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| Couldn't find it online so here is the letter from the paper Miami Herald today. |
It isn't just us, the rabble, world famous Architects and Planners (such as
Liz Plater-Zyberk and Victor Dover) agree this soccer stadium on the waterfront is a super-colossally bad idea. Gimenez what the hell are you supporting? Are stadiums destined to be the downfall of all our Mayors? When these people of stature come out to play, you have a problem, a big problem Mr. mayor. Stay out of our park and leave our FEC slip alone. Now Becham Soccer Stadium on the waterfront is labeled a boondoggle....by me. And David, you might look at the deed, there is a restriction on gambling.
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All over our city, parks are closed due to poisonous fill. I rode by Douglas Park the other day and wondered what all those people that I use to see there on a daily basis are doing now. So, with all those parks closed down, what do our public officials focus on? Eliminating another one!
I imagine Ms. Kerry Barsh of Greenberg and Traurig law firm must be licking her chops. As the main representatives of the rock mining industry in this county their clients will make millions on the tons of fill they will drag out of west Dade and haul to Biscayne Blvd to fill that slip. Good going Gimenez, you are now the Teflon Mayor, untouched even by the FBi! Al Capone could not do any better!
Brownfield land. Polluted unusable land was sold to the public for parks. The residents got conned thinking they could use these parks when they are nothing more than contaminated land covered by a few inches of topsoil. I'm sure the testing for pollutants became better recently and the entire scam is now exposed.
The letter from the five planners is excellent. Mr Dixon wrote the Parks Master Plan after personally interviewing hundreds or thousands of residents. He is revered. His Master Plan is clear. This scheme should not get to the Voter Referendum stage. Too many questions.
"It is not a usable public space... it's not even beautiful to look at"
"I think the best thing to do is fill it in regardless of the stadium"
Former Firefighter and current land use expert Carlos Gimenez
5/16/14 on Issues with Helen Ferre
What I would like to fill in is that giant hole Carlos is digging himself into, preferably with him in it.
Perhaps the best thing would be not to build another useless stadium anywhere.
Alexander Cooper has designed parks worldwide. David Dixon from Boston won over hard core Miami activists. They see no planning benefit to dropping a huge stadium onto the newly renovated Bicentennial Park.
Local commish Sarnoff is missing-in-action. WTF?
Anon, I so agree with you:
"What I would like to fill in is that giant hole Carlos is digging himself into, preferably with him in it."
Put me on that list. In fact I think I will start praying for it.
I think that Mr Beckham's statement about a mega yacht marina is referring to the other boondoggle planned on publically owned land on Watson Island; Island Gardens Mega Yacht Marina. The concept for this type of facility was approved by the voters in the City of Miami a gajillion years ago. That was the first and last opportunity that voters in the City of Miami voters had a voice about use of that land, despite the fact that that project has morphed into a three headed Godzilla.
We ready have a stadium owned by Miami Dade county .. It seats 37,000., 20,000 in the lower bowl .. It has VIP club.. Suites ..high definition screens .great concessions . It has a movable roof .. And parking .. It has a great view of city for TV and patrons .
It is located close to soccer fans .. Has been an iconic location for south florida sport fans for years.
It could benefit from additional events .. (Help pay off the debt) the empty retail spaces might be easier to fill .. Did I mention it is already owned by the county and would not have to compete with ANY new stadiums for events that would impact its profitability ?
HELLO !!! It's called Marlins stadium !!
Whether you like the deal or not county owns it. So direct Beckham there ..maybe if they went there and helped Insure it's used it wouldn't be "spiritually tainted"(whatever the heck that means )
It's tainted because Gimenez is loath to do any thing that might actually make the stadium funding better by having another paying user.. Parking revenue would also help with paying bonds for the garages..
Gimenez would rather ruin the water front .. Screw up the park .. And divert scarce county resources to build another stadium for only 25 games a year .. Whose other events would actually compete with the stadium the county already owns
What a joke. The lobbyists and incompetent.. And arrogant rule the day.
Did I mention the county already owns a stadium that could be used for soccer?..instead of being told by Beckham where he wants his team to play.. Take it or leave it
isn't it time we told him where the tax payers and public want him play and FOR HIM TO TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT?
Idiots at the County and City let the Marlins keep 100% of all revenues while sticking the $3 Bil bil to the taxpayers. Now City dimwits are again negotiating with New York slicksters.
John Alshuler, dude behind Beckham, will crush the lightweights at the City of Miami. Be like an NBA team vs Momma Browns Second Grade girls b-ball.
A lobbyist told me that the soccer stadium deal will happen. Why? Because all the greasing of palms between all the same sleazy people.
I realize that this self important "player" pushes buttons because he's someone who knows someone. Well I know Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/nostadiuminmuseumpark
Three days up. 962 people and growing. Educated people. Voters. I think it's lobbyist speak for "boots on the ground." Campaign treasuries filled with millions of dollars won't get voters more inspired than this debacle.
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