So, here I am with nothing to write about except Ted Cruz, nitwit Senator from Texas. This is why I don't like Republicans even though I am one, the wackos rise to the top to wreak havoc on the rest of us. This is why the Senate shouldn't be Republican. They put Ted Cruz as Chairman of a Sub-Committee:
"The reversal of the U.S. Senate’s majority party is falling into place, and there is reason for concern over how new committee chairs will influence the agencies they oversee. Right now two big reasons are garnering the most attention: Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) will chair the subcommittee that oversees NASA, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) will chair to the subcommittee that oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Both have gone on record denying human-caused climate change."
On another note, here is your sea level rise fix. Actually watch this damn video, it is about an upcoming vote on Climate Change Resolutions at the County Commission. Former Miami Dade County Commission chair Rebeca Sosa on Climate Change, you have to watch it.
Having problems? watch on YouTube
Thank you Rebeca Sosa. Call your County Commission tell them to approve these resolutions. I heard the LBA is going to challenge them so talk to your County Commissioner before the meeting January 21st. Pepe Diaz is a sponsor because his district floods, not because he cares.
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| 150048 | Resolution |
Rebeca Sosa, Prime Sponsor
Daniella Levine Cava, Co-Sponsor Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor |
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| RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ACTION AREAS AS RECOMMENDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN [SEE ORIGINAL ITEM UNDER FILE NO. 142560] |  PDF
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| 12/11/2014 | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation with committee amendment(s) by Land Use & Development Committee Passed 5 - 0 | ||||
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| 150049 | Resolution |
Rebeca Sosa, Prime Sponsor
Daniella Levine Cava, Co-Sponsor Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor |
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| RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR MAYOR’S DESIGNEE TO PREPARE AN ACTION PLAN AND REPORT TO IMPLEMENT THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISORY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS OF (I) ESTABLISHING DEPARTMENTAL OVERSIGHT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND (II) DEDICATING SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND STAFFING TO REVIEW, UPDATE, AND IMPLEMENT THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISORY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS [SEE ORIGINAL UNDER FILE NO. 142561] | PDF
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| 12/11/2014 | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation with committee amendment(s) by Land Use & Development Committee Passed 5 - 0 | ||||
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| 150051 | Resolution |
Rebeca Sosa, Prime Sponsor
Daniella Levine Cava, Co-Sponsor Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor |
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| RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR MAYOR’S DESIGNEE TO PREPARE AN ACTION PLAN AND REPORT TO ACCELERATE THE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING PROCESS BY EVALUATING THE ENGINEERING AND OTHER RELEVANT EXPERTISE NEEDED TO DEVELOP AN ENHANCED CAPITAL PLAN THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO FLOOD PROTECTION, SALINITY STRUCTURES, PUMP STATIONS, AND ROAD AND BRIDGE DESIGNS, AND TO DETERMINE THE COSTS OF RETAINING THE EXPERTS NEEDED [SEE ORIGINAL ITEM UNDER FILE NO. 142562] | PDF
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| 12/11/2014 | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation with committee amendment(s) by Land Use & Development Committee Passed 5 - 0 | ||||
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| 150052 | Resolution |
Rebeca Sosa, Prime Sponsor
Daniella Levine Cava, Co-Sponsor Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor |
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| RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR MAYOR’S DESIGNEE TO CONTINUE STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY’S ENVIRONMENTALLY ENDANGERED LANDS (EEL) PROGRAM, CONSISTENT WITH PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, AND TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL LONG-TERM FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE CONTINUED ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF EEL LANDS [SEE ORIGINAL ITEM UNDER FILE NO. 142564] | PDF
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| 12/11/2014 | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation with committee amendment(s) by Land Use & Development Committee Passed 5 - 0 | ||||
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| 150053 | Resolution |
Rebeca Sosa, Prime Sponsor
Daniella Levine Cava, Co-Sponsor Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor |
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| RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, AND THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACT PARTNERS WORK WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ON ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE, AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR MAYOR’S DESIGNEE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS TO WORK JOINTLY WITH THESE ENTITIES TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY AND DEVELOP ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION AND SALTWATER INTRUSION ASSOCIATED WITH SEA LEVEL RISE AND PUT FORTH A TIME FRAME FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND POTENTIAL FUNDING MECHANISMS [SEE ORIGINAL ITEM UNDER FILE NO. 142566] | PDF
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| 12/11/2014 | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation with committee amendment(s) by Land Use & Development Committee Passed 5 - 0 | ||||
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| 150054 | Resolution |
Rebeca Sosa, Prime Sponsor
Daniella Levine Cava, Co-Sponsor Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor |
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| RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS TO INITIATE DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, MEMBER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACT, THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION’S DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS [SEE ORIGINAL ITEM UNDER FILE NO. 142567] | PDF
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| 12/11/2014 | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation with committee amendment(s) by Land Use & Development Committee Passed 5 - 0 | ||||
6 comments:
Facts and science are just unwanted information for the Fox News watchers. Cruz and other republicans are trying to put this country in the 21st century version of the dark ages.
After this "baby step" If Sosa and company is really serious about dealing with Climate Change sea level rise, the County should pass a resolution supporting the EPA Clean Power Plan which will reduce carbon emissions from power plants and also recommend Florida implement the EPA plan use of renewables: wind and solar.
Are Sosa and Pepe Diaz willing to admit that Climate Change is caused by human activity - burning fossil fuels that produce carbon emissions warming the earth today? If not, then this is all BS.
THE LBA will challenge every single pro-environmental initiative right up to the time they have to put on snorkels to start their cars. Or until the insurance companies pull the plug on their schemes. Go Jeb.
Why is EEL being destroyed by lack of funding? Voters created and funded the Environmentally Endangered Lands program to acquire preserve and protect our last vestiges of natural areas, including ecosystems like the endangered rock Pinelands that Miami Dade County now wishes to destroy for the perversely named Miami Wilds Theme Park pushed by Commissioner Moss and Miami Dade County Gimenez.
I think we should be clear in what's happening here.
It is meaningless and irrelevant whether commissioners believe in this or that. What the Commission will do at this time, or delay slightly because the timing isn't just right, is to begin to work with local and other agencies to begin the process of implementing adaptation schemes. This process is inevitable, LBA or no LBA.
The question is not whether adaption plans are adopted, but what adaptation and for who's benefit. Politics is about who's ox gets gored.
The elites already know how this is supposed to work. Planning powerhouse Elizabeth Plater-Zyberg has already said, publicly, that (paraphrase) "what you [sic] want to do is save those places of economic importance; the airport, the seaport, the financial district. Places you want to continue. Everyone else can buy rubber boots."
Working class, service class people can begin to think about rubber boot fashion choices. It is so taken for granted by the economic elites that there will be no democratic process, no common people involved in this process that such an statement would be made in public with complete immunity.
People of Miami-Dade had better start getting involved. You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone.
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