TODAY! COMMISSION MEETING TUESDAY MARCH 9 — ZONING CHANGES TO THE CRAFTS SECTION & MIRACLE MILE –

March 9, 2021 Leave a comment

CRAFTS SECTION BLOCK 36– KEEP IT RESIDENTIAL 1. REQUEST the Commission MAINTAIN its initial recommendation to keep BLOCK 36 as RESIDENTIAL for the entire block and not split. 2. THE CRAFTS SECTION IS PART OF MERRICK’S PLANNED COMMUNITY. ANY CHANGE WILL ERODE THE “FOUNDATIONAL QUALITIES” AND HISTORICAL  INTEGRITY OF THE AREA.   3.  MERRICK PLANNED THE SAN SEBASTIAN APARTMENT HOTEL AT THE EXISTING HEIGHT OF 4-STORIES TO SET THE BOUNDARY FOR THE CRAFTS SECTION.   4. CORAL GABLES NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION has recently submitted a memo in opposition to the proposal to upzone Block 36 of the Crafts Section. It states, “The area proposed for upzoning is comprised mostly of houses and a few 2-story residential buildings and has been zoned residential since at least 1963.  As such, this has been an in-town residential neighborhood for over 50 years and offers valuable housing diversity to Coral Gables’ real estate market.  Upzoning will not solve the problems that some residents are concerned about as this is by definition an “in-town” neighborhood; upzoning would only perpetuate and shift the problems to the residential neighborhoods that abut.’

TODAY! COMMISSION MEETING TUESDAY MARCH 9 — ZONING CHANGES TO THE CRAFTS SECTION & MIRACLE MILE – stephenmcgy@gmail.com – Gmail

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Miami-Dade County, FL: COVID-19 VERY HIGH RISK

March 4, 2021 Leave a comment

Source: New York Time: See the New York Times for much more detailed information

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CORAL GABLES CANDIDATES for “Quality of Life”

February 26, 2021 Leave a comment

Having followed a number of municipal elections in the City of Coral Gables, it is frequent that many, if not nearly a majority of the candidates’ assert their support for sustaining quality of life in the city as a central feature of their platforms.

The term quality of life is both vague and undefined–perfect for a political campaign. It is defined by the potential voter who conveys and translates “quality of life” into their own immediate concerns as a resident and voter.

In fact, quality of life has absolutely no measurable content. It can mean more development, less development or overdevelopment, more or less public security, more or less traffic, more or less racial sensitive and integration, and more or less government transparency.

Quality of life may be code words for a Coral Gables as insular, provincial, separate, well-off. over-permitted city, unsympathetic to critical social, economic and health matters of our times.

Best to ignore political slogans like “quality of life.”

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Ordinary citizens will largely be left out in the 2021 legislative process | Florida Phoenix

February 26, 2021 Leave a comment

With the Florida Legislature convening next week, regular citizens trying to participate in the legislative process will face tough hurdles under COVID-19 protocols set by the House and Senate chambers. For Floridians who want to engage in the process of creating laws and providing testimony, access in general will be limited and residents with disabilities will face even more difficulties during the pandemic. What’s more, the two chambers in the Legislature are inconsistent in their COVID protocols. In a Thursday briefing, a frustrated group of Florida advocates found little help in expanding public access, following a letter to several lawmakers.

Ordinary citizens will largely be left out in the 2021 legislative process | Florida Phoenix

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