tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post1347242222122527800..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: The Mile Wide Question: Why did the City of Coral Gables sell out to FPL? … by gimleteyeGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-17605850372554212982014-05-15T07:15:40.504-04:002014-05-15T07:15:40.504-04:00Rich hypocrites? What bullshit. People include eve...Rich hypocrites? What bullshit. People include every business owner on US 1 who wants to maintain the value of their equity. People include every homeowner in the one mile corridor available to FPL. Bury the goddamn cables. Stop acting like nowhere else in the country are high voltage lines buried! And for God's sake, eliminate early cost recovery without which FPL would have to negotiate in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-85043156958599460042014-05-14T22:30:25.651-04:002014-05-14T22:30:25.651-04:00You can be assured that the City Attorney of Coral...You can be assured that the City Attorney of Coral gables would not have negotiated a settlement without the City Commissioner not being a part for the ultimate decision. They will involved. This is common practice in the Gables.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-88786867400832407822014-05-14T22:28:52.145-04:002014-05-14T22:28:52.145-04:00New leadership in Tallahassee is past due...FPL...New leadership in Tallahassee is past due...FPL's money does not talk it swears! Here's how to help: http://www.whatsyourplangov.com/. Kudos to the City of Miami and the Village of Pinecrest, and may the force be with them in the continuing battle that they are poised to win. And will someone please explain to the unions that are "rote bleating" on behalf of FPL that there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-57044817875933206392014-05-14T20:41:21.475-04:002014-05-14T20:41:21.475-04:00If the power lines had instead been set to go thro...If the power lines had instead been set to go through Kendall, what these folks wanted, we'd see none of this unpleasantness, but a clear scientific explanation of how routes are determined mathematically, and if it's in your backyard too bad, it's for the general benefit.<br />Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of over-privileged hypocrites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-70898451717089732632014-05-14T19:25:39.814-04:002014-05-14T19:25:39.814-04:00I'm a big fan of yours, but on this issue you&...I'm a big fan of yours, but on this issue you're dead wrong. even though it's true that FPL has a criminal amount of power, coral gables put up an incredible and powerful fight. You may be able to say you're pure by not taking a deal and losing. But the outcome is just losing. You're letting the perfect (aka impossible) get in the way of the good. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-39545534372486772732014-05-14T18:04:00.360-04:002014-05-14T18:04:00.360-04:00According to The Herald, we will start paying high...According to The Herald, we will start paying higher FPL bills soon, way before the lines are built. The Govenor and the Cabinet were just repaying the FPL contributions made over the years. What is new? I am a republican, but I will not be voting for anybody, democrat or republican, involved in this decision come November 2014 or November 2016. My Gables' Commissioners and Mayor better be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-15703603867325563912014-05-14T16:28:11.515-04:002014-05-14T16:28:11.515-04:00Doesn't sound like Gables commissioners were i...Doesn't sound like Gables commissioners were in on the settlement deal:<br />http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/05/13/pinecrest-wants-gov-scott-cabinet-to-say-no-to-new-fpl-power-lines/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-41938536890752267142014-05-14T14:44:55.182-04:002014-05-14T14:44:55.182-04:00City of Coral Gables sells out fellow cities and f...City of Coral Gables sells out fellow cities and figures that if other cities are successful in stopping FPL, Coral Gables benefits anyways. So Coral Gables are piggies, wimps, fearful weasels, freeloaders. <br /><br />I live in this city, love this city...hate the elected officials, who are useless corporate smoke stack suckers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-7719579231907144082014-05-14T13:59:54.131-04:002014-05-14T13:59:54.131-04:00I think this decision may help whoever is running ...I think this decision may help whoever is running against Fresen. Just paste a picture of Fresen & Scott togeher on the US1 roadways....There could be a slogan contest for EoM down the road (no pun intended).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-90130293132457890842014-05-14T10:47:38.308-04:002014-05-14T10:47:38.308-04:00I think the only way a city can stop the process i...I think the only way a city can stop the process is by providing their own duct bank for FPL to purchase for a $1. Connection vaults would have to be every few thousand feet. The issue is the heat from the lines. <br />Please watch.<br />http://www.nexans.us/eservice/US-en_US/navigatepub_320546_-32791/Shibo_500_kV_.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-91558612000237674692014-05-14T10:13:55.556-04:002014-05-14T10:13:55.556-04:00Soon we will be able to protest at the ballot box ...Soon we will be able to protest at the ballot box and get rid of Scott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-91906896462647743842014-05-14T09:43:02.032-04:002014-05-14T09:43:02.032-04:00What really needs to happen, is for FPL shareholde...What really needs to happen, is for FPL shareholders to complain at the annual meeting and for Floridians to protest there.Gimleteyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730237496093952571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-58421741340997097362014-05-14T09:33:35.657-04:002014-05-14T09:33:35.657-04:00The Herald article included a list of the massive ...The Herald article included a list of the massive campaign contributions FPL has made to Gov Scott and the cabinet members. Obscene. FPL has been buying this vote for many years. Someone needs to sue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-27019536128205461872014-05-14T09:06:14.177-04:002014-05-14T09:06:14.177-04:00You mean, a bad deal is better than no deal at all...You mean, a bad deal is better than no deal at all? Not if it undermines a legal challenge whose costs will be born by taxpayers one one side, and ratepayers who are the same taxpayers on the other side. Gimleteyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730237496093952571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-39539553286262640752014-05-14T08:43:55.742-04:002014-05-14T08:43:55.742-04:00Perhaps because they knew it was going to be appro...Perhaps because they knew it was going to be approved and they wanted to get whatever concessions they could out of it.<br /><br />MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com