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Miami police officer used Taser twice on “aggressive” Virginia Key park goers from Liberty City

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Tony Winton

Two Liberty City residents face felony charges – and the woman is under an immigration hold – after a confrontation with an off-duty Miami police officer at Virginia Key Beach Park. The man and woman ended up being tased, according to arrest affidavits. City of Miami police are still investigating whether the use of force was appropriate.
A Honduran's case asks: Can a migrant detention be legal — but wrong? - Key Biscayne Independent

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Tim Padgett

This story was updated on April 16 at 10:15 am. For a fleeting moment last Tuesday, Jessica Rodriguez and Josué Aguilar Valle thought their anxieties were over. At the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) facility in Kendall, they’d just been told Aguilar’s path to legal immigrant status had been approved. His marriage to a U.S. citizen (Rodriguez) was deemed valid. He had a good, taxpaying job and no criminal history.
Could a high-rise condo tower be attached to Miami's historic courthouse?

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Joshua Ceballos

A historic courthouse that was once one of Miami’s tallest structures may soon be sold to a developer to make a high-rise condo. The Miami-Dade County Courthouse in downtown Miami was built between 1925 and 1928. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and was once believed to be the tallest municipal building in the nation.
Tallahassee check-in: bill wants to make getting citizen initiatives harder

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Jenny Jacoby |Joshua Ceballos

A bill that would make it more difficult for citizens to get constitutional amendments on the ballot is advancing in the Florida Senate. Its sister bill, HB1205, has already passed in the House. Since 1968, Florida voters have been able to amend the state constitution through ballot initiatives. If groups gather enough petition signatures from voters — equal to 8% of the votes cast in the preceding presidential election — an amendment can get on the statewide ballot.
Last of the families from Liberty City’s ‘Pork and Beans’ housing project moves into the Square

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis

Liberty City resident Minnie Davis, a 74-year-old who recently broke her knee, has high blood pressure and doesn’t have transportation to make it to her medical appointments. Davis is a new resident of the Serenity at Liberty Square, the latest housing piece of transforming a blighted public housing project into low-income housing.
Why is fluoridation, a public health success story, now under scrutiny?

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Tony Winton

NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen. The issue is front and center in Miami-Dade County, where Mayor Daniella Levine Cava recently vetoed a measure that would have removed flouride from the metro area’s drinking water.
Condo owner’s challenge to Silver Sands vote denied by appeals court

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Tony Winton

An appeals court Friday cleared the way for the demolition of the old Silver Sands motel on Key Biscayne, rejecting a challenge from a nearby condo owner who said the 14-story tower would block its views. The parcel was sold for $205 million – an island record – but developers have said the investment in the Atlantic Ocean property will be much more. The suit involved a due-process challenge to the way the Key Biscayne Village Council approved the 301 Ocean Drive project last October.
Levine Cava vetoes effort to remove fluoride from tap water - Key Biscayne Independent

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis

Dentist John Nelson is concerned about low-income families in neighborhoods like Miami’s Liberty City because they will suffer the most if Miami-Dade County discontinues adding fluoride to the water and sewer department. Dr. Nelson, who is the president of the Miami-Dade County Dental Society, said removal of fluoride increases the chances of having cavities, causing parents to then have to take days off to take care of their children.
Miami’s Liberty City nonprofit provides commercial kitchen incubator - Key Biscayne Independent

2 weeks ago | kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis

Chazemon Fenderson found it difficult to work a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. job and improve the quality of her daughters’ lives. A Bahamian descent, she started selling Caribbean-infused food in the back of her car and surprisingly earned $500 daily. She no longer sells in the back of her car. Her catering business, Drinks OnMe305, gained popularity and in 2018 was invited to the Kitchen Incubator, one of Martin Luther King Economic Development Corp’s (MLK EDC) programs in Liberty City.
School district admits error in wait-listing Key Biscayne kids for MAST

2 weeks ago | kbindependent.org | Tony Winton

It cost dozens of families some sleep, but Miami-Dade School officials came to Tuesday’s Key Biscayne Council meeting to say mistakes were made that resulted in needlessly wait-listing middle-schoolers for a MAST Academy program. “There was a programmatic error, and we have since stepped in, and we have actually resolved some of the issues that exist,” said Michael Lewis, the region superintendent for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.