While it appears the votes are there for Miami-Dade County approval of a new Florida Marlins ballpark, the debate goes on.
We’ve been monitoring the hearing and debate on the Miami-Dade County Commission over the fate of a new $636-million Florida Marlins ballpark. (You can check it out here for yourself.) So far both have been rather unilluminating: the public comments were what you’d expect (unions and fans for, many residents against), and so far the debate on the commission itself has been focused on technical aspects of the five pieces of enabling legislation.
We’ll continue monitoring the proceedings.
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