Money Spent in 3 of the 6 2006 Miami Dade County Commission Races (taken off Dept. of Elections Website):
Heyman
Total Collected $394,596.23
Discretionary funds spent: $466,140* ($166,140 carried over from previous year) Heyman spent the most of any other commissioner
Souto
Total Total Collected $366,450.00
Discretionary funds spent: $308,480*
Rolle
Total Collected $408,060.00
Discretionary funds spent: $292,600*
When you consider this is the money raised to get you a $6,000 a year job...you have to wonder what is really going on.
I think the job is desirable for one thing (I am not considering anyone is dishonest at this moment): so these people can satisfy their power lust – they need ego strokes. I suspect most commissioners get a thrill out of developers and lobbyists puffing up their egos. Although the lobbyist/developer crew appear to grovel at Commissioner’s feet, the Commissioners never realize that these same puppet masters laugh at them behind their backs and brag to people, like me, that they can walk into any Commission office unannounced (We normal people either can't get access EVER or must wait weeks for an appointment for most of them and then half the time, just their staff keeps the appointment).
*Commissioners get $300,000 a year each to dole out to non-profits such as PTA's, Community Associations, Seniors Groups, etc. That can buy a lot of favor (which translates into votes)!
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
Miami Bloggers Damn Us All! and what about Lennar Corp's Stuart Miller?
The quest to get your blog in google seems to be a challenge. I previously wrote that keeping up with a blog is a royal pain in the ass. Well it seems 128 other bloggers had the same thing to say, almost. I couldn't find mine in google but I found theirs. It does seem to take a while to get into google's search engine and google doesn't pick up everything. Lennar's Stuart Miller won't get high pickup on a google list but: Asking: Is Stuart Miller a developer who does not practice what he preaches? probably will rate well. Stuart Miller's Lennar Mighty Millions should rate high on google.
At least I know one thing: this post has enought Stuart Miller's in it to bring Lennar's Stuart Miller to this blog! Oh, BTW, here is Lennar's community involvement statement from its website, with commentary:
"At Lennar, we consider our Community to be every city across America where we live and conduct business. And we know that our responsibility to our Community consists of far more than just building and delivering quality homes - because our Community has been very good to us throughout our more than 50 years of business. (YES, MIAMI HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO LENNAR AND IT'S VERSIONS OF SUBURBAN SPRAWL)
We believe in “doing the right thing for the right reason,” and that we are responsible for giving back to our Community, quietly and without fanfare – not just by donating money, but by giving of our time and our hearts, on a continuing and connected basis, to help make our Community a better place and to help those who may not be able to help themselves – children, inner city neighborhoods, education, the handicapped, the ill and the homeless. (AND LENNAR IS NOW TRYING TO PUSH MORE SPRAWL INTO EVERGLADES WETLANDS, RUNNING ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES RAGGED WITH ITS DODGING AND FEINTING MANEUVERS.)
Our philosophy of giving back to our Community is based on an ancient proverb, “Give a person a fish and you feed him a meal. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Therefore, our Giving Back to Our Community programs are often focused on helping people learn better life skills, and ways to help themselves into mainstream society.
We also believe that being responsible to our Community means working to protect the quality of our environment, both during and after the construction of our homes. (GIVE ME A BREAK: LENNAR'S SALES ARE SO SLOW THAT THEY ARE NOW OFFERING TO ANY BUYER THEIR 'EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS' FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT STILL PRESSING FORWARD ON PERMITTING FOR A NEW MINI CITY IN SOUTH MIAMI DADE THAT WILL OPEN UP THIS EDGE OF THE EVERGLADES TO SPRAWL FOR THE FIRST TIME.)
YUCKKKKK@!!!!
At least I know one thing: this post has enought Stuart Miller's in it to bring Lennar's Stuart Miller to this blog! Oh, BTW, here is Lennar's community involvement statement from its website, with commentary:
"At Lennar, we consider our Community to be every city across America where we live and conduct business. And we know that our responsibility to our Community consists of far more than just building and delivering quality homes - because our Community has been very good to us throughout our more than 50 years of business. (YES, MIAMI HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO LENNAR AND IT'S VERSIONS OF SUBURBAN SPRAWL)
We believe in “doing the right thing for the right reason,” and that we are responsible for giving back to our Community, quietly and without fanfare – not just by donating money, but by giving of our time and our hearts, on a continuing and connected basis, to help make our Community a better place and to help those who may not be able to help themselves – children, inner city neighborhoods, education, the handicapped, the ill and the homeless. (AND LENNAR IS NOW TRYING TO PUSH MORE SPRAWL INTO EVERGLADES WETLANDS, RUNNING ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES RAGGED WITH ITS DODGING AND FEINTING MANEUVERS.)
