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We offer our forum to that end.</description><link>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3173</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/EyeOnMiami" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-3946647020678653199</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T02:37:00.076-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Concert Review/Music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><title>Music: Dueling with "The South Florida Daily Blog":  Entry 4. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">Take a listen to The South Florida Daily Blog Musical Flashback of Red Hot Chili Peppers vs. Mine (below). Just for the record, I liked Tyrannosaurus Rex better...his second coming as T-Rex and Marc Bolan not so much. Unfortunately, in 1969 they didn't make videos of Bolan's best songs which were on Unicorn. This is a slide show with Warlord Of The Royal Crocodiles.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/spKSYOU0c7U/music-dueling-with-south-florida-daily.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/spKSYOU0c7U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/music-dueling-with-south-florida-daily.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-8753593742636587475</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T00:00:02.821-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Culture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miami Beach</category><title>Everything FREE at Sleepless Night in Miami Beach. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">I went, I saw, I did. It was all the culture the Beach has to offer for free at Sleepless Night in Miami Beach and the people were out in droves. It is an all night event -- I only lasted till 11 pm but it was worth doing since it didn't cost anything. Here are the highlights of my night in crummy photos, sorry I didn't make it to the Erotic Museum: And, speaking of cars...</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/xtfO6hfN35U/everything-free-at-sleepless-night-in.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DfVzTzSWk6o/SvZIlWkRIqI/AAAAAAAAHLw/k0qCBx3se80/s72-c/crowd+on+Lincoln+Road.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/xtfO6hfN35U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/everything-free-at-sleepless-night-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-2830251441053078886</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-07T14:33:25.637-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elections</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Endorsements</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miami Beach</category><title>Miami Beach Group 3 Race: I Endorse Gabrielle Redfern. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text"> Make sure you vote November 17th if you live in the district or call your friends there and tell them to vote for Gabrielle.Gabrielle Redfern's opponent, former Commissioner/lawyer Michael Gongora, has been a lobbyist although he denies the obvious.According to Steve Rothhaus of the Miami Herald, Gongora said:"I made some perhaps bad votes in the past but they didn't come from a bad place. I'm </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/mfPPS9XtZlc/miami-beach-group-3-race-i-endorse.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DfVzTzSWk6o/SvWGn3HjkrI/AAAAAAAAHLY/y7hNxOPmXoo/s72-c/images.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/mfPPS9XtZlc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/miami-beach-group-3-race-i-endorse.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-4899169727039866309</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-07T07:23:46.367-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Culture</category><title>Cuban blogger threatened and beaten ... by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">There is nothing to say but words of empathy and anger in response to news that Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez was apparently detained and beaten by state security officials in Havana, on her way to a protest march against violence. But for The Miami Herald, this story would not have emerged in the mainstream press.The internet has proven to powerfully break down barriers and obstacles to reaching </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/v0VLmdFdoRc/cuban-blogger-threatened-and-beaten-by.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/v0VLmdFdoRc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/cuban-blogger-threatened-and-beaten-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-354254131670664683</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T10:21:51.659-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">County Commission</category><title>County Commissioner campaign warchests: who is JM Global Consulting? by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">On a routine visit to the Miami Dade campaign finance reports website, I was looking around at how the incumbents are faring with their fundraising.It is always interesting to see who is listed in the early money. Published campaign reports are available on the county website. The Two Incumbents of the Unreformable Majority are Javier Souto and Pepe Diaz. Souto has raised about $14,150K and Diaz,</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/fBjVOE-JlPM/county-commissioner-campaign-warchests.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">12</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/fBjVOE-JlPM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/county-commissioner-campaign-warchests.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-1661613589712268421</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T10:10:23.030-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Traffic</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><title>Tolls: We apparently don't care about our tourists. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">The tourism industry has an economic impact of $57 billion on Florida's economy but with tourism down statewide, should we be making it harder to be a tourist? There is an insane SunPass alternative afoot - Toll-by-Plate - to be instituted in anticipation of tearing down toll plazas. The Miami Herald article doesn't address it and maybe the Miami Dade Expressway Authority doesn't either: What do </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/Q-8ZmrJLVCA/tolls-we-apparently-dont-care-about-our.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DfVzTzSWk6o/SvQZaInBwWI/AAAAAAAAHLQ/1mSfDKjxZEY/s72-c/occupancy+rate.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">9</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/Q-8ZmrJLVCA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/tolls-we-apparently-dont-care-about-our.