EYE ON MIAMI: Steve Shiver's Ghost Town at Maggie Valley, NC: former county manager's project opens under bankruptcy ... by gimleteye

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Steve Shiver's Ghost Town at Maggie Valley, NC: former county manager's project opens under bankruptcy ... by gimleteye

A news clip on the much anticipated opening of Ghost Town at Maggie Valley, the amusement park of broken promises lead by Miami investors.

3 comments:

sparky said...: Notice how generic the news is now? Same graphics same bland people--is this NC? NY? CA? Do we know? Do we care? Or are we all just lines on an Excel chart?

Yeesh.; May 23, 2009
Anonymous said...: Park of broken promises and broken rides...; May 23, 2009
Anonymous said...: Looks like it was SRO.; May 24, 2009

Quotes hall of fame - worth another look:

Jonathon Dunlop of Australia about the Miami Airport:
"This is the most disorganized shambles of an airport that exists on this earth.''
April 01, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment on Post
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On "Colony Collapse Disorder":
Anonymous said...
I say lets wait till the last tree is going to be cut down, the last bit of oil used, the last lowland coastal areas flooded before we make any rash decisions that might effect the economy.
April 21, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment
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On Bee “Colony Collapse Disorder” being blamed on cell phones:
Anonymous said...
Hmmm. What are bees doing with cell phones, anyhow?
April 20, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment
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On South Florida Water Supply:
Ron Littlepage said...
Unfortunately, we know who would win when it comes to allowing development to run amok and it's not the wildlife.
April 20, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment Post
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Lesley Blackner said:
In Florida, the sad reality is that government exists to serve the development machine, not the citizenry. That's why it's proper to say that in Florida we have government of the developer, by the developer and for the developer.
April 22, 2007 Eye on Miami Post
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On City of Miami and Miami Dade County giving $1,000,000 each to Jorge Perez’s Related Group (The Group's 2005 revenues were $3.25 billion.):
"It makes as much sense as me donating half my paycheck to Warren Buffett.”
May 6, 2007 Miami Herald Columnist Ana Menendez
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On the FCAT Test:
"'Florida is a serial mis-user of test scores.''
Bob Schaeffer, director for Massachusetts-based FairTest.
May 25, 2007 Miami Herald
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Clifford Schulman (Greenberg Traurig Lobbyist):
"This is the first time in 33 years that any one has accused me of fraud." June 28, 2007 Miami Herald
I say: hmm.
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Max Rameau, Homeless Activist:
"I respect Ron Book for his work with the Homeless Trust, but the Liberty City community and others have given broad support to this idea. I don't know that a big-time millionaire lobbyist can tell us what is best for Liberty City and the black community.'' July 28, 2007 Miami Herald
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"After years of mismanagement under a board of political appointees and neighborhood activists, Miami-Dade County administrators have proposed a new way to run the troubled empowerment zone program. The plan: Bring in new political appointees and neighborhood activists."
November 6, 2007 Miami Herald: Reporter Scott Hiaasen
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"Saying "Greater Everglades" and "Northern Everglades" is not saying Everglades -- other places are deserving of being protected too, but there is only one Everglades. The main thing is to keep the 'Main Thing' the main thing -- which, lately, has not been the main thing." Bob Mooney - on Listserve "Everglades Commons"
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"Does anyone in their right mind believe that Florida could conduct postal balloting without a major screw-up or scandal? Heavens, no! The whole country is keenly aware that our state is a sump hole of incompetence and corruption."
Carl Hiaasen - March 16, 2008 Miami Herald
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On the Charter Review: "Commissioners want us to vote on their own pet changes, ideas the review team explicitly rejected. And, they're throwing their blatantly self-serving ballot questions at us at the same time. What a slap in the face to the charter review team — and to all of us!" Michael Lewis of Miami Today - April 10, 2008
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On the Miami Dade County Commission:
''Unfortunately, this is a commission that would build a cyanide factory next to a playground if you hired the right 12 lobbyists,'' Miami Lakes Councilman Michael Pizzi - May 14, 2008
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"The days where we’re just building sprawl forever, those days are over. I think that Republicans, Democrats, everybody recognizes that that’s not a smart way to build communities." President Barack Obama in Fort Meyers - February 10, 2009
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"So."
Dick Cheney's response when told that two thirds of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. - Time Magazine 2008
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"It seems like a bad idea can always find a home in the Florida Legislature." - Howard Simon - Executive Director of Florida ACLU - March 24, 2010

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Complete this sentence: South Florida really needs a..."
Regional plan for controlled growth (before it becomes a concrete jungle similar to Houston), and a completely new set of elected officials that make decisions based on what's good for the future of South Florida instead of what's good for their wallets. - Jack McCabe, Real Estate expert who predicted the housing boom's end. - August 29, 2011 Miami Herald