Our philosophy of giving back to our Community is based on an ancient proverb, “Give a person a fish and you feed him a meal. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Therefore, our Giving Back to Our Community programs are often focused on helping people learn better life skills, and ways to help themselves into mainstream society.
We also believe that being responsible to our Community means working to protect the quality of our environment, both during and after the construction of our homes. (GIVE ME A BREAK: LENNAR'S SALES ARE SO SLOW THAT THEY ARE NOW OFFERING TO ANY BUYER THEIR 'EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS' FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT STILL PRESSING FORWARD ON PERMITTING FOR A NEW MINI CITY IN SOUTH MIAMI DADE THAT WILL OPEN UP THIS EDGE OF THE EVERGLADES TO SPRAWL FOR THE FIRST TIME.)
YUCKKKKK@!!!!
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Why is Miami atomized? by gimleteye
I know a lot of people who have moved away from Miami: too much traffic, crime, poor schools, and polluted waters.
Why haven't civic, business, and government leaders of Miami championed investments to deal with the root causes? I'm tired of the Chamber cheerleading that glosses over the threat to our quality of life.
It's a real question, and deserves some answers from blog readers... what do you think?
Why haven't civic, business, and government leaders of Miami championed investments to deal with the root causes? I'm tired of the Chamber cheerleading that glosses over the threat to our quality of life.
It's a real question, and deserves some answers from blog readers... what do you think?
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Athalie Range: Icon in the Community Died Tuesday
Former City of Miami Commissioner Athalie Range - 91 years young - has passed away. She will be missed by all who knew her. She was a small woman but she packed a big wallop. I remember once she had a headache and asked for aspirin. I gave her one, she said "That will never do, give me three." She is the only person I know who took 3 at a time. One tough woman! She inspired me to be a better activist.
I loved her stories of swimming at Bear Cut and taking the boat to Virginia Key Beach Park. She said going to Virginia Key was very social. She met so many people on the way to the boat, and stopped to talk, that sometimes she missed the boat but it didn't matter.
She was decisive, smart and good humored - she always smiled ear to ear. I loved her voice - so graceful. I will miss Mrs. Range so much. Please feel free to share your stories about this wonderful lady. Article and Audio of Mrs. Range
You Have Heard of Lennar’s Stuart Miller: But What About Latterner and Rosen
Many of us know Lennar has an option to buy the land outside the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) in Florida City -- FLORIDA CITY COMMONS -- well guess what? Lennar has a partner: ACHC, LLC. And guess who the officers are: Latterner and Rosen. Never heard of them right?
Wayne Rosen and Michael Latterner have given heavily to our County Commission. Their Company, 640 Homestead, own a large block of wetland outside the UDB Line just East of the Florida City Commons property. Latterner and Rosen keep showing up like a bad penny outside the Urban Development Boundary. And, yet these very successful developers remain unknown to most.
Speaking of bad pennies, you might ask how can I think of Lennar in a bad light. After all, haven’t they given the University of Miami $100,000,000. I keep thinking of Lennar as Jessica Rabbit, who said: “Don’t blame me, I am drawn this way.” And, I am reminded of what I told a young girl when her life was shattered when HER priest admitted to the molestation of children. People are not all bad – good people can do bad things. I know, Michael Latterner, Wayne Rosen and Stuart Miller are not bad people. There are photos on-line. They go to fishing tournaments and smile happily. They go to parties with their friends and charity events. They have good children. They have one thing in common: they make a real lot of money and that would be okay as long as they wouldn't make that money destroying our wetlands and environmentally sensitive land. That is a bad thing in my book.
