Michael Lewis

Publisher and Editor at Miami Today

Featured in: Favicon

miamitodaynews.com Favicon

msn.com

telegraph.co.uk Favicon

bmj.com

menshealth.com Favicon

concordmonitor.com Favicon

moneycrashers.com Favicon

davisenterprise.com Favicon

nhbr.com

lyndentribune.com + 1 more

Articles

Cutting needless red tape can buy county more for its bucks

1 week ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on May 7, 2025 Is Miami-Dade suddenly getting serious about reforming its buying of goods and services?
What will replace the pink buses that brought in prosperity?

2 weeks ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on April 30, 2025 In last week’s Miami Today focus on Coral Gables’ Centennial, a 1924 photo sticks in mind: buses rolling through the Granada Entrance gate chock full of new residents flocking here for a better life. That picture symbolizes our lost past. Developer George Merrick had 100 pink “Coral Gables” buses constantly on the road to bring in land buyers from across the nation seeking rays of our sunshine. They came through seven city welcoming gates. Unlike...
Miami to Coral Gables to Islandia: rocky roads to cityhood

3 weeks ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on April 23, 2025 Coral Gables, whose 100th anniversary as a city we celebrate this week, was a carefully designed community that was never supposed to be a city at all – founder George Merrick had always pledged that Coral Gables would be part of the City of Miami. But it was not to be. Instead, in April of 1925, Mr. Merrick’s branded “Master Suburb” was incorporated as the fifth city in Miami-Dade County, converting the vision into what became “The City Beautiful.”...
Everywhere a city? Charter review could begin the change

1 month ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on April 16, 2025 A watershed debate of the ground rules of Miami-Dade County governance is finally on the calendar, beginning the first week in June. It’s about time.
Filming in Miami: April 17, 2025

1 month ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on April 16, 2025 These film permits were issued last week by the Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory & Economic Resources’ Office of Film and Entertainment, (305) 375-3288; the Miami Mayor’s Office of Film, Arts & Entertainment, (305) 860-3823; and the Miami Beach Office of Arts, Culture and Entertainment-Film and Print Division, (305) 673-7070. Shoot Collective, Miami. Commercial for Toyota. Port of Miami. Paradise Custom Drone Solutions, Miami. Still...
Here’s how insiders are handed lucrative airport locations

1 month ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on April 9, 2025 Once Miami-Dade commissioners were sure all could get lucrative Miami International Airport concessions for 12 to 15 years for friends, they agreed last week to a vast tenant mix and space remake at no cost to the county even if a few outsiders somehow slip in. Business names flew in out of nowhere, because choosing tenants wasn’t on the agenda or given public notice. It was simply an insider deal divvying up the spoils among commissioners who...
There is no free lunch: tourists won’t pay our taxes for us

1 month ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on April 2, 2025 It’s wonderous what government can do that business can’t.
Sweetheart Costco deal stretches on, grows even worse

1 month ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on March 26, 2025 Two years ago Miami-Dade was warned it had to rush a deal to sell 17.32 acres for a small fraction of its value or lose a Costco store forever.
Late contract decisions are worse than a 54-cent mistake

1 month ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on March 19, 2025 When Miami-Dade moved too late to stave off rising costs to pay water bills, it tapped an underground cash stream flowing to those in poverty rather than make the public pay for the county’s washout. It was an understanding, caring and charitable step that could have been avoided if officials had followed policy that the county commission had set up years before. As Miami Today outlined in January, the county faced expiration last September of a...
Shock lingers from short-circuited electric bus purchase

2 months ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on March 12, 2025 As the first 25 electric buses have rolled in for the South Dade Transitway when it opens July 21, Miami-Dade keeps battling its last major buy of 75 electric buses six years ago, trying to determine if the successor to the manufacturer will deal with the mess. Commissioners last week grappled with electric bus issues, trying to figure out which bus contract is which and whether we have poured tens of millions of dollars down the drain. Answers have...