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C’mon Miami: Take a Bite Out of
Murals
Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff’s efforts to control the
proliferation of illegal murals, signs and posters
are most noble and very much appreciated by many of
us who live and work in
Miami [“Hitting the Wall,” published Feb. 7].
I suggest that the fines are way too low, since the revenues
produced are so much greater and worth breaking the
law for them.
Chances are that they won’t pay since they will probably go out of
business first. Even if they do end up paying a
fine, it will be reduced to a lower amount anyway.
How about threatening to close the clubs down by placing their
occupational licenses or liquor licenses on hold
until they comply?
How about threatening to conceal the advertiser’s right to
advertise in other parts of
Miami?
How about getting commissioners who accept donations from companies
to recuse themselves from voting on issues
pertaining to them?
Harry Emilio Gottlieb
Miami
Planning: An Unknown Concept in
County Government
Kudos to Cynthia Archbold and the SunPost for
“Boondoggle of Billions,” published Feb. 7. Prior to
your issue, I wrote to County Mayor Carlos Alvarez
presenting my objections to the proposed projects.
For example, my suggestion was that, rather than a
tunnel, they needed a staging area in western
Miami-Dade, near the Turnpike, and two-way rail
lines to the port. That would get the trucks and
containers off the downtown roads and make for more
efficient service to the port, to say nothing of the
money saved.
The proposed boondoggle, to do the tunnel and other
projects without public vote, demonstrates that we
must reduce resources available to local government
(as the governor and legislature are trying to do)
while preserving essential services: schools,
police, fire, libraries, roads, water and sewage.
Please keep up the good work. Without media
watchdogs, local government will spend us into
oblivion. I and many others are with the SunPost
and Norman Braman on this one.
Sheldon Avenius
Miami
Paying Attention to Those Dolts Behind the Curtain
It seems that the most inept wins the prize, and it’s a contest to
outdo one another in the matters of government in
Miami-Dade County [“Going to Court,” published Jan.
24]. Articles in the local media have stated that
the entire region will face rising seas, flooding
and eventual nonexistence in the near future.
Immediately thereafter, Miami-Dade County government officials
announce their wonderful, magnificent plan to make
the area better by building a port tunnel, a trolley
system (wonder how that will hold up in hurricane
season?), a new stadium for a private business
(think Miami Arena and Homestead baseball complex)
and, just for kicks, let’s throw some more private
businesses some cash: Jungle Island and the Opera,
in addition to all the construction companies,
lobbyists and lawyers. And speaking of lawyers,
you’ve got a “family law specialist” running it all,
convenient for all the crutches, excuses and what’s
not to come.
It’s a contest of ineptness. Who will win? We all know who will
lose — the same as always — the working poor,
formerly known as the middle class.
This is nothing more than the “same old, same old.” In this case,
it’s a “run for the money.” I’d love to know how
many
Miami-Dade County and city of Miami officials own
homes out of state.
Thank God for Norman Braman and all those who see behind the
curtain and expose these dolts for the inept,
greedy, materialistic, insatiable, soulless,
despicable human beings they are.
Mark Scott
Bay
Harbor Islands
A Feline Perspective on the Media
We have an educated cat on our condo grounds. When it couldn’t get
at the morning paper delivered to us, maybe to
become a hep cat on the primary results, it
scratched the cellophane wrapper into shreds and
urinated on it.
Jean Robbins
Miami Beach
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