Save the Pine Rocklands

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Save the Pine Rocklands

I’m appalled at the CRA study for the Pine Rocklands near the Zoo Miami.

There were no environmentalists interviewed for the study, nor was there any consideration for the fact that pine rocklands are globally endangered.

In addition, the Florida Bonneted Bat, the Miami Tiger Beetle and certain butterflies could be made extinct from this development.

Yes, the blighted criteria was met by the standards, and there are areas of contamination that need to be cleaned up.

However, do we need to destroy natural wildlife for the sake of a Walmart?

The Miami-Dade County Commission will vote on this on March 3; all interested parties should show up and let their voices be heard.

Carla Bernabei Talarico, Miami

Letters to the Editor

Vote for civility and ethics for better local governments

By Jim Cason, former mayor, Coral Gables, Merrett R. Stierheim, former Miami-Dade County manager

February 20, 2019 01:36 PM

There are many important municipal elections scheduled this year throughout Miami-Dade County. The impact of those elections on local residents spans across many issues, like personal safety and security, taxation, and neighborhood recareation programs.

Because these issues often affect the quality of residential life and the delivery of municipal public services, residents should take more than passing interest in who their candidates are and what they stand for. It is most important for all of us to become informed and vote.

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