Below are excerpts from the indignant City Council members, which appears to be more theater and not one that any person would pay good money for either.
“I’m a little confused,” Councilwoman Judy Waldman said Wednesday. “I sat through all those meetings and thought the whole intention was a school. To me, that’s not full disclosure. They have a letter of understanding with Miami Children’s Hospital, and this is the first I’ve heard of it? This opens a whole big bushel of
Councilman Steve Shelly questioned the timeline and asked how staff would reconcile the mismatch between the site plan they received and the college’s new intentions. Corradino’s answer was the same one he gave during the review:
“He is getting approved for what is on this sheet of paper. You want to change the theater into something else, you need to get that reapproved.”
Vice Mayor Jon Burgess reacted similarly. “My concern is that an urgent care center isn’t a part of a university. To me, that’s different. I was sold one bag of goods and am getting another.”I mean really does anyone think we're buying this supposed bait and switch theatrics? Fact is this fiasco has been in the works for awhile now and it can stop but only if there's political will. To top it off it's all perfectly legal. Here's another excerpt from the Miami Herald:
In the city’s option agreement with Dade Medical, however, one of the allowed uses of the CRA property is a medical outpatient facility such as the one Perez was talking about.
The worst part of this Looney Toons Theater is that according to the Miami Hearld, Mayor Steven Bateman is in clear violation of ethics rules. He sat through the whole meeting knowing full well his wife has represented Dade Medical College in real estate transactions. Mayor Bateman is either extremely stupid or a sociopath. Either way, he's got some big cojones to sit there and look everyone in the face and act as if nothing is absolutely wrong with this picture.
Miami Herald Excerpt:
Miami Herald Excerpt:
According to a Jan. 16th memo sent by Joseph Centorino, executive director of the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics, to elected officials across the county, the county code requires those with a voting conflict to “absent himself or herself from, [the] meeting during the discussion of the subject item.”
Councilwoman Waldman's opinion:
“He should not have been part of that discussion,’’ said Waldman. “I was shocked.”
Yes indeed, we all are; November can't come soon enough!
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