For nearly 60 years, property owners in Downtown, Brickell, and Edgewater have carried a tax burden unique in Miami. Since 1967, the Downtown Development Authority has called it the “price of progress.” That’s a nice line, but the reality is a mess.
People living here are asking a simple question: Where the hell is our money actually going? This isn’t some vague government grant. It’s cash pulled right out of our pockets every year. Millions of it. Yet, trying to figure out how it’s spent feels like trying to crack a safe.