County Commissioner Dennis Moss on The Bait and Switch. By Geniusofdespair

Link to video.
Read my in-depth report on the issue.

Commissioner Moss commented on the precedent setting of the Brown Application. Brown's Lobbyists got the development approved under one set of circumstances -- agreeing to a covenant of no residential for 30 years -- and 3 years later changing the playing field, asking for the covenant to be lifted for residential. Commissioner Moss was the only one to object: "This application has a profound effect upon a lot of different areas throughout the County" Moss said.

Commissioner Moss acknowledged it is a bait and switch, and he wonders how this will effect future developments. He calls it the camel's nose under the tent. Watch the video. He makes a good argument.

The strangest part of it all: County Planning would not have given a positive recommendation for residential if it were outside the UDB line. But because it was inserted inside the line based on NO RESIDENTIAL 3 years ago, they now have to consider it as part of the pool of land available for residential, and they ended up giving residential zoning their blessing -- Covenant be damned. WHAT??? This gives the Commissioners cover to approve it. All, except for Commissioner Moss (and those absent), gleefully used the cover.

You remember that Sly and the Family Stone song lyrics, "War. What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing!" Well, a covenant in Miami Dade County, "What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing!" And to borrow from another song lyric by the Who, all my friends and readers be warned: "Don't get fooled again" on the worth of a 30 year covenant.