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-5184909812085973861</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T07:37:38.331-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Global Warming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Economy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><title>Global warming solutions: the only thing missing is political will ... by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cAl Gorewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis John Stewart, of The Daily Show, interviews Al Gore on global warming. Stewart is thoughtful and funny, about the dilemma of Americans believing the science, but waiting for elected officials to "do something". He says, 4:10: "Just give us one (choice). It is </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/Peb_E-mm0MQ/global-warming-solutions-only-thing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/Peb_E-mm0MQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/global-warming-solutions-only-thing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-8575008270301353276</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T06:56:55.986-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">City of Miami</category><title>Advice to Miami Mayor Elect Tomas Regalado ... by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">If the mainstream press accounts are to be believed, Mayor Regalado will be removing the Chief of Police John Timoney and perhaps the City Manager, Pete Hernandez as big indicators of change. But I'm guessing that there are a thousand other details that need thorough reform, including the kinds of no-show jobs for politically influential relatives that Miami New Times disclosed. I'd be interested</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/M3EbW7ZFv9A/advice-to-miami-mayor-elect-tomas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">19</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/M3EbW7ZFv9A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/advice-to-miami-mayor-elect-tomas.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-4071011703074559624</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-05T10:07:49.058-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jeb Bush</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Housing crash</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Latin Builders</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rubio</category><title>GOP Senate Primary in Florida: does anyone know what it means to be a Republican conservative? by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">The Wall Street Journal reports that the same Republican forces who attempted a putsch on a safe GOP seat in the NY 23 Congressional District against an incumbent deemed to be too moderate, Dede Scozzafava; are now planning to turn to the US Senate primary race in Florida, with a plan to similarly purge Gov. Charlie Crist who is running against Marco Rubio, a telegenic former House majority </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/2nHJqcMU7Y4/gop-senate-primary-in-florida-does.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Imhgcz8jn10/SlZvHI05NyI/AAAAAAAAAPs/fhy0M7MFj2o/s72-c/composite2" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">9</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/2nHJqcMU7Y4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/gop-senate-primary-in-florida-does.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-7705230961391336900</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-05T09:04:50.249-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Governor Charlie Crist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rubio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elections</category><title>Wing-Nuts In Florida, Exactly How Many Are There? By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">Passing this truck yesterday afternoon in Broward -- with all these right wing messages plastered all over it -- got me thinking, exactly how many wing-nuts do we have in Florida? It is not as if you can do a poll and ask people. What if the Conservative wing of the Republican Party decides to flood money into the Boobio (Marco Rubio) campaign? Will the wackos all come out to vote for him? Could </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/0QRbv_GlL8U/wing-nuts-in-florida-exactly-how-many.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DfVzTzSWk6o/SvIfzOAdMFI/AAAAAAAAHK4/4Pa3vZoOCyo/s72-c/wingnut.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">18</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/0QRbv_GlL8U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/wing-nuts-in-florida-exactly-how-many.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-5258291858522401718</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-05T06:32:00.222-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miami International Airport</category><title>On the Agenda: Airport Related Bonds Add Up to Almost a Billion Dollars. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">I can safely say I don’t know what this means, however approving $847,500,000 in Aviation Bonds is on the County Budget, Planning and Sustainability Committee Agenda for November 9th.1.  RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $600,000,000 OF 2010A AVIATION REVENUE BONDS2. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $247,500,000 DOUBLE-BARRELED AVIATION BONDS (GENERAL OBLIGATION), </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/2dWdSIQz2yo/on-agenda-airport-related-bonds-add-up.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/2dWdSIQz2yo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-agenda-airport-related-bonds-add-up.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-786346912964560347</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T10:02:55.006-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miscellaneous</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><title>Alert: If you have Bellsouth Email is it working properly? By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">OKAY I FIGURED OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. Bellsouth has a SPAM FOLDER ONLINE. It is different from your spam folder. I found all my missing emails there. I wonder how long this has been going on, in one month (they delete every 30 days) I had a about 50 good messages in it. When Bellsouth switched to yahoo this kicked in.Bellsouth to Bellsouth emails are being mailed but SOME are getting lost in the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/Qv0gfcxaWqg/alert-if-you-have-bellsouth-email-is-it.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DfVzTzSWk6o/SvLl82aSLtI/AAAAAAAAHLA/974IuUjUvzI/s72-c/bellsouth.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/Qv0gfcxaWqg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/alert-if-you-have-bellsouth-email-is-it.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-2423485714330271784</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-05T09:25:37.360-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elections</category><title>Beba Mann Sends a Message to Her Supporters. