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In a separate discussion (putting the cart before the horse, they vote for the partial funding of the Nail Clipper on the 16th) about how the thing will be built Lee Hefty and Daniella Levine Cava had an exchange about building it from land or barge. She was concerned with the impact on the Bay. I think she trusts to be told the truth. I can tell when county staff is bending the truth to me. They have a tell. They get uncomfortable and squirm a bit. The trouble is I have to be in front of them. Who cares if they build it from land or water, it shouldn't be built Period. Lee Hefty is afraid of Osterholt and will say just about anything. He looks like he will pee in his pants when Osterholt is around. DERM has been co-opted. They are all telling you what the Mayor wants you to hear, not the truth, a version of the truth. Daniella stop trusting staff's convoluted explanations meant to confuse you, the whole bunch are afraid of the Mayor. Maybe Daniella Levine Cava is too ethical for office. Of course the building of it will impact the Bay. I don't care about assurances from Lee Hefty. They will just say oops. What can you do after the fact? One only has to remember the 1994 Dutra dredging fiasco (illegal) when 3.5 acres of sea grass was decimated while dredging of the turning basin for the port was being conducted.
And in this topsy-turvy County world, since when does Barbara Jordan care about coral? She asked how building from barges would impact coral. What is that woman up to?
BTW, Bruno is a dim bulb, don't anyone follow him on this issue.
I guess we will end up contributing public money for an eyesore in the park, the nail clipper no one will go to. Has anyone been to Bayside lately? A ghost of what it was. This won't fix it. Major surgery is needed in the junk store area. The other side is doing okay.
And all of you County Commission nitwits: Stop saying the $75 Million is not from THIS pot of money, it is from THAT pot of money, so it doesn't count. IT IS ALL THE SAME MONEY --- YOU GUYS AT THE COUNTY DIVIDED IT UP (SO IT LOOKS MORE PALATABLE) into bonds and incentives and other stupid crap with official sounding names. UNLESS IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT or someone donated it, it is all the same money: OURS. We didn't borrow that $75 Million bond money yet so we don't have to pay for it. So let's not borrow any of this money -- unless Apple wants to put their headquarters here. I would pay them to move.
All of you new condo owners across Biscayne Blvd., The Downtown Neighborhood Alliance, you have to come together and get a grip on the County Commission. You all are big taxpayers and this is your hood. Do something. Sue, like Bruce Matheson because the people were lied to in the City of Miami voter referendum and we don't like being lied to when we vote on something. Thank you Bruce Matheson for being our Park savior, the Dan Paul of the 21st century. Matheson is suing against the plans to put Libraries in Parks and FIU in the park. The people weren't informed they were lifting the Dan Paul amendment, they were given misleading language just like this nail clipper language. You Commissioners should all be outraged. Am I? You bet I am.
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Right on the money. Every day there is a new scheme to steal our tax dollars. Look out for that proposed movie studio up north. Jordan is licking her chops.
So your love affair with Daniella Levine Cava is over?
Great post! Sums it up to a tee.
The library deal is a sham promoted by Commissioner Bovo. One of the goals is to move the Palm Springs Branch Library from its 3,500 square foot leased storefront to a 400 square foot park inclement weather shelter to create an "E-library" (aka a computer lab staffed by a part-timer who can watch kids play video games.)
There is so much insincerity from this Commission that every proposal has to be scrutinized for underhanded motives.
The beauty of building a structure that has no use other than an observation tower is that the city has to keep funding it. You cannot turn it into a condo or use it for government offices. Somebody is going to have to hired to maintain and operate the concessions no matter what. The condo owners on Biscayne have lots of internal legal issues and will be distracted by those forever. Many of these condo buyers are foreigners and don't know about state laws regarding condominiums. The statute of limitations to sue the developers has past. They are stuck paying property taxes on unacceptable condo units.
Re all these scheme and scam structures along Biscaybe Bay: Change sea level rise.
Aren't there supposed to be Bayfront and Museum Park master plans and trusts to manage these situations so fly by night people and opportunists stop showing up proposing preposterous stuff like this? Miami-Dade County Mayor Gimenez seems clueless about what a public park or the public trust is about. Remember how he and the other city and county commissioners were all about the Beckham stadium filling in the Bay. No respect for residents, history or community. These elected officials can't be trusted. Shut this nail clipper thing down!
SkyRise appears to be a total scam. The promoter says he will find rich gullible Chinese to give him money? They did not get rich in China by being stupid. Barges covering acres of Biscayne Bay? Really?
Well written Genius.
Google (GOOG) is erecting a four-story structure in the heart of the San Francisco Bay but is managing to conceal its purpose by constructing it on docked barges instead of on land, where city building permits and public plans are mandatory. Construction became obvious a few weeks ago.
The Internet giant's actions at Treasure Island appear legal. But the mystery surrounding the bulky floating building -- and a similar one off Portland, Maine -- is generating rumors and worries.
Privacy experts, environmentalists and legal authorities say that whether it is a store to sell Google's Internet-connected glasses, a data storage center or something else, the secrecy may backfire because Silicon Valley residents are highly protective of one of the most scenic and environmentally sensitive bays in the U.S.
"At some point they're going to have to unveil what it is they're doing, and it will be sad if they have put a lot of money into something that is simply not allowable in the bay," said Deb Self, executive director of the environmental group Baykeeper.
Daniella's chief staffer is a former Dermite with zero political sense or wherewithal. Not much will get accomplished.
Daniella has been around the block quite a bit here, and 'did not just fall off the turnip truck'. Have faith in her as she will pull the skill sets she needs around her.
There's something really off about Miamj Dade County's and the City of Miami's economic development "programs, including the CRAs which are giving back millions in tax credits to well-heeled and deep-pocketed developers. Just look at what's happening with the Miami World Center. Where's the Beacon Council on all this?
This isn't really economic development. It's a political piñata. Where is the Beacon Council on this? Has it become a puppet of Miami Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez?
The CRA's in the City of Miami are indeed massive pinatas. There is so much money flowing through the Southeast Overtown Park West and OMNI CRA's that both local commissioners put highly suspect and VERY ethically challenged aides in charge of handing out the tax money.
Sounds like a grand jury investigation is needed.
"All of you new condo owners across Biscayne Blvd., The Downtown Neighborhood Alliance, you have to come together and get a grip on the County Commission:…"
You better get back on your planes and come back from whatever South American or European Countries you call home and really give a stern talking to those commissioners that you are not registered to vote for!
Do you really think they care more about voters than rich people who can donate? NO
These foreigners are not American citizens and thus cannot vote. I am not well versed on campaign finance law, but I think it is illegal for them to give campaign donations.
Ft Lauderdale just eliminated all it's CRAs, electing to use the tax money through the city budgeting process. It certainly would be more transparent that way then what is happening in Miami. In Miami Beach they just extended the South Beach CRA another 20 years so they can continue to fight the "blight" of South Beach, where some if the world's most expensive real estate resides. Lol. Instead of actually using the rich tax money to help the poor and fight the blight as truly intended for CRAs, they will dump it ALL into the Convention Center. If only they would allow just a little to trickle down, us regulars would take the crumbs from their cake gladly. Alas, not even the crumbs fall for us.
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