tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post7672522031883626533..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: A sorry week for South Florida's environment: how low can we go? … by gimleteyeGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-71412907938406070932014-07-20T09:30:51.142-04:002014-07-20T09:30:51.142-04:00I tried to sign the petition but it didn't wor...I tried to sign the petition but it didn't work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-35386766909184980062014-07-19T12:02:02.116-04:002014-07-19T12:02:02.116-04:00I suppose FIU doesn't teach urban planning cla...I suppose FIU doesn't teach urban planning classes anywhere on campus? <br /><br />They charge MORE money for online classes than in person. One teacher, a zillion students, no brick and mortar overhead to speak of and it costs more. <br /><br />I have given up as well on South Florida. I am flying north for work weekly, and when I see walkable communities, public transit and wonderful forestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-67001390534271489362014-07-19T08:24:51.199-04:002014-07-19T08:24:51.199-04:00They shouldn't build another waterfront museum...They shouldn't build another waterfront museum simply because it will be swallowed up by the sea and destroyed by storm surge. Have we learned nothing since Superstorm Sandy? Where's the Climate change taskforce when you need it? Funny this concept - very real possibility- never came up at the County Commission meeting. Not only would we waste. $130 million but we would miss the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-17215441064804070032014-07-19T08:23:47.374-04:002014-07-19T08:23:47.374-04:00They shouldn't build another waterfront museum...They shouldn't build another waterfront museum simply because it will be swallowed up by the sea and destroyed by storm surge. Have we learned nothing since Superstorm Sandy? Where's the Climate change taskforce when you need it? Funny this concept - very real possibility- never came up at the County Commission meeting. Not only would we waste. $130 million but we would miss the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-37796233437252827312014-07-18T23:23:27.086-04:002014-07-18T23:23:27.086-04:00With the technology available, colleges and univer...With the technology available, colleges and universities should be getting smaller in physical size rather than larger physically. A lot of classes could be taken on-line, lectures on video tape, and class testing done at testing centers. The best teachers should have their classes taped. And those tapes used over and over again. I wish I had tapes of some of my old professors. While most Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-23519721263132742872014-07-18T14:34:35.753-04:002014-07-18T14:34:35.753-04:00It's so frustrating that few seem to care that...It's so frustrating that few seem to care that we're destroying the environment, pollution, ocean acidification, over fishing, etc.<br /><br />Soon, parts of the country will have to be abandoned due droughts in the SW and sea level rise along the coastal regions.<br /><br />I'm loosing hope, and I'm starting to cheer for Mother Nature. Go ahead, pave over the Everglades! Spend Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-20199101878764975092014-07-18T13:04:34.545-04:002014-07-18T13:04:34.545-04:00This is what I was going to say, but someone poste...This is what I was going to say, but someone posted it already:<br /><br />"You forgot to add: County Commission approves use of taxpayer owned waterfront urban land previously promised as parkland to be used by a private entity for another Cuban Museum. This after taxpayers just funded a $10million Cuban Museum about to open just 3 miles away. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-37095750832234014522014-07-18T11:42:38.115-04:002014-07-18T11:42:38.115-04:00Soon as another recession or storm hits we will go...Soon as another recession or storm hits we will go much lower. Schemes galore. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-53526176684163393412014-07-18T11:29:45.973-04:002014-07-18T11:29:45.973-04:00You forgot to add: County Commission approves use...You forgot to add: County Commission approves use of taxpayer owned waterfront urban land previously promised as parkland to be used by a private entity for another Cuban Museum. This after taxpayers just funded a $10million Cuban Museum about to open just 3 miles away. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-14471001328587727642014-07-18T11:28:56.508-04:002014-07-18T11:28:56.508-04:00Maybe if FIU didn't devote the majority of its...Maybe if FIU didn't devote the majority of its campus purely to parking they could find more room. No college campus should have room for vast surface parking lots (FIU does). Here's an idea, build classroom buildings with parking and class/office space stacked in the same building rather than putting the parking in physically separate garages taking up twice the space. For example here Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-30711373383144941862014-07-18T11:27:03.476-04:002014-07-18T11:27:03.476-04:00Donna Shalala and the University of Miami look lik...Donna Shalala and the University of Miami look like low life polluters. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-31772967742786896232014-07-18T11:20:54.366-04:002014-07-18T11:20:54.366-04:00Result of kleptocrats winning every election and a...Result of kleptocrats winning every election and almost every seat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-2128354189684841662014-07-18T10:11:02.141-04:002014-07-18T10:11:02.141-04:00Very grim ... but worth the fight on all fronts. ...Very grim ... but worth the fight on all fronts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-17988221012892463472014-07-18T08:45:21.845-04:002014-07-18T08:45:21.845-04:00Everyone of these issues mentioned are large and l...Everyone of these issues mentioned are large and looks who we have making the decisions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-81959156753547653612014-07-18T07:55:08.231-04:002014-07-18T07:55:08.231-04:00We can go lower. Don't tempt the fates by aski...We can go lower. Don't tempt the fates by asking. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com