Then, of course I could write about the news that Former Chair of the County Commission Joe Martinez is sponsoring legislation warning people not to use their cruise control on icy roads. This will come in very handy in Florida. This one is too easy. Laugh on your own.
Third, I thought of writing about Greenberg Traurig attorney, Clifford Schulman, Co-Chair, National Environmental Practice Land Development for the firm - and brilliant guy. What is he up today...and do you think his mother called him “Clifford”? Well according to Herald Neighbors article SUNNY ISLES BEACH: Legal battle over supermarket's condo plan deepens, Clifford has found a loophole in the law to increase density on his client’s (Publix Supermarket) development. He is proposing using development credits for underwater land. However, The city is claiming:“A 2004 law allowed landowners to keep some development rights if property became submerged, but the intent was to help protect owners from problems like erosion and hurricanes, not to allow developers to gain development rights by buying underwater land...”
It appears the supermarket chain has got a hold of someone’s underwater land and is using this law to cash in with more density.
In any event, you must know the players here. Sunny Isles Beach has never seen a development it didn’t like. It is a condo canyon sandwiched between the low rise towns of Golden Beach and Surfside (Bal Harbour is there too but it has not quite as high high rises and somehow, thanks to setbacks, it has some charm left). Sunny Isles Beach is a very awful looking city in my view. Maybe the worst city on the planet. Okay, in Florida. One giant 40 or 50 story building after another (they look that tall, might not be). However, people, if you do not like the sun, it is a very good place to go swimming in the afternoon. The beach is awash in shadows from condominiums, so no problem with getting sun.
In this context, now look at the issue: EVEN Sunny Isles — the kiss asses to greedy developers (EVEN DONALD TRUMP) — doesn’t like this one. You can just picture Mr. or Mrs. Schulman saying: "Clifford! What do you have to say for yourself?"
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I truly got a kick when I read Joe Martinez' proposed legislation. But now that we have global worming all over the place, maybe Martinez knows something the rest of us is not aware of -could it be that Florida being so hot most of the time, in the future there will fall snow and that is why our learned commissioner is anticipating that future occurrence by legislating safety standard whenever Florida's roads get slippery due to snow.
Developers must have taken note of this and are preparing themselves to build ski resorts all over the state (Florida, of course!).
I like the MOD Clifford Schulman-- it fits him. He does dominate a room when he is there. Do you think they send these Greenberg Traurig attorneys for some sort of "Stepford" Lawyer training to make them what they are?
The problem with Sunny Isles is not the density but that it is not walkable. Sure you have huge building but you cant even walk from one to another there is no street presence and there is too much space in between.
It is also an ugly city...don't forget that.
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