The Homestead City Council met Monday night to discuss settling a lawsuit that the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed on behalf of Homestead Air Reserve Base against the city and a family farm near the base. For decades, the city has struggled to find a balance between property owners’ rights and base officials’ safety concerns. The lawsuit, filed in 2011, alleged that the city had ignored safety restrictions after it allowed Alger Farms to develop residential units near the end of the base’s runway. Alger Farms President John Alger said he had no...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Thursday, 21 February 2013
REDLAND TRASH -- HOLD IT
Posted on 07:47 by Unknown
County puts brakes on plans for Redland trash center By Janey Tate jtate@MiamiHerald.com Miami-Dade County is putting the brakes on plans for a new trash and recycling center for Redland. Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s office said Monday that he has directed county Solid Waste Management officials to reconsider the proposed site, at Southwest 202nd Avenue and 290th Street, and look for a different place for the center. The decision comes after about 50 Redland residents objected to the project at a Jan. 17 meeting at Fruit and Spice Park. The...
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Joe Martnez...AGAIN?
Posted on 07:04 by Unknown
Joe Martinez says he’ll challenge Joe Garcia . By Patricia Mazzei pmazzei@MiamiHerald.com Joe Martinez, the former Miami-Dade Commission chairman who lost his bid to become county mayor last year, said Friday that he intends to run against U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia in 2014. “I’m meeting with different people and feeling them out, seeing what the level of support will be there,” Martinez told The Miami Herald shortly after announcing his intentions on Facebook. He wants to get in the race, Martinez said, “to shake it up.” Martinez’s...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
CUBAN MUSIC vs RACE TRACK
Posted on 07:13 by Unknown
Homestead-Miami Speedway loses court battle over cancelation of Cuban music festival By Jordan Levin The Miami Herald By Jordan Levin jlevin@MiamiHerald.com A conflict over Cuban music and freedom of speech that erupted when the Homestead-Miami Speedway canceled a Cuban music festival two years ago was settled in court earlier this week. A jury ordered Speedway officials to pay $531,371 in damages to the festival’s promoter, MIA Resorts, saying the venue’s managers had deliberately defamed MIA by saying the promoter lied about presenting Cuban...
Saturday, 9 February 2013
HOMESTEAD ELECTION -- Primary OCT., 2013
Posted on 13:41 by Unknown
Just had one recently, but the Homestead elections will be underway in October and November this year. Some things have been mentioned in other blogs about current office holders and possible candidates, but lets wait for the mud slinging a few more months. As usual, there will probably be approximately 2,500 voters in Homestead for the elections in this "off" year. More on this topic to come soon. Any PACs with big bucks? 13,000 voters in General Election in Homeste...
City Hall is Moving The City of Homestead’s City Hall is relocating to Portofino Plaza at 650 NE 22 Terrace Homestead, FL 33030. City Hall offices will be open for business on Monday, February 11, 2013 at the Portofino Plaza location. Additionally, effective February 1st all public meetings that were previously held in City Hall will be held at the William F. “Bill” Dickinson Community Center, 1601 N. Krome Avenue Homestead, FL 33030. Public meetings include: City Council meetings, Committee of the Whole, Community Redevelopment Agency, Planning...
Monday, 4 February 2013
FROM EOM..Eye On Miami Blog: http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/ Here is another reason to vote Steve Bateman out of office: Yesterday there was a letter in the Miami Herald about how great Nukes are for economic opportunity. The letter was written by Chirsty Todd Whitman and Mayor of Homestead Steve Bateman. I wrote about Christine Todd Whitman in 2007. She is nothing more than a paid booster for the nuclear industry but she signs her letter former EPA administrator as if this is some sort of official position, she hasn't been there for 10...
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