I am sure I would like all of these men, like poor little Maria liked her priest. But just as Maria wished her priest didn’t do anything bad, I sure wish these men would leave our wetlands and environmentally sensitive land alone. I don’t want to feel so conflicted about Miller, Latterner and Rosen. They should make money, and they have, because they are all smart guys. But they have pushed on my boundary. I think about: Where does making money turn into greed?
The question I have: Is why don’t these fellows care about our remaining wetlands? Don't they love Florida like I do? By the pictures of them, it seems like they appreciate the environment: They are fishing, etc.
How can you give so much on one front-- being so darn good -- and then hurt the environment on the other?
Florida City Commons is not going away unless Lennar does the right thing. It is such a big development that it is called a: Development of Regional Impact (DRI). We might see 18,000 people on this land. It is still traveling through the State Agencies with a vengeance. And, if it gets passed: Look to Latterner and Rosen — they aren’t far behind with the development of their wetland purchase of 640 Homestead.
Wayne Rosen and Michael Latterner have given heavily to our County Commission. Their Company, 640 Homestead, own a large block of wetland outside the UDB Line just East of the Florida City Commons property. Latterner and Rosen keep showing up like a bad penny outside the Urban Development Boundary. And, yet these very successful developers remain unknown to most.
Speaking of bad pennies, you might ask how can I think of Lennar in a bad light. After all, haven’t they given the University of Miami $100,000,000. I keep thinking of Lennar as Jessica Rabbit, who said: “Don’t blame me, I am drawn this way.” And, I am reminded of what I told a young girl when her life was shattered when HER priest admitted to the molestation of children. People are not all bad – good people can do bad things. I know, Michael Latterner, Wayne Rosen and Stuart Miller are not bad people. There are photos on-line. They go to fishing tournaments and smile happily. They go to parties with their friends and charity events. They have good children. They have one thing in common: they make a real lot of money and that would be okay as long as they wouldn't make that money destroying our wetlands and environmentally sensitive land. That is a bad thing in my book.
I am sure I would like all of these men, like poor little Maria liked her priest. But just as Maria wished her priest didn’t do anything bad, I sure wish these men would leave our wetlands and environmentally sensitive land alone. I don’t want to feel so conflicted about Miller, Latterner and Rosen. They should make money, and they have, because they are all smart guys. But they have pushed on my boundary. I think about: Where does making money turn into greed?
The question I have: Is why don’t these fellows care about our remaining wetlands? Don't they love Florida like I do? By the pictures of them, it seems like they appreciate the environment: They are fishing, etc.
How can you give so much on one front-- being so darn good -- and then hurt the environment on the other?
Florida City Commons is not going away unless Lennar does the right thing. It is such a big development that it is called a: Development of Regional Impact (DRI). We might see 18,000 people on this land. It is still traveling through the State Agencies with a vengeance. And, if it gets passed: Look to Latterner and Rosen — they aren’t far behind with the development of their wetland purchase of 640 Homestead.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Charter Schools and Vile Natacha
I was very interested in the Charter School article in the Herald today by Tania deLuzuriaga and Carol Marbin Miller. There is more to this story than meets the eye. Much more should come out. Another taxpayer money boondoggle. I am a big hater of charter schools. Check out the article Tania's Article
I was wondering why a David H. Bashaw and Christoper Vecellio would give to the Vile Natacha Seijas in her last bid for the Commission in 2004. After all, David is from Jupiter Florida and Chris is from West Palm Beach. Why give to her? Why give to the head of the Environmental/Infrastructure committee? Here is why. White Rock Quarries is a division of Vecellio & Grogan and both men are connected to the firm. Rock Miners!
I looked further. Ronald Bergeron of Ft. Lauderdale gave. He just happens to be President of Bergeron Properties & Investment Corp. and Bergeron Land Development, Inc. Could this be the same Bergeron that was reported to have told local media that he punched an alligator after being bit during a tussle with it. As reported in AARF News May 5th: In “A misguided attempt to impress friends. Mr. Bergeron jumped onto an alligator and, in his words, began to “wrestle.”“ We have no objection to Mr. Bergeron playing ‘cowboy,’” said ARFF spokesperson Heather Veleanu, “But physically attacking Florida wildlife is cruel, and we believe that it is also a crime.”
You get my drift, looking at campaign contributions can uncover some very strange folks and very interesting connections.
