Miami Beach code enforcement forces hotel owner to remove banner supporting Black Lives Matter

Miami Beach isn't Jacksonville

Jacksonville and other beaches may be opening up in Florida, but Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber says Miami Beach 
"isn't Jacksonville." HERE

Progressive Florida Cities: Miami Beach

Progressive Florida Cities

First City in Florida to Commit to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

St. Petersburg, Florida has committed to switching its power sources over to 100 percent renewable energy—the first city in the Sunshine State to pledge to do away with fossil fuels entirely. here

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Other Florida cities to do so
Orlando

Miami Beach

Daytona Beach

Davie

Delray Beach

South Miami

Palmetto Bay

here

2003 Florida Law Prohibits Local Mmunicipality From Establishing A Minimum-Wage Law

The City of Miami Beach lost the first round of a battle to raise the minimum living wage to $13.31 an hour. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Peter R. Lopez ruled the ordinance was not valid under the 2003 Florida law, which prohibits any local municipality from establishing a minimum-wage law. here

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Mayor Philip Levine vows he will fight back, possibly with a constitutional amendment to get the law through.

Shit In Biscayne Bay

Climate Change pumps that flush floodwater from Miami Beach into Biscayne Bay during seasonal king tides are dumping something else into the bay: human waste. here

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article77978817.html#storylink=cpy

81.3% of Floridians

Are concerned about climate change, according to a new 

St. Leo University poll. 

Florida GOP has been reluctant to discuss climate change. Efforts by local governments in South Florida to plan for
 sea-level rise and climate change have drawn national media attention. The study results found that Miami Beach flooding grew significantly after 2006. The increased flooding coincides with accelerated sea level rise. here
Miami Republicans beware, once the Atlantic takes Miami Beach it will be coming after you!
Check out what this blog might look like in 2073. here

Goodbye Miami

Rick Scott
doesn't have a plan for climate change

He Doesn't Want To Talk About It