Unfortunately, Jimbo's doesn't look like this anymore. The colorful shacks are caved in or in really bad, un-colorful, shape. Harry and Jack: Grab a can of paint and a hammer and some nails and get over there if you want to save the place because it is not funky-chic any longer, it is getting funky-ugly.
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There is no question that Jimbo’s is rough around the edges and that is the way his thousands of loyal Fans love it. It reminds us of Old MIAMA and OLD KEY WEST. I wonder who at City Hall cares enough about this to be trying to push him out at this time. I guess some folks with plans for the overdevelopment and gentrification of Virginia Key just can’t wait for him to go to his Jimbo’s in the sky. The void left by the demise of Taurus is still painful to this day. Imagine how terrible the world will be without our beloved Jimbo’s. It is true that Jimbo’s has recently become considerably grungier and rougher around the edges. So an effort is being made to clean things up a bit and make Jimbo’s less of an eyesore and return it to its charming, campy, irreverent fun loving self. Everyone is invited to visit and bring some trash bags, hammer, nails, paint and brushes to help out ASAP. There is a special event planed for November 14th. Lots of interesting local characters will be gathering to voice their feeling towards Jimbo’s and the City of Miami. Please join us if you can.
To read Jack Kings story about Jimbo’s please click:
http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-all-jimbos-lovers-in-world-guest.html
Possible Solutions To Jimbo's Dilemma With $5 Toll Booth Entrance Fee To Virginia Key. There is no need for a Toll Booth and operator.
I doubt that he has much to do all day and doesn’t even collect enough to pay his own salary.
1. Move Toll Booth to entrance of beach parking lot and only charge those wishing to attend the beach.
2. Remove Toll Both and don’t charge fee, just like there is no charge to use beach on Rickenbacker Causeway or even Miami Beach.
3. Have Jimbo’s provide some kind of validation stamp that reduces the parking fee or returns the fee to the person upon departure.
Remember, Saturday, November 14th, Jimbo's friends are meeting at the toll gate at the Virginia Key Road to show there support and help clean up. If you want to help in this civil and polite demonstration, pass the word that it's time for all good friends of Jimbo to stand up and be counted.
Bring a sign. Bring lawyers, guns and money. Call your friends, call your city commissioners. Call the mayor and city manager. Let them know you support Jimbo's right to operate his business.
Event: Stand Up For Jimbo - Stop The $5 Fee
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: noon to 1pm
Location: Virginia Key Toll Booth
Suggestion: Bring a sign that says "Save Jimbo's" or "No Fee For Jimbo's"
Afterwards: Volunteer Cleanup
Jimbo's friends will volunteer to clean up the area around the shrimp shack and have a small celebration. Food and drinks will be provided by sponsors.
For any questions please contact:
Robert A. Burr
rob@robertburr.com
Harry - Jack's name is a hot button to his article about Jimbos...
They shouldn't call it Jimbo's anymore because he is never there. Maybe that it is the reason it is now a litter and dump site.
There is nothing wrong with a little rough around the edges. The issues are health and safety. There is garbage and debris everywhere, buildings falling down, people living on the upland, and discharges into a conservation area.
I can never understand why people defend a mess like Jimbos or the environmental disaster down on Card Sound Road (which Dade County is finally cleaning up after decades of neglect)by claiming that it represents "Old Florida" or "Old Miama" and must be preserved. In Old Miami, untreated sewage was dumped directly into Biscayne Bay and the Miami River, vast tracks of mangroves were cleared, 1000s of acres of wetlands filled and bay bottom dredged, and people thought nothing of dumping their trash, garbage and chemical waste into environmentally sensitive areas. Natural resources were treated as if they were in infinite supply, with no respect given to the vital role they play in the region's health and quality of life. Some folks still act like this, but given the sorry state of the South Florida environment, it is an extravagance that we can no longer afford or ignore. As a Miami native, I also have a lot of nostalgia for the old days, but not for the types of people who had no respect for the environment then and have no respect for it now.
Having lived in Key West in the good old days I know the above anon's feelings well and I agree with them
They are still dumping raw sewage into the ocean.
What do you think is happening with the sewage outflow dumped off Miami Beach and with the slowdown of the Gulf Streams flow? Can you say "beached?"
Regardless of the conditions at Jimbo's the question is why the City of Miami Manager all of the sudden decided to turn the screws on him now? Is the City acting in good faith? Why doesn't the City help clean up the place, too? They have special equipment and resources. They never showed they cared before.
Jimbos is a dump. It should be put out of its misery.
Jimbos would never pass a Health Dept inspection and it would never pass a Code Enforcement inspection.
To the second to last Anon. Why is it that the only thing that bothers some people more than when the government is not doing its job is when the government IS doing its job?
It turns out the City of Miami is supposed to police and inspect Jimbos. No surprise Jimbos is such a dump.
When the City of Miami is "suddenly" doing its job on the Jimbo's issue, you have to suspect the worse, given the history of the City to try to give all of Virginia Key public lands to private developers. What about the recent story uncovered by the South Florida Business Journal about "tours" of of historic Virginia Key Beach Park by potential developers for shopping centers, real estate development and a Don King hotel? You have to wonder what is going on behind the scenes for the Jimbo's property?
Last anonymous said: You have to wonder what is going on behind the scenes for the Jimbo's property?
My Answer:
Not a clean sweep.
The City ignored the City owned Marine Stadium for 17 years. Now that Marine Stadium is historic the City still refuses to maintain the site.
Jimbos is a dump. How did the City let Jimbos get so disgusting?
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