beach on transit, housing and condo safety issues at the county level.
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View MoreMiami Beach arrest leads to federal charge in luxury car export ring
An Oakland Park man first arrested by Miami Beach police in July for stealing luxury vehicles now faces a federal conspiracy charge after Homeland Security Investigations linked him to a ring that shipped stolen cars to Togo and the UAE from a Newark, New Jersey lot.
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View MoreMiami Beach education committee meets Aug. 25 amid enrollment drop
The City of Miami Beach Committee for Quality Education meets Tuesday, Aug. 25, at City Hall, giving local families their first public education forum since schools opened amid a 13,000-student districtwide enrollment decline and a superintendent transition.