MAC Meeting Thursday July 25 - NOT!

After the big push to pass the "Conceptual Agreement" at the June meeting, suspense had been building for a climactic July meeting... so what happened? 

Literally, nothing. 

The meeting was cancelled "due to a conflict" which was not disclosed.  Members of the MAC were available, yet the mandatory notice wasn't published in the Miami Herald.  Perhaps the summer heat resulted in someone forgetting?

So you have to wonder what the big rush was to pass the Conceptual Agreement in June (an agreement which would abdicate the "new city's" control of all major roads and guarantee a crippling mitigation payment - read). 

The July cancellation will put even more pressure on the MAC to complete its review in time (by February 2015).  Perhaps putting pressure on the MAC is the county's plan: there is significant financial incentive to have new cities created before the mitigation is abolished by the Miami-Dade Commission (something which is under active consideration).

Stay cool and enjoy the rest of the summer - school (and traffic jams) resume in 23 days.