Although I like the idea of this entity to oversee bond money: It is not working. Today in the Neighbors’ Section of the Miami Herald, there was a 1/2 page advertorial put out by the Transportation Trust - using our tax dollars of course. They are so under the thumb of the County Commission, they have become useless. There is a County Commission workshop on July 9th at 2 pm, and you can see by the description, it will just get worse even though it is trying to sound like they are giving the Trust more autonomy, it is an illusion (everything is subject to County Commission ratification):
ORDINANCE AMENDING CODE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE CITIZENS' INDEPENDENT TRANSPORTATION TRUST (TRUST) AND THE PEOPLE’S TRANSPORTATION PLAN; ESTABLISHING GREATER INDEPENDENCE FOR THE TRUST; REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; AUTHORIZING THE TRUST TO AWARD CERTAIN CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO COUNTY COMMISSION RATIFICATION; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO AWARD CERTAIN CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO COUNTY COMMISSION RATIFICATION; PROVIDING THAT THE TRUST SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION PRIOR TO COUNTY COMMISSION AWARDING OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS; INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE TRUST FROM FIFTEEN TO NINETEEN; MODIFYING THE NOMINATING PROCESS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE TRUST; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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County bait and switch at its worst.
Someone needs to raise Bob Moses from the dead, this County needs a Transit Czar. IJR
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