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EYE ON MIAMI (10 unread)

• The Marlins Stadium: why the stain is indelible ... by gimleteye

  The public apathy for the Miami Marlins made network news (again) last night, with a NBC Nightly News segment on the team's decision to close the upper deck of the new stadium because so few people are going to the games.
  
  Back in the 90's, I had a' [...]
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• Homestead's Wendy Lobos Forms an ECO. By Geniusofdespair

   Keep an eye on the Good Government Now ECO formed by former Homestead Councilwoman Wendy Lobos.  I thought that ECO's are now outlawed, maybe just for State  elections? Don't know. Anyway, I will be watching this one.  Coincidentally, Lynda Bell registered to run for County Commissioner on the very same' [...]
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• Call or Email Useless Governor Scott: Tell Him to Veto SB 682. By Geniusofdespair

   They are spreading this coal ash shit everywhere...let's help Clean Water Action stop it! I don't want to be breathing in dust laced with heavy metals and toxins, I posted on this problem before...Geniusofdespair
  
  Clean Water Action's Angelique Giraud with Governor Rick Scott at Everglades Coalition Meeting.[...]
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• Big Sugar dominates water, never mind the consequences ... by gimleteye

  With everything to read and be concerned about -- like Mayor Carlos Gimenez narrowly dodging a political defeat over the Dolphin Stadium debacle-- why worry about the drought in parts of India and Southeast Asia?
  
  A doctor, unsolicited, explained it very well to me yesterday: the 25th parallel [...]
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• 60 Minutes on Paul Tudor Jones, Everglades Foundation founder ... by gimleteye

  
  
  If you don't see the video try this link.
  60 Minutes features billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones and the charitable entity he started, the Robin Hood Foundation in NYC. Robin Hood serves the poor and needy through innovative programming, including charter schools seeking to' [...]
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• Do We Have a Game of Musical Chairs at Work for Miami's Port? By Geniusofdespair

  Bill Johnson, Miami Port Chief, has made it no secret that he has his eye on the Beacon Council spot vacated by Frank Nero. Coincidentally, Juan Kuryla, Port of Miami Deputy Director, who got the post to head the port in Jacksonville unexpectedly withdrew his name according to the [...]
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• Still the Worst Democrat in Florida State House: Daphne Campbell. By Geniusofdespair

  
  I wrote about her a year ago and Daphne Campbell still stinks: IRS liens and investigations, fraud probes, a Christian Family Coalition endorsement (She lists them as an affiliated group on her State House website), running red lights -- How Miami voters from Miami Shores, Biscayne [...]
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• Bad sportsmanship: Belen Jesuit and the video gone viral ... by gimleteye

  
  
  Florida water polo sore loser uses handshake line after state title loss to launch opponent into the water
  By Cameron Smith | Prep Rally – 2 hours 18 minutes ago Yahoo Sports
  
  Things are always tense when archrivals face off. When the teams are [...]
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• The Rick Scott legacy: backwards Florida ... by gimleteye

  Gov. Rick Scott and the GOP legislature used the worst crash in housing markets since the Great Depression to gut land use planning in Florida, a state that boasts virtually no other native industry than converting open space, wetlands, and farmland to platted subdivisions and condos. With voters distracted [...]
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• Rock and Roll at Greynolds Park May 5th. By Geniusofdespair

  
  
  
  
  We waited to see Grand Funk Railroad at the Greynolds Park 10th Annual Love-in. By 3 pm, having listened to 2 other bands, we got tired of waiting and left. The time between bands was too long. Funny, we did that 2 years ago [...]
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