Michael Lewis

Publisher and Editor at Miami Today

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Articles

Don’t kill our golden goose, tourism’s vital job-building taxes

1 week ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on May 28, 2025 Economic wisdom has never been prized by our Legislature.
Watching the pennies without spending more than we save

2 weeks ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on May 21, 2025 As Miami-Dade County stares at forced budget cuts after years of spending at will, it’s wisely starting to look for where money may be leaking out unnoticed.
How will red tape and withholding information add efficiency?

3 weeks ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on May 14, 2025 If you think cutting county red tape is easy, look how hard it is just to get ideas on how to do it.
Cutting needless red tape can buy county more for its bucks

1 month 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?

1 month 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

1 month 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

2 months 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

2 months ago | miamitodaynews.com | Michael Lewis

Written by Michael Lewis on April 2, 2025 It’s wonderous what government can do that business can’t.