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Miami Shores May 2009 Serving the communities along the Biscayne Corridor, including Arch Creek East, Bay Point, Bayside, Biscayne Park, Belle Meade, Buena Vista, Design District, Downtown, Edgewater, El Portal, Hibiscus Island, Keystone Point, Miami Shores, Morningside, North Bay Island, North Miami, Oakland Grove, Palm Grove, Palm Island, Sans Souci, Shorecrest, Star Island, Wynwood, and Venetian Islands www.BiscayneTimes.com Volume 7, Issue 3 Gravy Train By Erik Bojnansky Nearly 100 City of Miami employees made more than $200,000 last year iami had only recently shed rooted in the collapse of that very boom. revenues, Miami, with a population of management of its fi re department, where its notorious distinction as the Now the good times are over, and the city 404,048 and a median income just over salaries negotiated by the fi refi ghters’ Mnation’s poorest municipality, faces declining revenues across the board. $26,000 per year, continues to compen- union are generous, and where vacancies thanks to the buoying effects of the real- Yet even with an 8.2 percent un- sate dozens of employees at pay rates estate boom, just in time to get clobbered employment rate for Miami-Dade and far greater than comparable cities. 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DINING: 305.949.6722 • arshtcenter.org PARKING: Valet parking also available May 2009 Biscayne Times • www.BiscayneTimes.com 3 COMMENTARY: FEEDBACK PO Box 370566, Miami, FL 33137 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Member of the FPL’s Tree Assassins: It’s the argument that FPL cares about trees, landlords to incubate their empty shops Florida Press Association All About Profi ts or about how they are pruned. with deeply discounted rents that would One need merely observe the myriad allow very small entrepreneurs to estab- www.BiscayneTimes.com Regarding Jeff Shimonski’s tale of examples of unprofessional, damaging lish a foothold on the avenue for the fi rst “Good Trees in Bad Locations” (April PUBLISHER & EDITOR pruning being practiced by FPL’s minions to year or two. As a small business owner, 2009), I might have preferred a headline understand the signifi cant degree to which I can tell you that my rent is my biggest Jim Mullin like “Bad Utility Lines in Bad Locations.” our tree canopy and our community aesthetic concern. Surely it is better to get $500 a [email protected] Mr. Shimonski advises that “V-pruning are being sacrifi ced for FPL profi ts. month for 500 square feet, for the fi rst INTERNS of trees located directly beneath utility Ted Baker, landscape architect year, than nothing. Brian Horowitz wires is now an accepted practice,” and Miami Jesse Walters [email protected] he notes that the “directional pruning” prac- Miami Shores ticed by FPL “doesn’t look very natural but CONTRIBUTORS is much better for the tree and allows for a Ikea Will Not Save the Victor Barrenchea, Erik Bojnansky, Pamela longer pruning cycle.” These are mislead- Shores Winner of This Month’s Robin Brandt, Terence Cantarella, Bill ing observations which may unfortunately Jen Karetnick’s article on downtown Clever Idea Award: Citara, Wendy Doscher-Smith, Kathy lead the layperson to buy into them. Miami Shores (“Ghost Village,” April In one of Derek McCann’s police Glasgow, Jim W. Harper, Lisa Hartman, Jen Karetnick, Jack King, Derek McCann, Frank The notion that any public utility has 2009) was not only interesting but helpful reports (“Secure All Sticky Substances,” Rollason, Silvia Ros, Jeff Shimonski the inherent right to visually pollute our in terms of understanding why it looks the April 2009) he mentioned a person who communities with unbridled overhead way it does (a ghost town). However, as had his vehicle registration decal stolen. I’d ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES power lines, ugly concrete or tar-stained one who has worked with similar down- like to offer advice to everyone on how to Marco Fernandez wood poles, and disastrous pruning tech- towns hoping to restock themselves with avoid that ever happening. Once you apply [email protected] niques are anathema to sound residential shops, I can tell you that national chains your decal, score it with a sharp knife or planning and the highest standards of will not even look at a place like NE 2nd razor blade. I score mine about six times di- Marc Ruehle community design. Avenue. We’re fooling ourselves if we think agonally. If someone tries to peel it off, he And the idea that the pruning of trees they will locate here. can’t take the whole decal but only a small [email protected] by FPL’s “tree assassins” is “now an National chains (retail and casual fi ne portion of it. I have never lost a registration OFFICE MANAGER accepted practice” could not be further dining) will only locate in malls, big-box since I’ve been doing that. Wilmer Ametin from the truth. Such action may be ac- centers, and corner pod sites. They will not Keep up the good work and thank [email protected] cepted by FPL, by Asplundh Tree Com- change their fl oor plan requirements no you for a paper that is a treat to read. ART DIRECTOR pany (the “pruners”), and by the unin- matter how affl uent a neighborhood may be. 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