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Three blue disabled parking hang-tag placards with wheelchair symbols laid flat.

Parking permit fraud audit hits 6,000 failures countywide

Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez says 6,190 disabled parking permit applications have failed a countywide audit of more than 75,000 records, with law enforcement partnerships expanding and criminal penalties including up to a year in jail for fraud.

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Route 70 faces elimination as county budget heads to September vote

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held the first budget town hall Monday, opening public comment on a $14.261 billion spending plan that would eliminate Cutler Bay's Route 70 bus line and more than 400 county positions before September commission hearings.

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Three blue disabled parking hang-tag placards with wheelchair symbols laid flat.

Parking permit fraud audit hits 6,000 failures countywide

Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez says 6,190 disabled parking permit applications have failed a countywide audit of more than 75,000 records, with law enforcement partnerships expanding and criminal penalties including up to a year in jail for fraud.

Three blue disabled parking hang-tag placards with wheelchair symbols laid flat.

Parking permit fraud audit hits 6,000 failures countywide

Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez says 6,190 disabled parking permit applications have failed a countywide audit of more than 75,000 records, with law enforcement partnerships expanding and criminal penalties including up to a year in jail for fraud.

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Amendment 3 could strip $386 million from Miami-Dade, putting local services at risk

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava warned that a November ballot measure to expand Florida's homestead exemption could cost the county $386 million in year one, forcing cuts to fire rescue, parks, libraries, and transit that serve Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay.

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Cutler Bay mayor's seat, two council seats on November ballot as qualifying opens

Cutler Bay's two-week candidate qualifying period opened at noon Thursday, July 23, for three seats on the November 3 ballot — including an open mayor's race and an open council seat after two incumbents hit term limits.

Official flyer announcing Cutler Bay 2026 General Election candidate qualifying period dates and details.

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