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">Beba ran for District 3 Seat in the City of Miami: What an amazing job we all did! I started late and ran against two big-money candidates and finished third with solid votes, actually running even with the second place finisher in the regular vote. The absentee voter system needs to be reformed to allow all candidates equal access to the elderly housing projects where the majority of absentee </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/CFaudXQL6Go/beba-mann-sends-message-to-her.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/CFaudXQL6Go" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/beba-mann-sends-message-to-her.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-2847987166521429620</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-04T14:51:49.953-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pepe Diaz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Environment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Martinez</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hold the Line</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">UDB</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Edmonson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lowes</category><title>On Urban Development Boundary application, County Commissioners vote to punt ... by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">In the midst of an epic glut in commercial and residential real estate capacity, there is no need to move the Urban Development Boundary. The UDB extends in a ragged edge along the western edge of Miami-Dade, separating the urban service area from farmland and open space edging toward the Everglades. But the county commission could not summon the political will to stop another application to move</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/EG9Tisdd3uw/on-urban-development-boundary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">16</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/EG9Tisdd3uw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-urban-development-boundary.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-2144349349373419262</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-04T11:21:44.942-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">UDB</category><title>Watching the Ferro Application. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">It is on TV right now if you want to see it. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla is the lobbyist for Ferro. Laura Reynolds of Tropical Audubon was one of the people speaking against moving the UDB line for this application stressing that there was no need for commercial in this area. The Planning Department of the County recommended denial because it is needed agricultural land and there is no need for </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/EYO2IdygCmE/watching-ferro-application-by.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DfVzTzSWk6o/SvGn6tue87I/AAAAAAAAHKw/a9tgja-N8Zs/s72-c/reynolds.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/EYO2IdygCmE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/watching-ferro-application-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-3041766025768428478</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-04T10:06:29.355-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">UDB</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">County Commission</category><title>At the county commission, another application to move the Urban Development Boundary ... by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">That the Miami-Dade county commission exists in a cocoon formed from the silk threads of campaign contributors from the Growth Machine, is indisputable. From cost-overruns at Miami International, to the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, to Transit and transportation, to hair-brained schemes to rock mine the Everglades or put ORV's on the former Everglades Jetport site, the county commission is immune: </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/cfFiwV9r9Zk/at-county-commission-another.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/cfFiwV9r9Zk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/at-county-commission-another.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-356904486402026802</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-04T08:01:37.014-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Governor Charlie Crist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rubio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elections</category><title>Observations on the off-year elections ... by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">The voters of Miami elected a new mayor, Tomas Regalado, as a vote against the growth-at-any-cost policies manifesting in so much economic misery. In this case, the voters knew what they were voting against: an incumbent mayor and candidate, Joe Sanchez, who stood for the building and construction boom. If challengers to incumbent Miami-Dade county commissioners can raise enough money to get out </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/omK6VxaezHs/observations-on-off-year-elections-by.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">21</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/omK6VxaezHs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/observations-on-off-year-elections-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-963051197336487771</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-04T09:05:22.742-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Movie Review</category><title>Movie Review: A Serious Man. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">First let me say, I totally "get" the Coen brothers' humor, having seen almost all their films. Last night I was in the mood for a funny movie and in this ad from the New York Times the word Funny was mentioned 3 times with the words Hilarious and Comedy.Well, A Serious Man wasn't any of the three, in my opinion. It was mostly depressing with a couple of snickers...like a real life you don't want</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/NJCQVUjG9CQ/movie-review-serious-man-by.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DfVzTzSWk6o/SvBnwRVnIUI/AAAAAAAAHKY/SQlN_UZxV0U/s72-c/movie.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/NJCQVUjG9CQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/movie-review-serious-man-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-3103649531608464620</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T22:46:26.925-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elections</category><title>Good News in New York. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">New York 23rd Congressional DistrictBill Owens (D, WFP): –  22,845, 49%Dede Scozzafava (R, I): –  2575, 6%Doug Hoffman (C): –  21,246, 46%</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/MQtwkjO8BWY/good-news-in-new-york-by.