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This Week in South Florida Podcast: June 23, 2024
Read full article: This Week in South Florida Podcast: June 23, 2024Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milbergย interviews Kevin Doyle, of the Consumer Energy Alliance; Raymer Maguire, of the Climate Leadership Engagement Institute; Damian Pardo, a Miami commissioner who represents District 2; Nikki Fried, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party; and Kristin Murphy, a teacher at Nova Middle School.
This Week in South Florida Full Episode: December 10, 2023
Read full article: This Week in South Florida Full Episode: December 10, 2023On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Rep. Mario Diaz Balart, former Miami city manager Emilio Gonzalez, Zoo Miami communications director Ron Magill and developer Paul Lambert.
This Week in South Florida: Emilio Gonzalez
Read full article: This Week in South Florida: Emilio GonzalezThe narrative reads like a spy novel. A decades-long double life, a trusted highly-placed state department diplomat with security clearance, accused of allegiance instead to Cuba and its revolution.
Testifying in civil trial, ex-city manager says Carollo targeted business owners
Read full article: Testifying in civil trial, ex-city manager says Carollo targeted business ownersFormer Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez testified in the federal civil trial of Joe Carollo Tuesday, saying the powerful city commissioner did use his influence to target two business partners.
โChill outโ: DeSantis pushes aside Trump questions on presidential bid in 2024
Read full article: โChill outโ: DeSantis pushes aside Trump questions on presidential bid in 2024After Donald Trump turned in his presidential bid in 2024, other politicians chimed in to give their thoughts on his decision.
Miami police captain, city manager hot topics of city commission meeting
Read full article: Miami police captain, city manager hot topics of city commission meetingMIAMI โ There's been plenty of City Hall drama in Miami following the sudden resignation of the city manager. Local 10 News reporter Terrell Forney attended Thursdayโs city commission meeting as both topics were discussed. Ortiz came under fire after telling commissioners at a recent meeting that he identifies himself as a black male. Carollo also asked at Thursdayโs meeting where City Manager Emilio Gonzalez has been. Gonzalez recently resigned following accusations from Carollo that the city manager abused his power by doctoring documents to get a work permit on his home.
Melreese Country Club to reopen following closure due to arsenic levels
Read full article: Melreese Country Club to reopen following closure due to arsenic levelsMIAMI - Just days after it was shut down due to possible high levels of arsenic contamination, Melreese Country Club was ordered to reopen Friday. Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez announced the move, saying an independent firm found that arsenic levels at the golf course were the same as others around the country. CLICK to read Melreese Country Club Testing Evaluation"SCS Engineers, an environmental consulting and contractor firm, was asked by the city of Miami to review data from the city and other sources," Gonzalez said. A report earlier in the week said arsenic contamination at the site reached more than twice the legal limit and hazardous debris was found in surface-level soil samples. The site is expected to be cleared and used to build a stadium for Miami's new Major League Soccer team.
Miami studying new contamination report at proposed Inter Miami stadium site
Read full article: Miami studying new contamination report at proposed Inter Miami stadium siteMIAMI - Miami's city manager has closed Melreese golf course as he studies why an environmental report commissioned by David Beckham's Inter Miami CF shows higher levels of toxins than a county environmental report in 2014. The report was commissioned for Inter Miami, which is currently negotiating a lease to build a proposed $1 billion soccer complex. "The results were quite alarming when it came to things like arsenic," Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez said. Beckham's Inter Miami group has said it will pay for the remediation and estimates the cost at $35 million. "Until such time our technical people and our experts tell me they feel that it's OK, then we'll open back [up] the golf course," he said.