tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post932906472826421521..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: How has Miami-Dade County changed in the last twenty five years? … by gimleteyeGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-25923554963067350232014-07-09T12:39:54.883-04:002014-07-09T12:39:54.883-04:00Agree. The shrinkage of real newspapers and invest...Agree. The shrinkage of real newspapers and investigative journalism on the local level has been a disaster. Where can readers go? To blogs like this one … but the people who need to hear and to read: the voters … how many of them are reading blogs OR newspapers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-55983271466658405352014-07-09T09:00:12.348-04:002014-07-09T09:00:12.348-04:00I miss the Miami News. There is something about h...I miss the Miami News. There is something about having two daily newspapers that helps in the body politic. What one newspaper doesn't cover the other one will, and with that dynamic it keeps the pressure on to do right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-30934011572973538692014-07-09T08:22:18.699-04:002014-07-09T08:22:18.699-04:00Everything bad is bigger and better organized. Eve...Everything bad is bigger and better organized. Everything good is sequestered for current and future exploitation. The public hasn't been smart enough to understand how the law and regulations to protect the commons are really shifting baselines; the insiders who do the shifting -- in the "grey zone" -- are insulated and protected by privilege more now than ever. I mean hell the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-49149511884315726082014-07-08T22:44:54.337-04:002014-07-08T22:44:54.337-04:00It all depends on your financial situation !It all depends on your financial situation !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-91719041729449302672014-07-08T20:09:53.552-04:002014-07-08T20:09:53.552-04:00Corporate corruption is stronger then ever. Now th...Corporate corruption is stronger then ever. Now the real estate moguls running FIU are trying to take away our fair grounds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-73171531637694174792014-07-08T18:56:18.319-04:002014-07-08T18:56:18.319-04:001-No, too little resources and low paying jobs, hi...1-No, too little resources and low paying jobs, higher tasxes.<br /><br />2-Roads are full of potholes, parks are closed due to toxicity, traffic is awful.<br /><br />3-Less economic opportunity unless you are a connected developer, exports are down, no industry.<br /><br />4-Same old same old<br /><br />5-Corruption permeates every level of society<br /><br />6-Worse, we have the Cuban block andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-56514416008726786102014-07-08T18:28:00.278-04:002014-07-08T18:28:00.278-04:00The city is easily better from 20 years ago. But t...The city is easily better from 20 years ago. But the upgrades have come at a cost. <br /><br />I am a fan of the baseball stadium. The stadium adds a unique aspect to this city. The only reason Alverez got voted out is because a llloootttt of money was spent by one individual to see to it he was. <br /><br />The 1/2 penny tax, even abused, improved public transit immensely. <br /><br />CorruptionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-16847240162422412532014-07-08T18:25:48.461-04:002014-07-08T18:25:48.461-04:00the only question i can answer in the affirmative ...the only question i can answer in the affirmative is the last one, we have incredible blogs keeping us very well informed of the continued decline of miami dade. miaexilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-23825209992033689532014-07-08T15:57:44.240-04:002014-07-08T15:57:44.240-04:00So much corruption and unfortunately the corrupt d...So much corruption and unfortunately the corrupt deals are larger...<br />Marlins $3 Bil scam <br />Miami Heat lease and extension<br />Bayside lease extension<br />SkyRise lease<br />Illegal billboards<br />Fake public private partnerships that only<br />benefit private connected crooks.<br />Checkbook Zoning<br />No code enforcementAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-50628675550607478612014-07-08T10:21:26.776-04:002014-07-08T10:21:26.776-04:001) No. 2)It has worsened. 3)Less. 4) No. 5) Ye...1) No. 2)It has worsened. 3)Less. 4) No. 5) Yes, it is arrogant, deeper, and more pervasive. 6) More Balkanized. 7) The schools are not better. Our roadways and infrastructure are pathetic. 8) The quality of information we get about our communities is worse and woefully inadequate.<br /><br />I was born in Miami many years ago. I have viewed the county's recent precipitous decline Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-74413409652662672592014-07-08T09:25:26.314-04:002014-07-08T09:25:26.314-04:00The new City of Miami District 5 Commissioner is s...The new City of Miami District 5 Commissioner is still shaking down developers and other commissioners to funnel money to his (her) "friends and family". District 5 is same old, same old. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com