I was wondering why a David H. Bashaw and Christoper Vecellio would give to the Vile Natacha Seijas in her last bid for the Commission in 2004. After all, David is from Jupiter Florida and Chris is from West Palm Beach. Why give to her? Why give to the head of the Environmental/Infrastructure committee? Here is why. White Rock Quarries is a division of Vecellio & Grogan and both men are connected to the firm. Rock Miners!
I looked further. Ronald Bergeron of Ft. Lauderdale gave. He just happens to be President of Bergeron Properties & Investment Corp. and Bergeron Land Development, Inc. Could this be the same Bergeron that was reported to have told local media that he punched an alligator after being bit during a tussle with it. As reported in AARF News May 5th: In “A misguided attempt to impress friends. Mr. Bergeron jumped onto an alligator and, in his words, began to “wrestle.”“ We have no objection to Mr. Bergeron playing ‘cowboy,’” said ARFF spokesperson Heather Veleanu, “But physically attacking Florida wildlife is cruel, and we believe that it is also a crime.”
You get my drift, looking at campaign contributions can uncover some very strange folks and very interesting connections.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Why nickname the Miami Dade county commission, the "Parrot Jungle" by gimleteye
I've nicknamed the Miami Dade county commission, the Parrot Jungle County Commission? Why?
County Hall is remote and strange as a jungle, filled with a majority of commissioners who parrot what lobbyists, the Chamber of Commerce, and Florida builders want. Have you heard the sound of 13 parrots in a tree?
Granted, these points add up obscurely to a definition of the county commission as a Parrot Jungle ... except for the Parrot Jungle itself, a bald travesty of a tourist attraction/taxpayer sinkhole.
Beginning in the mid-1930’s, the Parrot Jungle entertained newcomers to Miami who braved the excursion from downtown to Red Road, where a charming hammocky landscape fed the imagination as a gateway to the mysterious interior: the Everglades.
Over time Red Road became old growth suburbs and McMansions stacked in rows of long plowed under avocado and citrus groves.
Recently, the owners of the Parrot Jungle decided they needed something bigger and better, at taxpayer expense.
Thus the Parrot Jungle ended up on MacArthur Causeway in a location so poorly chosen for traffic and location, one drives by in amazement.
It takes a lot of $25 admissions to make the $25 million dollar loan, guaranteed by the county, that the owners can’t pay on for a hard-to-get-to facility with the native charm of a Holiday Inn lobby. Miami Today News
Cannibalizing the first attractions that once reflected natural Florida and leaving debt and poor land use planning in its wake, with taxpayers holding the bill and no one ever held to account, is the signature work of local government in Miami Dade county, Florida’s largest.
The Parrot Jungle is appropriately absorbed into the county commission, and so nicknamed the PJCC.
Parrot Jungle County Commission by gimleteye
Today the Herald reports (page 3B) that the county commission is moving toward solving the woes of mismanagement, incompetence and insider dealing by increasing the number of committees from six to twelve.
That way, every commissioner will have his or her own committee/fiefdom, instead of the divisive smaller number that parcels out influence to the best of breed in the Parrot Jungle.
How does the doubling of committees not also double opportunities for graft and influence peddling?
The suggestion is made by Carlos Gimenez, one of the more astute members of the county commission. Commissioner Gimenez deserves praise for attempting to address the underlying dilemma: how the competition for influence results in the pre-arranged selection of a new chair of the PJCC.
With every passing day, the Miami Dade county commission makes the case for a strong county mayor all by itself.
That way, every commissioner will have his or her own committee/fiefdom, instead of the divisive smaller number that parcels out influence to the best of breed in the Parrot Jungle.
How does the doubling of committees not also double opportunities for graft and influence peddling?
The suggestion is made by Carlos Gimenez, one of the more astute members of the county commission. Commissioner Gimenez deserves praise for attempting to address the underlying dilemma: how the competition for influence results in the pre-arranged selection of a new chair of the PJCC.
With every passing day, the Miami Dade county commission makes the case for a strong county mayor all by itself.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
More from the Parrot Jungle from gimleteye
Read Carl Hiaasen's excellent column in Sunday's opinion section of the Miami Herald.
He distills, clearly, why claims of the Jeb Bush administration that it has "improved" Florida's water quality are FRAUDULENT. But there hasn't been a single news story in the Miami Herald backing up Hiaasen's points.
