tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post1246477753090462830..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: Commissioner Dennis Moss: Aren't you forgetting something? By GeniusofdespairGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-46430980375828929362014-09-03T11:37:49.939-04:002014-09-03T11:37:49.939-04:00A big problem is that none of the County or City c...A big problem is that none of the County or City commissioners have ever been successful in the private sector. They have no concept of risk and accountability. "Budgets? What me worry? I can divert money from the taxpayers to bail out my friends."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-81294885645090074902014-09-03T10:03:15.636-04:002014-09-03T10:03:15.636-04:00Moss is a sell out. Always has been. Moss, when ...Moss is a sell out. Always has been. Moss, when he was Chair, was a co-conspirator with Barrerio pushing through the Marlins Scam. Recently Moss turned his back on Audrey Edmonson as he pandered to the Cuban pols. Arsht Center loses $30 Mil per year. PAMM loses $15 Mil per year, maybe more. The County cannot afford any more fake and totally broke "museums".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-62014417157169528022014-09-03T08:35:15.003-04:002014-09-03T08:35:15.003-04:00Let's look at the bigger picture that demonstr...Let's look at the bigger picture that demonstrates what is wrong with the BCC. Moss did not vote for the give away because it was the right thing to do; he voted and explicity stated that he expected return support for his pet project. He sold his vote and sold out the taxpayers. Enough of this you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-33259439288027684042014-09-03T08:02:35.164-04:002014-09-03T08:02:35.164-04:00If the groups who want to build them would fund th...If the groups who want to build them would fund them no one would complain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-81210848662700390232014-09-03T07:54:24.183-04:002014-09-03T07:54:24.183-04:00It is not ignorant to say we are funding and givin...It is not ignorant to say we are funding and giving land to enough museums, it is reality. And to say they don't belong on a limited waterfront is smart. No one said there should not be museums: Where and when.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-84915307906229984222014-09-03T07:35:48.108-04:002014-09-03T07:35:48.108-04:00We already were planning a Black History museum at...We already were planning a Black History museum at Virginia Key Beach Park. We also have a Black History Museum in Broward. We have multiple Cuban museums in the County. We are already museum rich for groups and museum poor for other groups. We can't afford these museums right now and they don't have to be on the waterfront. We have a plaza downtown built for museums that the art museum Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-91089482817974514962014-09-02T22:48:03.455-04:002014-09-02T22:48:03.455-04:00UEL and Scenic Miami Board Member Peter Ehrlich sh...UEL and Scenic Miami Board Member Peter Ehrlich showed up at the County Committee Meeting where Dennis Moss pushed through his scheme. Ehrlich told the commissioners not to approve any new museum or cultural facility unless it was fully funded by the private sector prior to the first shovel going in the ground. Moss got four commissioners to vote yes for a broke group on a no-bid basis to get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-61584901328063803222014-09-02T19:14:59.035-04:002014-09-02T19:14:59.035-04:00Scrap all the wasteful Cuban, Black, White, Jewish...Scrap all the wasteful Cuban, Black, White, Jewish museums and open something serious like Human History Museum or Human Rights & Wrongs Museum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-70172750013110093122014-09-02T19:11:12.352-04:002014-09-02T19:11:12.352-04:00What if we support Virginia Key Beach Park? Are we...What if we support Virginia Key Beach Park? Are we still a racist? I think people are objecting to ALL the museums and ALL the waterfront locations of ALL the Museums. I think you are all participating in discrimination against my Italian roots.<br /><br />Let's not be stupid with blanket statements. Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-24581270297442684612014-09-02T15:11:38.999-04:002014-09-02T15:11:38.999-04:00I like the building with separate floors for separ...I like the building with separate floors for separate nationalities. Since the Cubans got in on the ground floor, let them take the ground floor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-85257315819073180862014-09-02T13:47:17.263-04:002014-09-02T13:47:17.263-04:00Ditch the kicked-around and downtrodden Main LIbra...Ditch the kicked-around and downtrodden Main LIbrary and its $2.4-$5.1 rental price tag extorted from the Library's special taxing district to give to the County's ISD Dept. Add the building to the neighboring HIstory Miami. There's four floors so each one can hold displays by race or ethnicity as our politicians are promoting a trend of cultural segregation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-5647684410715450872014-09-02T11:24:29.482-04:002014-09-02T11:24:29.482-04:00Agree with the last Anon that we already have the ...Agree with the last Anon that we already have the MiamiHistory Museum the details the history of Miami and surrounding communities. Expand the section that covers the migration of Cuban to our city, if you feel it is needed. Include a more robust section on the contributions of the railroad laborers, Bahamian fishermen and Black leaders. But for all of the taxpayer's sake, do not allow Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-13649678332829358652014-09-02T10:59:32.901-04:002014-09-02T10:59:32.901-04:00We already have a mega museum to cover everyone...We already have a mega museum to cover everyone's history the MiamiHistory Museum (HMSF) on Flagler. What's wrong with exhibit and wings and events on everyone's contributions to our history? What's wrong with pooling our money for this community institution? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-17948295105842870682014-09-02T10:57:05.438-04:002014-09-02T10:57:05.438-04:00Psst..ever hear of this thing called Climate Chang...Psst..ever hear of this thing called Climate Change sea level rise? There really shouldn't be anymore museums on waterfront property.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-44237887918051190652014-09-02T10:05:38.629-04:002014-09-02T10:05:38.629-04:00It would need a PPP for an MMMM.It would need a PPP for an MMMM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-1326954789639624782014-09-02T09:37:54.593-04:002014-09-02T09:37:54.593-04:00Mixing Miami Melds Minds Maybe.Mixing Miami Melds Minds Maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-56747338032529797752014-09-02T09:34:34.327-04:002014-09-02T09:34:34.327-04:004M: the Many Modes of Mixing Miami. Anybody got 5?...4M: the Many Modes of Mixing Miami. Anybody got 5?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-27879509424880631272014-09-02T09:33:18.414-04:002014-09-02T09:33:18.414-04:00Build "The Miami Multinational Museum". ...Build "The Miami Multinational Museum". 3M. Miami is the melting pot. I suggest rooms with dioramas could be built for each nationality. Let's not get hung up on who's Cuban, Venezualan, Costa Rican, Puerto Rica, a Great Britisher, or West African.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com