“There was a complaint and it was investigated,” DeGrandy said. Miguel de Grandy, a government affairs lawyer and former state legislator representing LSF, said the inspector general’s inquiry ultimately vindicated his client.
LSF was also slow to report serious incidents and accidents to Miami-Dade’s transportation department, and its drivers “consistently complain of being forced to work extremely long shifts” in violation of federal employment regulations, the memo says. Specifically, LSF drivers routinely operated overcrowded buses on two routes in southwest Miami-Dade even though the vehicles did not have safety equipment for standing passengers, Jimenez’s memo states. 9 close-out memo, Jimenez said inspector general auditors launched a review of LSF’s public transit contract in December 2019 after his office received a credible complaint from an anonymous tipster that the company was operating unsafe buses. Raymond and Rene Gonzalez, Limousines of South Florida owners. Since 2017, they’ve funneled more than $300,000 to various former and current county commissioners, as well as Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, campaign finance records show. Through their two Hialeah-based companies and other affiliates, the Gonzalez brothers are prolific donors to the election and reelection campaigns of politicians across Miami-Dade. Limousines of South Florida, or LSF, is owned by Rene and Raymond Gonzalez, who are also the principals of Transportation America, a firm that also provides specialized bus rides for disabled county residents through a separate Miami-Dade contract worth $260 million. Under its previous agreement that began in 2017, Limousines of South Florida earned approximately $32.5 million. Three months earlier, the commission OK’d a new $64.1 million contract to handle bus service for 28 outsourced routes for the next five years. Miami-Dade Inspector General Felix Jimenez concluded his three-year-old review of Limousines of South Florida’s previous no-bid, sweetheart deal without making any recommendations to the county commission. The headquarters of Transportation America and Limousines of South Florida at 3737 NW 43rd St in Hialeah.īy Francisco Alvarado, A private transportation company with a lucrative Miami-Dade contract to operate more than two dozen public transit routes put unsafe buses on the street, according to a recent memo by a county watchdog.
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