Now the question I have to ask: why not.
The editorial is great. The news coverage is minimal.
What's up with that?
Just take a look at the rush to wastewater re-use. What's the impact of putting water that isn't clean enough back into our acquifers, bays, and canals? Who benefits from the race to wastewater re-use, and what's the story with all the leaking wastewater we have now?
Who is dodging water quality standards... and falling back on the claim that Miami is meeting "federal standards" that are disgracefully weak on important pollutants?
Those should be features and investigative stories the Miami Herald features. But they are not. Not enough space in the Parrot Jungle?
He distills, clearly, why claims of the Jeb Bush administration that it has "improved" Florida's water quality are FRAUDULENT. But there hasn't been a single news story in the Miami Herald backing up Hiaasen's points.
Now the question I have to ask: why not.
The editorial is great. The news coverage is minimal.
What's up with that?
Just take a look at the rush to wastewater re-use. What's the impact of putting water that isn't clean enough back into our acquifers, bays, and canals? Who benefits from the race to wastewater re-use, and what's the story with all the leaking wastewater we have now?
Who is dodging water quality standards... and falling back on the claim that Miami is meeting "federal standards" that are disgracefully weak on important pollutants?
Those should be features and investigative stories the Miami Herald features. But they are not. Not enough space in the Parrot Jungle?
Thinking About Our Tax Dollars After Reading Tasker Interview of Carl Hiaasen
In an interview of Carl Hiaasen in today’s Herald
Interview
Hiaasen said that he would be more optimistic for the future of the Everglades if we could get the promised Federal funding. He said: “So far, Florida taxpayers have paid for almost everything, while the feds have been sitting on millions of dollars that could have advanced the restoration plan much farther.”
That is what I want to drive home to my readers “YOU” (NOT THE STATE) are paying for the Everglades Cleanup. So here I digress from Carl to taxes.
I just looked at my tax bill. I have a line called Everglades Construction Project. I pay $15.02. I am paying. So when the State acts altruistic about cleaning up the Everglades, look again at your tax bill. It is your show. You actually have a line on your tax bill!
Speaking of it being your show: I pay $89.69 to the South Florida Water Management District - it is a special taxing district. They get their own line! I pay the school Board $1,155.48 but the difference is: I GET TO VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. You and I have no such control over the South Florida Water Management District. The Governor appoints the Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District. That is, the REPUBLICAN Governor makes the appointments. The head of the Governing Board under Jeb was always someone connected with the Sugar Industry -- the very people who are causing the Phosphorus pollution of the Everglades and causing you to have to pay the Everglades Construction Project fee on your taxes. For example, Nicholas J. Gutierrez was the head of the Governing Board. He is also Secretary and Director (9 terms of the National Association of Sugar Mill Owners of Cuba. I think he is/was also the lawyer representing U.S. Sugar.
The mission of the Water Management District is to: manage and protect water resources of the region by balancing and improving water quality, flood control, natural systems and water supply. You would think with this mission, you would want impartial people on the Governing Board. Hah! Gutierrez was a spokesperson for the sugar industry. I don’t have much hope for Crist on this front. This is another case of the wolf guarding the henhouse. And now we are back to Carl Hiaasen again -- full circle. His column (in addition to the interview cited above) is all about Crist and the hope for the Environment: "Challenge for Crist: Florida’s Environment"
Carl's Article
Interview
Hiaasen said that he would be more optimistic for the future of the Everglades if we could get the promised Federal funding. He said: “So far, Florida taxpayers have paid for almost everything, while the feds have been sitting on millions of dollars that could have advanced the restoration plan much farther.”
That is what I want to drive home to my readers “YOU” (NOT THE STATE) are paying for the Everglades Cleanup. So here I digress from Carl to taxes.
I just looked at my tax bill. I have a line called Everglades Construction Project. I pay $15.02. I am paying. So when the State acts altruistic about cleaning up the Everglades, look again at your tax bill. It is your show. You actually have a line on your tax bill!
