IT SHOULD NOT BE PAVING OVER MELREESE SO BILLIONAIRES CAN PROFIT
A
simple tropical depression flooded SW 13 Street by historic William Jennings
Bryan Park.
The
photos show high water five hours after the rain stopped.
The worst
flooding is opposite where a community center paved over grass.
A
decade ago, the city wanted to pave over the entire neighborhood park for a
for-profit tennis center.
The Melreese
plan is most idiotic I've seen.
And
I've seen a lot.
It
proposes to pave over 100+ acres of green space.
Which
will create a traffic jam that will hurt the region's #1 economic engine – Miami
International Airport.
The Melreese
boondoggle sacrifices open space for:
1) 1) A soccer
stadium in a time when everyone is afraid to sit elbow to elbow for pro sports.
2) 2) A megamall, when mall/conventional retail was already dying before the pandemic and will shrink (dozens of major chains bankrupt and closing) more now.
3) 3) A huge hotel
(when travel for business/pleasure could be negatively impacted for a decade.)
4) 4) Office
development (promised to bring high paying/high tech, as all BS schemes do)
likely to sit empty as thousands of office-using firms reduce class A space.
At
best, this sweetheart deal for the riches of the rich will simply rob jobs
from mom and pop existing businesses.
At worst,
it will pave over the largest inland grassy land mass in the entire city, when
flood control for sea level rise is needed.
The Melreese
farce deal can be canceled now.
The developer
misleads and says a (super low turnout) vote made stadium and development a
reality.
The
rigged (free soccer swag giveways and other dirty tricks traded for votes) election
simply opened negotiations.
If
this nightmare becomes a reality, it will set a toxic precedent -- that park
space can by prostituted to enrich billionaires.
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