Political Primacy the Battle to Turn Miami Blue
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July 2018 www.BiscayneTimes.com Volume 16 Issue 5 © Political Primacy The battle to turn Miami blue CALL 305-756-6200 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ADVERTISING SPACE The Largest Cardiac Network* in South Florida 7 Heart Programs 10 Cardiac Catheterization Suites – 30 Rooms 6,694 Physicians 219,144 Cardiac Procedures Trust Your to HCA Eastrhythm Florida Hospitals of Miami-Dade *HCA East Florida Data - FY2017 A Campus of Plantation General Hospital 20900 Biscayne Blvd. • Aventura, FL 11750 Bird Rd. • Miami, FL 3663 S. 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Montgomery & Koebel, Inc. 305-606-2252 12700 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 303, North Miami, FL [email protected] 4 Biscayne Times • www.BiscayneTimes.com July 2018 July 2018 Biscayne Times • www.BiscayneTimes.com 5 6 Biscayne Times • www.BiscayneTimes.com July 2018 July 2018 Biscayne Times • www.BiscayneTimes.com 7 CONTENTS COVER STORY 24 Dems Fight to Flip District 27 COMMENTARY PO Box 370566, Miami, FL 33137 www.biscaynetimes.com© 12 Feedback: Letters to the Editor Serving communities along the Biscayne Corridor: Arch Creek East, Aventura, Bay Point, Bayside, Biscayne 16 Jack King: Trump Goes Funny to Scary Park, Belle Meade, Buena Vista, Coventry, Design District, Downtown, Eastern Shores, Edgewater, El Portal, 18 My View: A New City? Not So Fast Enchanted Lake, Hibiscus Island, Highland Lakes, Keystone Point, Miami Shores, Morningside, North OUR SPONSORS Greynolds, North Bay Island, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Oak Forest, Oakland Grove, Palm Grove, 20 BizBuzz: July 2018 41 Palm Island, Sans Souci, Shorecrest, Sky Lake, Sparling Lake, Star Island, Wynwood, and Venetian Islands COMMUNITY NEWS 40 Showdown: North Miami vs. FIU PUBLISHER & EDITOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES 40 Miami’s Slave History in a Park Jim Mullin Nancy Newhart 41 It’s Not a Ferris Wheel, Okay? [email protected] [email protected] 954-980-7639 NEIGHBORHOOD CORRESPONDENTS CONTRIBUTORS 48 North Miami Reeling from Bond Aftermath Erik Bojnansky, Senior Writer 50 Is Miami Shores Ready for a Category 5? 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