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• Coast Guard Video of the Oil Rig Fire. By Geniusofdespair

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  I was looking for a video of the oil slick and found this video of the fire on the oil rig. One strange thing, I never knew there were so many oil rig accidents. Youtube had a lot of videos on the subject. Shame on you President Obama for caving, [...]
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• The Illogical Florida Legislature. By Geniusofdespair

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  Every year I shudder when the Florida Legislature meets because I never know what they will attack. Invariably, they always target things I like. For example this year, among other things, they are attacking the State Growth Management Department (this came to me from Environmental Groups):As we reach the last [...]
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• 5 Days until D-DAY, show your civic responsibility: come tell the County Commission what you think about moving the UDB... by gimleteye

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  On April 28 the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners will consider three applications to move the Urban Development Boundary. Please check out archive, under UDB or type in the search bar, "Neighborhood Planning". For seasoned readers of our blog, there is every reason to be exhausted by the charade of [...]
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• Guess where I was Friday Night? By Geniusofdespair

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  Yep, I was at a very sad game for the Miami Heat. They lost it in the final seconds. Dwayne Wade went down with a cramp in his calf near the end of the game with the score tied and had to be helped off. Dehydration I guess. Anyway, I [...]
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• Joe Martinez: He wants to be Mayor? By Geniusofdespair

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  This was County Commissioner Joe Martinez speaking, Nov. 4th, about moving the Urban Development Boundary for the Ferro application I wrote about yesterday. Notice he gets off the dais and speaks in the pit in favor of a private development. The audacity of him openly advocating for a private development [...]
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• Happy Earth Day! by gimleteye

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  We don't think there should be more off shore oil drilling, off Florida's coasts. Here's one reason why, and a recent post on the topic.' [...]
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• April 28th - They Want to Move the UDB. By Geniusofdespair

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  There is no better show than watching the County Commission dancing with a UDB Application lobbyist. The Commissioners do this every two years when someone wants to move the urban development boundary. The Commissioners huff and they puff until the lobbyist makes some meaningless promise like "We will put a" [...]
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• More from Maggie Valley and Steve Shiver: too big to fail? by gimleteye

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  The current owners of the roller coaster ride/ regional amusement park/ speculative land development deal called Maggie Valley include the former county manager of Miami-Dade County, Steve Shiver. Without re-hashing the story (you can check our archives, for more), it turns out that more than 200 locals would be left [...]
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• Charlie Crist: he's got the mojo back ... by gimleteye

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  Whodda thunk it? A surging campaign by Marco Rubio for US Senate would plunge the state GOP into crisis? As The Miami Herald reports this morning, Gov. Charlie Crist-- all but dumped by his party and left for dead on the road side-- turns out not so willing to go [...]
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• Annette Taddeo in District 8 Race. By Geniusofdespair

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  It is official, Annette Taddeo has joined the 6 other candidates in the race for the $6,000 salary. Taddeo has name recognition, having run against Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. She got a respectably 41.60% of the votes, totaling 84,904 voters.Taddeo said “I’m committed to making a difference for the residents of [...]
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