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Chance to Hear City of Miami Candidates

By Tony Garcia On September 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Monday September 14, 7-9PM, Mayoral Candidate Forum
Friday October 9, 7-9PM, Commission District 3 and District 4 Candidate Forum
All events will take place at Shenandoah Park Clubhouse 1800 SW 21st Ave.

Miami Shenandoah Neighborhood Association is sponsoring the event. They say:

Come to hear our prospective new leaders’ plans to enhance the [...]

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Budget: The City of Miami uses the County Playbook.

By Tony Garcia On September 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Just as Miami Dade County did, the City of Miami voted to keep the tax rate flat. The Miami Herald said about the budget meeting:

Taxpayers flooded Miami City Hall Thursday for the first of two budget hearings — a meeting so volatile a screaming match broke out between a commissioner and the mayor.

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66 Annual State Convention of NAACP.

By Tony Garcia On September 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Benjamin T. Jealous, President and CEO of NAACP is the Keynote Speaker. To register/get tickets, call 305 685-9436.

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Invitation to Revive Public Input to Redesign the Master Plan for Virginia Key. By Gregory Bush

By Tony Garcia On September 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment


Public input meeting to redesign the master plan for Virginia Key will be held: Saturday September 26, 2009 at the Rusty Pelican, 9am- 1pm
 
Virginia Key is a 1,000 acre island off the coast of Miami that has long been a hodge podge of land uses.  It is [...]

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Miami 21 Passes 3 to 1 at City of Miami

By Tony Garcia On September 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Although it has to go for a second vote, the zoning overhaul in the City of Miami, called Miami 21 passed. Commissioner Tomas Regalado was the only NO vote. The next big vote will be the Virginia Key Master Plan. There will be an important meeting September 26th so save the date.

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Miami 21 will Be heard again today at the City of Miami

By Tony Garcia On September 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

It seems Community Activist, Elvis Cruz, was right when he said on August 7th:

I seriously doubt we have heard the last of Miami 21.

The hearing begins at 10 a.m.

The Urban Environment League Board is divided on support for the zoning overhaul. Some members are in favor of it and some are [...]

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Florida Power and Light’s Proposed Power Lines

By Tony Garcia On September 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Dawn Shirreffs, Florida Program Coordinator for Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund gives testimony at a South Florida Regional Planning Council sponsored meeting on power lines for the expansion of the nuclear facility at Turkey Point.

The Urban Environment League submitted our resolution on the power lines, recommending [...]

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The Evaluation and Appraisal Reports for Miami Dade County. By Fran Bohnsack

By Tony Garcia On September 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Comprehensive Plan updates that the State of Florida must approve for Miami Dade County are coming due. They are called the (EAR) Evaluation and Appraisal Report.

I attended Monday night’s EAR workshop and spoke about these issues: maintaining the UDB, development in the urban core, the watershed study, future plans for FPL and [...]

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UEL Member Has Book Release: "Sunshine, Stone Crabs and Cheesecake"

By Tony Garcia On September 1, 2009 · 3 Comments

The History Press (www.historypress.net) of Charleston announced that it’s newest book, SUNSHINE, STONE CRABS AND CHEESECAKE:  THE STORY OF MIAMI BEACH, written by noted Miami-area author and historian Seth H. Bramson, will be available for purchase beginning August 31st, 2009. With a full color cover, 160 pages and 199 photographs, SUNSHINE, STONE CRABS AND [...]

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