I urge you to read this so you can become savvy at seeing connections.
Get through the first couple of paragraphs of Fred Grimm's column in the Miami Herald today and you will be into the meat of the story and, funny, it relates to the post above. By the way, I previously reported on this property owned by Sergio Pino's Corp. and there is a photo on the post of the derelict property.
Now, relating it to the post above, they have left this property in the Grimm article in tatters, perhaps due to the real estate market (duh, you think?) yet some of these same land speculators are landowners in Parkland. They want approval for a multi-million dollar development of the largest magnitude on the wrong side of the Urban Development Boundary. What is wrong with this picture? Grimm has it right:
"Zoning approval for Century Plaza was seen as yet another sign of the formidable influence wielded hereabouts by developer Sergio Pino. His persuasive powers were such that local politicians would allow him to venture into heretofore forbidden tracts near airports or even beyond the Urban Development Boundary."
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..."His persuasive powers were such that local politicians would allow him to venture into heretofore forbidden tracts near airports or even beyond the Urban Development Boundary."
Pino's powers Were??? What has changed?
Not the commission. The mayor has though, he likes the commission. That is Halloween scary isn't it?
The connection is mind boggling.
How did this guy get zoning to build housing near the airport. I don't think these commissioners can stand up to anyone.
The Parkland project seems like it will be a done deal.
Don't forget: this property was the location of the Bush Re-Elect Campaign Headquarters in Florida's electorally important county-- Miami Dade-- now it is home of squatters and bums. That speaks volumes about where this country is, today.
What is missed here: Sergio Pino got all the permits etc to build the project and never did. Is that what they want to do at Parkland: get all the zoning, permits to ratchet up the price of the property?
So what - the Commission will make us bail out Pino on his bad Parklands investment while this land sits open? Parkland will never be built - they just want to change the zoning and increase property value - at the cost of everyone else. $25 says the unreformable commissioners let him do it too!
He is not the only land owner there are many, many others also involved in this Parkland deal including the Republican donor Ed Easton, with many many strong ties to the powers that be.
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