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/MQtwkjO8BWY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/good-news-in-new-york-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-3355960668367503985</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T22:34:35.294-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elections</category><title>We will post election results tonight! By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">I'm done 10:14 P.M. nothing close left except the Grove Village Council. Voter turnout at 21.24%.City of Miami:97 out of 128 precincts: Regalado 71.74%, Sanchez 28.26%14 out of 17 precincts: Carollo 52.93%Suarez 44.9%, Manolo Reyes 40.35% RUNOFFSpence Jones 82.98% (all precincts not in)Hialeah:Robaina 93.31%Gonzalez 84.20%Cue 90.40%Homestead: (back to grow, develop, grow in Homestead!!)Steven </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/kZ6sf63xCa0/we-will-post-election-results-tonight.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">21</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/kZ6sf63xCa0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/we-will-post-election-results-tonight.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-7452108091336993744</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T22:56:36.374-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">UDB</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lowes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">County Commission</category><title>Update: Proposed Lowe's store on the other side of the Urban Development Boundary. By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">That Lowe's store on the other side of the Urban Development Boundary just keeps going. Even though the Governor and Cabinet said "no", the County Commission won't let it go. About an hour ago they debated whether to continue the lawsuit against the State of Florida on Lowe's big box store. Pepe Diaz insisted that the "process should be allowed to take place" and wants the appeal to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/7Qk_hQoKrsA/update-proposed-lowes-store-on-other.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/7Qk_hQoKrsA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/update-proposed-lowes-store-on-other.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-8198693583512819110</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T07:38:40.857-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">City of Miami</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elections</category><title>Miami voters: the future is in your hands today! by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">We had a lot of feedback from readers-- some of whom were clearly motivated on behalf of one candidate or another-- on today's vote by Miami for the next mayor. Eyeonmiami continues to grow as a resource and guide. Thanks to our readers for pushing our website beyond the millionth page view.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/-ynkSVhzhwI/miami-voters-future-is-in-your-hands.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">12</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/-ynkSVhzhwI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/miami-voters-future-is-in-your-hands.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-9182778056721440297</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T11:00:40.828-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Barreto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Latin Builders</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Everglades</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lobbyists</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miami International Airport</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">County Commission</category><title>Miscalculating financial and environmental risk and Miami International Airport... by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">The Miami Herald noted our blog and post on the Everglades Jetport controversy in today's front page, top of the fold story by Curtis Morgan: The county commission was scheduled to take up the question of rock mining, oil drilling, or otherwise exploiting property owned by the county in the middle of Big Cypress National Preserve in order to pay down debt incurred by the expansion of Miami </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/EsPA5b60KAs/miscalculating-financial-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/EsPA5b60KAs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/miscalculating-financial-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-2804494480079651628</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T11:47:12.265-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NRA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Geniusofdespair</category><title>How Did I Get on the NRA Mailing List? By Geniusofdespair</title><atom:summary type="text">I just got this really nice gold, red and black NRA decal and an opportunity to get $5,000 in accident insurance free for a membership fee of $25.00 a year. I am clumsy, the insurance could come in handy. I wonder if I have to die to collect? And, then there is the free magazine and duffel bag to consider and the $1,000 in firearm insurance. Such a tempting deal. (hit on image to  enlarge it) The</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/5fED48L51m4/how-did-i-get-on-nra-mailing-list-by.html</link><author>geniusofdespair@yahoo.com (Geniusofdespair)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DfVzTzSWk6o/SvBaAcboBqI/AAAAAAAAHKI/ko0ey_9f6a4/s72-c/aaa.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/5fED48L51m4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-did-i-get-on-nra-mailing-list-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-245110120493829164</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-02T10:57:10.639-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Watershed Study</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miami Herald</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Global Warming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gimleteye</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lobbyists</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">UDB</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Seijas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ethics</category><title>Politics, ethics, and sea level rise ... by gimleteye</title><atom:summary type="text">In a 1991 paper, EPA climate scientist Dr. Jim Titus wrote, "Sea level rise is an urgent issue for coastal environmental planners for the very reason that it lacks urgency for directors of public works. If environmentalists do not lay the necessary paperwork today to institutionalize a gradual abandonment of the coastal plain as sea level rises, the public will almost certainly call upon </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~3/Vt0k7rh8JM4/cuban-american-leadership-in-miami.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gimleteye)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EyeOnMiami/~4/Vt0k7rh8JM4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/11/cuban-american-leadership-in-miami.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
