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What Works is NBC's series that celebrates success stories. Miami Gardens, population 110,000, is the latest example, brought to us by Mark Potter. It was created by a vote of its residents in 2003 out of "a hodge-podge of blighted neighborhoods in unincorporated Dade County," according to Potter. Since its incorporation as a city, trash has been cleaned, zoning laws enforced, the crime rate has fallen, new businesses have formed and visitors have enjoyed its outdoor jazz festival.
What is the most newsworthy thing about Miami Gardens? "The residents themselves," Potter told us, "who agreed to more than double their own property taxes." This is the sort of pro-tax story that our conservative colleagues at newsbusters.org would normally denounce as liberal propaganda. I checked to link to their complaint but found nary a peep.
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