tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post8003142110839447651..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: Memo to journalism graduate students and to everyone else … by gimleteyeGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-23695544618014112652014-12-25T10:31:28.415-05:002014-12-25T10:31:28.415-05:00The strategy of using development fees to finance ...The strategy of using development fees to finance protections from sea level rise shares elements with the Ponzi scheme. Another topic ripe for a dissertation, but probably simple enough for a masters thesis.Philip Stoddardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-31879364660171538872014-12-24T15:31:17.143-05:002014-12-24T15:31:17.143-05:00Federal flood insurance program should give Miami ...Federal flood insurance program should give Miami Beach a rate discount because it spends money on pumps. It sounds backwards, the higher the risk the greater the discounts. The more money Miami Beach raises through building permit fees and property taxes the better off it is when they do a bond offering. Don't forget One Ocean a newly built condominium in Miami Beach has underground Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-88012156711952452782014-12-23T21:23:51.447-05:002014-12-23T21:23:51.447-05:00From a totally selfish point of view, I am so happ...From a totally selfish point of view, I am so happy to be 64 years old. I won't be around when climate armageddon really hits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-58353956963803340592014-12-23T17:17:24.257-05:002014-12-23T17:17:24.257-05:00I was appalled to learn in this article of the cos...I was appalled to learn in this article of the costs of the pumps- $300 million! And yet this won't even solve the problem. It's like emptying a bathtub in a flooded house. Please. Where is the wAter going- back into Biscayne bay- this time polluted- and Into the still rising sea. Besides pumps will do nothing to stop storm surge or eroding shorelines. Then there's the cost of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-17079767659540669212014-12-23T17:09:54.957-05:002014-12-23T17:09:54.957-05:00Is it immoral or illegal for MB Mayor Levine to m...Is it immoral or illegal for MB Mayor Levine to mislead the public, investors, the press about the real impact of sea level rise on Miami Beach? As a public official he should be held to a higher standard of responsibility and liability. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-91213337737791842012014-12-23T15:31:46.393-05:002014-12-23T15:31:46.393-05:00Federal government will get stuck protecting Miami...Federal government will get stuck protecting Miami Beach. Mayor is going a good job setting this up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-1007210351439763132014-12-23T09:50:21.627-05:002014-12-23T09:50:21.627-05:00Damon got the memo.Damon got the memo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-67203916047070488022014-12-23T09:50:06.835-05:002014-12-23T09:50:06.835-05:00And then, too, the phd thesis could explore how mu...And then, too, the phd thesis could explore how much money the top executives of the Miami Herald took down, while reporters were forced to unpaid "holidays"/ layoffs. Chapman, Lawrence, Ibarguen. Read it in the Herald? Never.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-696431019060285252014-12-23T09:45:45.915-05:002014-12-23T09:45:45.915-05:00FYI: Matt Damon just sold his house in Miami... G...FYI: Matt Damon just sold his house in Miami... Go Figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com