Coral Gables: Streetscape or Museum?

If the citizens and business community could have had this choice, which would they have taken.   I guess people would have favored the streetscape on Miracle Mile that would have generated real business and signal a big change in a tired look of the city and not the Museum that will surely generate more and more city spending.

Judge for yourself: Global Warming

 

You are welcome to judge for yourself on the rise and path of global warming.  It is still hard to dispute.

The evidence has become overwhelming that recent global warming is unprecedented in magnitude and speed and cause (see “Two more independent studies back the Hockey Stick and below).  Indeed, as WAG notes, within a few decades, nobody is going to be talking about hockey sticks, they will be talking about right angles or hockey skates (see chart above).

via Wegman exposed: Experts find “shocking” plagiarism in 2006 climate report requested by Joe Barton (R-TX) « Climate Progress.

What to Expect from Mr. Rosenblatt: More Capital Spending

The visitors are not coming because of the absence of the new street-scape.  It is the absence of relevant businesses, lack of a friendly environment and a missing leadership in shaping the kinds of business that are needed, and, please, not more tall buildings.

Friends, you will get more taxes from Mr. Rosenblatt.

But the biggest challenge of the BID still remains: getting the Streetscape Project off the paper before it is too late and visitors of downtown Coral Gables move to other sites. “We have to make sure we get this project done before downtown starts to underperform, Rosenblatt said. “We will have to partner up with city and residents so this is a priority that happens for everybody.

via Miracle Mile streetscape in limbo – Coral Gables – MiamiHerald.com.

Ugliest Football Uniforms in the US

I would say that that record belongs to UM–looks like a bunch of trick-or-treaters.  To get respect with those uniforms they will have to play much, much better.