Speaking of it being your show: I pay $89.69 to the South Florida Water Management District - it is a special taxing district. They get their own line! I pay the school Board $1,155.48 but the difference is: I GET TO VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. You and I have no such control over the South Florida Water Management District. The Governor appoints the Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District. That is, the REPUBLICAN Governor makes the appointments. The head of the Governing Board under Jeb was always someone connected with the Sugar Industry -- the very people who are causing the Phosphorus pollution of the Everglades and causing you to have to pay the Everglades Construction Project fee on your taxes. For example, Nicholas J. Gutierrez was the head of the Governing Board. He is also Secretary and Director (9 terms of the National Association of Sugar Mill Owners of Cuba. I think he is/was also the lawyer representing U.S. Sugar.
The mission of the Water Management District is to: manage and protect water resources of the region by balancing and improving water quality, flood control, natural systems and water supply. You would think with this mission, you would want impartial people on the Governing Board. Hah! Gutierrez was a spokesperson for the sugar industry. I don’t have much hope for Crist on this front. This is another case of the wolf guarding the henhouse. And now we are back to Carl Hiaasen again -- full circle. His column (in addition to the interview cited above) is all about Crist and the hope for the Environment: "Challenge for Crist: Florida’s Environment"
Carl's Article
It's a Parrot Jungle, isn't it? by gimleteye
The Miami Herald reprints a Wall Street Journal article in Saturday’s paper, “Condo buyers seek justice”, citing the rising chorus of buyers angry at developers’ vanishing promises in Miami's crashing condo market.
The only way out of the mess created by the great Miami destruction machine is massive public investment in transportation and other infrastructure that will cost 1000 times what it would have cost if development had been reigned in and appropriately managed by past generations of city and county commissioners. That means new taxes.
Some of the elected officials are still standing guard. Like Natacha Seijas.
Louis Goodkin, a Miami real-estate analyst, has never been quoted in our local paper saying as he did to the Wall Street Journal, “These markets were essentially propped up by speculators.”
There is an inverse relationship between the extent to which citizens have a say in zoning and permitting decisions and the degree of influence by speculators and lobbyists.
Right now, in Florida, real estate speculators and lobbyists run the state and county commissions. The degree of harm to the public interest is enormous. Read an honest cost tally in your local paper lately? NYET.
City and county commissioners should be held to account for a balance between the public good and private profit. But they never are.
The Wall Street Journal article, reprinted in the Herald, concludes with another real estate expert shrugging, “Lost profits are always hard to prove because they are speculative.”
And there it is: bad gambles are the hidden tax that people who already live here pay to subsidize more people coming in the future.
This is something that the well-to-do should think about, as they sit in traffic on Old Cutler Road while one Shoma or Lennar development after another is built on filled wetlands around the old Burger King headquarters while the housing market sinks. Incentives include upgraded applicances. Great.
The great Miami destruction machine can’t be glossed over by spin masters or public relations firms with close ties to elected officials and the media. It’s a Parrot Jungle, isn’t it?
The only way out of the mess created by the great Miami destruction machine is massive public investment in transportation and other infrastructure that will cost 1000 times what it would have cost if development had been reigned in and appropriately managed by past generations of city and county commissioners. That means new taxes.
Some of the elected officials are still standing guard. Like Natacha Seijas.
Louis Goodkin, a Miami real-estate analyst, has never been quoted in our local paper saying as he did to the Wall Street Journal, “These markets were essentially propped up by speculators.”
There is an inverse relationship between the extent to which citizens have a say in zoning and permitting decisions and the degree of influence by speculators and lobbyists.
Right now, in Florida, real estate speculators and lobbyists run the state and county commissions. The degree of harm to the public interest is enormous. Read an honest cost tally in your local paper lately? NYET.
City and county commissioners should be held to account for a balance between the public good and private profit. But they never are.
The Wall Street Journal article, reprinted in the Herald, concludes with another real estate expert shrugging, “Lost profits are always hard to prove because they are speculative.”
And there it is: bad gambles are the hidden tax that people who already live here pay to subsidize more people coming in the future.
This is something that the well-to-do should think about, as they sit in traffic on Old Cutler Road while one Shoma or Lennar development after another is built on filled wetlands around the old Burger King headquarters while the housing market sinks. Incentives include upgraded applicances. Great.
The great Miami destruction machine can’t be glossed over by spin masters or public relations firms with close ties to elected officials and the media. It’s a Parrot Jungle, isn’t it?
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