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The Brickell Reporter | Edition 12
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BY CRISTINA RESTREPO
MUSEUM
PARK
CONTROVERSY
The 30+ acres of prime real estate that
is Bicentennial Park boasts 2,600 feet
along the bay, which faces the Port of
Miami, Watson Island and the Atlantic Ocean.
Both museums joined forces to stay on
with Bicentennial Park, raised funds
with different Boards of Trustees,
and received opposing reactions
from the community.
The Miami Science Museum was
approved $165 million from the voters to
support its design and construction. In
March 2011, Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost
donated $35 million to the museum,
with the stipulation it would be
named after them.
Their donation, combined with the donations
from other private supporters and taxpayers is
building the: Patricia and Phillip
Frost Museum of Science.
They have raised $70 million of the $100
million needed to complete construction.
Its breaking ground ceremony was covered
It is now the home of Museum Park, a project
that will bring The Miami Science Museum
and The Miami Art Museum together under
the mission to enhance art, culture and
science with two state-of-the art
centers featuring outdoor and indoor facilities.
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Miami now has the opportunity to join the
ranks of other major cities by boasting
signature art and science centers.They
will be world-class services to attract
tourists and residents alike, and
the power to become a Miami
epicenter. A project that represents one
more step towards strengthening the
identity and building the foundation
of a city that may be young, but
has an irrefutable strong style.
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BY CJ ORTURO
VOTING FOR LGBT
BY BJØRN LOMBORG
TEACHER OF COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL, FUNDERS AND DIRECTOR OF THE
COPENHAGUEN CONSENSUS.
THIS ELECTION SEASON THE LGBT COMMUNITY NEEDS TO
BE FOCUSED ON SUBSTANTIAL AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
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on substantial and
sustainable change. As
most Americans continue
to care about keeping
their jobs and the price of
gas,most local and state
lawmakers believe elected
office is an opportunity to
impose their social beliefs
on the rest of society, and
unfortunately LGBT people
don’t always have a place in those beliefs.
Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll
shows that 59% of Protestants and 47%
of Catholics believe marriage equality
should not be legal. Let us remember that
on May 22nd, Harvey Milk, the first openly
gay man elected to public office in California during the 1970’s, and one of the
movement’s icons, would have turned 82.
At about the same time Harvey was making progress on the West Coast, in Florida,
Anita Bryant was wreaking havoc on the
lives of gays and lesbians as she launched
a crusade to root out homosexuality. She
attempted to equate LGBT equality with the
“recruitment” of children to turn them gay,
as if being gay were a choice, even though
I still can’t remember the day I decided to
be heterosexual. What is most ironic is that
Harvey would often start his public appearances with the phrase, “Hi I’m Harvey
Milk, and I’m here to recruit you.” We have
made great progress in just37 years, and
I know this because it is election season
and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) Floridians are engaging in the political process more actively than ever before.
There are more fundraisers being held in
the homes of gays and lesbians, openly gay
people are talking about running for office,
and LGBT people continue to be recruited
to play a role in appointed positions of
government. It is also this time of year that
reminds me of what Harvey Milk’s story as
an openly gay man running for public office
meant. His candidacy and eventual election
provided every gay and lesbian person a
voice in the arena of democracy. After his
IMMIGRATION
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Attorney at Law
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experience, we’ve seen LGBT people reach
some of the highest ranks in elected and
appointed office. Representation and participation are what this great experiment we
call America is built upon. However, even
though Florida has the 4th highest population of LGBT people, we are still only one of
four states that has yet to elect an openly
gay or lesbian person to state office. The
LGBT community has a lot to lose in this
election cycle and Florida is ground zero
for the LGBT movement’s fight for equality.
Florida’s recent victory in granting adoption rights to gay and lesbian parents is still
under attack by the religious right. Florida
is one of the 29 states where an LGBT person can be fired for being openly gay, and
is one of the 37 states where a person can
be fired for being transgender. For instance,
Miami-Dade County only protects gays and
lesbians from being fired while the rest of
the state’s 66 counties leave an individual
guessing whether or not they are protected
from discrimination. And like 30 other
states, Florida has its own version of good
ol’ fashion prejudice as our state Constitution defines marriage as only between a
man and woman. Much has changed since
Harvey and Anita, but the work continues
with our need to elect qualified, openly gay
and straight pro-equality allies into office
to carry our American values to the state
legislature and beyond. With less than 160
days to go until Election Day in November,
please get educated on the issues, register,
and VOTE! If you happen to be a member of
the LGBT community, remember that your
vote means so much more than support of
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