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I haven't fully vetted the below contextual information, but in general I find that NoBe News-The Miami Beachian presents strong arguments for corruption and municipal entities acting in the best interest of groups other than their constituents:

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝟕𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥. Every other lot will be a tower. Except this one, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲. Now they say Commissioner Suarez, at the eleventh hour, might want to save it from demolition, mammoth construction and a corrupt housing scheme. Worth a shot ? Go and find out.
Tues, Jan 27 - 7 PM - North Beach Bandshell -7275 Collins Avenue
Zoom Link: tinyurl.com/ByronCarlyle
Neighbors already saved this theater from demolition. Now Bhatt and her developer funded friends want to bring it back with housing on top because that is what makes money. For developers.
They ignored surveys, community meetings, and years of public input. They formed a shadow committee outside sunshine laws and promised pieces of the project to their allies. Jobs. Boards. Contracts. Offices. Even apartments.
So called artist housing is just a payoff to favored organizations like the Bandshell and its recording studio dreams nobody asked for. We do not need housing for insiders. We need housing for everyone. And not on top of a public theater.
We do not want a mammoth. We do not want a "world class" Vegas type monstrosity with unaffordable tickets and traffic. We want our MiMo-designed neighborhood theater, quaint and humble. Affordable shows. Community access. Human scale. Adaptive reuse (meaning fix, creatively add, remodel, get young creative architects to come up with creative solutions rather than the usual corporate high rise builders).
Speak up today yet again. Bhatt has drowned our voices and passed the mammoth ON CONSENT!! (meaning shadow vote without public discussion). Want more corruption?? Do not let 71st Street become a developer canyon for out of town artists while the rest of us get priced out."

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝟕𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥. Every other lot will be a tower. Except this one, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲. Now they say Commissioner Suarez, at the eleventh hour, might want to save it from demolition, mammoth construction and a corrupt housing scheme. Worth a shot ? Go and find out.

Tues, Jan 27 - 7 PM - North Beach Bandshell -7275 Collins Avenue
Zoom Link: tinyurl.com/ByronCarlyle

Neighbors already saved this theater from demolition. Now Bhatt and her developer funded friends want to bring it back with housing on top because that is what makes money. For developers.

They ignored surveys, community meetings, and years of public input. They formed a shadow committee outside sunshine laws and promised pieces of the project to their allies. Jobs. Boards. Contracts. Offices. Even apartments.

So called artist housing is just a payoff to favored organizations like the Bandshell and its recording studio dreams nobody asked for. We do not need housing for insiders. We need housing for everyone. And not on top of a public theater.

We do not want a mammoth. We do not want a "world class" Vegas type monstrosity with unaffordable tickets and traffic. We want our MiMo-designed neighborhood theater, quaint and humble. Affordable shows. Community access. Human scale. Adaptive reuse (meaning fix, creatively add, remodel, get young creative architects to come up with creative solutions rather than the usual corporate high rise builders).

Speak up today yet again. Bhatt has drowned our voices and passed the mammoth ON CONSENT!! (meaning shadow vote without public discussion). Want more corruption?? Do not let 71st Street become a developer canyon for out of town artists while the rest of us get priced out.

Check out the latest from a guy who's been quietly (and not so quietly at times) nurturing the literary and general creative scene for years

J.J. Colagrande's Short Story Collection, Are You Hungry? Is the Last for Jitney Books " will be the last one that I publish as the guy that did everything," says the Miami author and MDC professor.

Latest for Miami New Times, was cool discovering Girl Ultra and getting to interview her ahead of her first live performance in Miami at Gramps next week:

Girl Ultra Brings Her Dreamy, Dancefloor-Ready Universe to Miami for the First Time After releasing a song with Chromeo and Empress Of, the Mexican artist will perform live in Wynwood next week.

Stoked to be hosting the crew at our weekly this Thursday 7/31 at !

Bring your own art supplies/projects to supplement the random assortment available. Paint, collage, photograph, sketch, or whatever other form your creativity manifests.

Night owls have no fear, after 10pm the gathering shifts around the corner (literally) to (which has full kitchen/bar too).

DJ lineup selected by 🎛🎚🎶
Local artisan vendors on site 🧑‍🎨
Also will have our pins and anniversary tshirts for sale at special discount for the night 🤑

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