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EMS is so much more than lights and sirens

When I first became an emergency medical technician (EMT), I thought being on an ambulance would be constant excitement: driving with lights and sirens to rescue injured victims of traffic crashes, delivering babies, taking people with heart attacks quickly to the hospital.

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Miami is ready for a strong mayor

During my 35 years of service to the city of Miami, I have come to realize that the current system of government is dysfunctional.

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Wake up Miami Beach commission! Resiliency matters

While the Editorial Boards of three local newspaper, including the Miami Herald were writing the latest entry to their sea-level rise joint project, “Wake up, South Florida! Speak up on sea-level rise,” the Miami Beach Commission voted to pause the city’s resilient infrastructure rollout.

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Graduation season: a wonderful time of year

It’s a bustling time of year in academia, when the hard work and dedication of hundreds of thousands of students are acknowledged at commencement exercises across the country.

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Lawmakers: MDX has failed Miami-Dade toll payers — again

Another Legislative Session in the Florida Legislature has passed and we have had the honor of continuing to represent residents of Miami-Dade County on statewide issues.

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Shalala, Democrats must rise above to win in 2018

We must do better.

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Coastal resiliency is every resident’s concern

I echo Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava’s sentiment communicated in her May 9 letter to the editor, “Flood control.”

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MDC performance of Arab classical music exemplifies city’s multiculturalism

As a Miami resident for more than 50 years, I’ve seen our region transform into a hub of arts and culture, positioning our city among the greatest in the world. Deeply rooted in our identity is our diversity, and the realization that our differences make us a stronger, more united community.

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Brightline’s impact on Miami is about to be realized

The legacy of Henry Flagler has been reconstructed and, in the week ahead, Brightline and MiamiCentral Station is scheduled to open, modernizing infrastructure and connecting Miami to Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach in a new way.

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Make fossil-fuel companies pay

Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber, exercising smart leadership, helped bring an expert panel to assess the city’s climate resilience projects. Visiting scientists and practitioners complimented the city on efforts to combat the effects of sea-level rise and made a series of recommendations, as well, to include sea walls, increase green spaces and conduct more-stringent water testing.

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Present day Miami can be better

I enjoyed reading the May 4 letter by Judith M. Briggs, “Growth, traffic ruining Miami Dade.”

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Donations help feed America’s hungry

President Franklin Roosevelt said, “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.”

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Growth and traffic ruining Miami-Dade

I have lived in Miami for 37 years, more than half my life. I have loved this city unequivocally for so many of those years. We were lucky to have bought a home when real estate was inexpensive. The wildlife is not just our entertainment but our direct connection to nature in a place that is increasingly becoming an urban landscape.

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Miami should renew sailing center’s lease

I support renewal of the City of Miami’s lease of the U.S. Sailing Center in David T. Kennedy Park. The center is the result of a 1985 tripartite agreement between the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), the City of Miami, and the United States Sailing Center, a nonprofit comprised of a local volunteer management team.

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Parties take your money, ditch the issues

I have been a registered Republican for most of my life, switching to the Democrat Party on the day after Donald Trump was nominated to be the Republican candidate for president.

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MacArthur Park

Really? Worst ever? MacArthur Park?

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Neither party has monopoly on truth

Conservatives give Trump a pass on his undemocratic words and actions. They overlook his attacks on immigrants, the media and our nation’s laws, as long as he is achieving his agenda of tax cuts, improving the economy, increasing jobs and improved wages.

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Trump wants America first? And why not?

There is nothing that our liberal press hates more, in this era of fractured politics, than to see President Trump shine and be praised by a European foreign dignitary.

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Two recent events reflect race relations in America

When I was a college undergrad, the expression on the face of the Mona Lisa portrait was a hot topic; was it a smile, or a frown?

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Local Muslims honor leaders Roberta Shevin, Howard Simon as they retire

This year, South Florida will lose two iconic community leaders who decided to wrap up their illustrious careers and retire.

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