Opinion

Here we go again!

The year 2014 just started and Doral is making headline news again! First, there is the proposition of rotating the Mayor ship among the Council members. The Council member would become Mayor automatically during his or her last year in office. There are plenty of pros and cons to this proposition hashed out at the committee in charge of reviewing the city charter.

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The Eleventh Commandment: Thou Shall Judge Your Politicians (Part 2).

Just few months ago, we thought it could be a good idea to add a new commandment to Moses Tablets, an Eleventh Commandment called Thou Shall Judge Your Politicians. It seems that young students at the University of Harvard are doing just that. In a recent poll by the Harvard Institute of Politics, 52% of students between the ages of 18 to 24 would like President Barak Obama to step down from office.

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Enamorados del Doral… vale la pena?

Les comparto la buena nueva de la creación de un grupo llamado Coalición de las Artes del Doral (The Doral Arts Coalition), precisamente un gran ejemplo de como a través de las Artes un grupo se une con mente abierta para unir unir a todas estas escuelas/fundaciones de las Artes con una meta en común.

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We should get involved!

Let’s face it. Sometimes voters’ decisions are right on the money. Other times, they wish they could start all over again. The best example is Congress. During the debate over the government shutdown and the debt ceiling, polls show 60% of the voters would like to replace every single member of congress.

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Todo Cambia…

Un grupo de más de 200 jóvenes de apartadas ciudades del mundo, se reunieron en Italia este pasado mes de Octubre, para hacer una legendaria gira por 5 ciudades de Italia y juntos recordarle al mundo que la Tolerancia, la hermandad y el dialogo TODO lo puede cambiar.

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FBI’s New Target: Operation Soap Opera.

Boria became Mayor with very little political experience and looked for help in none other than Joe Carollo. The last round of fights between them is showing that Boria had no idea who he brought into his inner circle. Carollo is showing he is the big kid.

Boria asked for forgiveness for bringing Carollo into Doral, but it is already too late.

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Boria vs. Carollo – Round 2.

Yet again, the Doral Council meeting made news. Not because the city is doing wonderful things for its residents, or because we have won awards for good governance or “best city to live in the U.S.” It is because there has been another feud, this time between Manager Joe Carollo and a Venezuelan investor, the now famous Juan Carlos Tovar, a friend of the Mayor, his family and former client.

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