West Dade Federation of Homeowner Associations (WDFHA) President Morgan Levy will be producing and hosting a three-month cable television program on WLRN called "Good Government is Close to the People."

Doral's new middle school, slated to open its doors in the fall of this year, is taking shape. The school is located on Doral's western edge, at NW 50th Street and NW 112th Avenue.

The program will be airing three times a week, Tuesday at 9 AM, Wednesday at 2 PM, and Thursday at 7 PM. All in all, 12 of the program episodes will be broadcast: one per week for the months of February, March, and April and each program will be 30 minutes in length. Incorporation advocate and University of Miami Political Science Professor Dr. Marsha Matson will host five of the episodes.

Levy, a longtime advocate of the incorporation of Doral and Miami-Dade's other unincorporated communities, is also the chairman of the Dade Coalition for Good Government (DCFGG), a non-profit organization he began ten years ago. It is the DCFGG that will be sponsoring the program.

"It's our hope that this TV series will provide the information to the people living in the Unincorporated Municipal Service Area (UMSA) and Miami-Dade's 30 municipalities of the benefits of incorporation. We'd like to inspire them to encourage their county commission to vote in favor of that issue. We've been restrained by a moratorium, a gridlock, since 1996--three years ago. We want to show them that its time to move ahead," Levy said.

Each episode will cover a different topic, all of which will discuss the merits of incorporation. These include: Is Your Voice Being Heard?, Citizen Petition--Term Limits for County Commissioners, Citizen's Petition--Citizen's Right to Vote on Incorporation, Local Police Departments Answer the Need, Strict Code Enforcement: Living by the Rules, The Realities of Building and Zoning, Lack of Parks, Park Programs, and Green Space, Closer Government Provides Better Services, Accountable Representation: One Person, One Vote, Modest Income Communities Can Incorporate and Do Better for Themselves, Corruption in Government: Restoring the Public's Confidence in Government, and Citizen's Make Waves.

However, Levy emphasized that this will not be a give-and-take discussion on the relative virtues of incorporation, rather it will extol the virtues of that effort.

"We hope to create an educational program that shows the benefits of incorporation as opposed to big government. It will not debate incorporations merits," he said.

The programs will all follow the same format with a host/moderator and between three and four guests who will discuss that week's topic.

The guests will run the gamut from community activists to former and present officials from the county and state. Amongst the recognizable names to commit to the program are Gerald Kogan, former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court and president of Alliance for Ethical Government, County Commissioners Miriam Alonso and Jimmy Morales, and Mayors Evelyn Greer of Pinecrest and Dave Sampson of Sunny Isles Beach.

Several Doral residents will also participate in the programs. Doral Community Council (DCC) Chairman Jerry Howie and DCC members Ralph Arza and Odel Torres (also a VP of the WDFHA) will appear, and so will WDFHA VP Jesse Jones.

Two members of the Let's Incorporate Now Coalition (LINC), Co-Chair Beverly Gerald and Secretary Ken Bluh, will also each appear on one program apiece.