Kudos for Bill Johnson

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Kudos for Bill Johnson

Re the April 17 story Outgoing CEO of state-funded agency still enjoys travel, perks: Those who have known Bill Johnson and worked with him laud his consistently excellent performance in his 30 years with the county. In better days, many of the best and brightest went to work in the public sector. Now, with efforts like State Sen. Nancy Detert and those of her ilk, he is just a “guy from the bureaucracy and not someone from the business world.”

In my years as a Dade County assistant court administrator in charge of court facilities and planning and later, working in construction oversight for the county Inspector General’s Office, I saw Bill in action. He deserves kudos, not brickbats.

Chuck Edelstein, Coral Gables

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Vote for civility and ethics for better local governments

By Jim Cason, former mayor, Coral Gables, Merrett R. Stierheim, former Miami-Dade County manager

February 20, 2019 01:36 PM

There are many important municipal elections scheduled this year throughout Miami-Dade County. The impact of those elections on local residents spans across many issues, like personal safety and security, taxation, and neighborhood recareation programs.

Because these issues often affect the quality of residential life and the delivery of municipal public services, residents should take more than passing interest in who their candidates are and what they stand for. It is most important for all of us to become informed and vote.