- Politicians say Miami ‘slums' prove need for new laws http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A8E3CD20CD1840?p=AWN. This story is talking about how poorly kept and disgusting some of the apartments are in Miami due to landlords taking advantage of their tenants. Tenants are having a problem with these bad conditions because they think they are being robbed essentially with these almost unlivable conditions as their landlords sit back and collect the money. This article is pressing for some sort of change/ new law to put into place so that landlords can't take advantage of their tenants by keeping their building up to date.
- Car2go pulling out of Miami on March http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A88F856AF5D168?p=AWNB. This story is talking about how the car-sharing service, Car2go will be suspending their operations in Miami and Miami Beach. Their reasoning is that although Miami has a need for a car-sharing service, Miami is one of the most expensive cities in America for this service. Car2go is also taxed more as a rental car service which will make them to turn to other cities with more profit available. This will affect the people of Miami as Car2go had 300 cars helping people get to places they needed to be.
- Crocodile found lounging in pool at Keys house http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A88F792D85F610?p=AWNB. This story is talking about how a homeowner in the Keys found a 8 foot crocodile in their pool one morning. This problem of animals getting into the properties of homeowners is growing to be a problem in South Florida as a woman found a half-dead shark at Mariner's Cay condo in Hypoluxo the other day too.
- Scared cops http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A88F86467A6E98?p=AWNB. This story comes from the editorial page and the writer is upset because for the second year on MLK Day, bikes, trikes, and ATV's ran throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties uncontrollably. His problem is that the police did nothing and were afraid to take action unless they committed a felony, but then will still go sit in the bushes and pull you over for going just a couple over the speed limit. He is arguing that police need to be taking more fighting action instead of sitting back and doing the least amount of work possible.
- Cable dispute http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A88F87184BAA60?p=AWNB. This story also comes from the editorial page and the writer is upset because WSVN- Channel 7 and AT&T U-Verse decided to not broadcast the NFC playoff game on the local channel. Obviously he wasn't the only one with this problem in his area as many people subscribe with AT&T, but he states that if he is unable to watch the NFC Championship Game, then he is going to switch providers from AT&T to Xfinity.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Identifying Local Opportunities
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Hey James,
ReplyDeleteI noticed a few of these articles as well when I was conducting my research. Being a South Florida native, I can definitely attest to the first article you shared. It's sad to think there are people in the world who show no remorse in taking advantage of another person for their own financial gain. Also, I recently noticed friends taking to Facebook to voice their outrage pertaining to the WSVN and AT&T dispute. Some of them went as far as deducting money from their payment, along with a note, for the service they were expecting to receive but did not get. I'm waiting for a follow up status to see how well the cable company handles the shortage in payment. Check out my list of local opportunities if you have a few minutes to spare. You may be surprised with an opportunity of interest!
http://richardjeffries.blogspot.com/2016/01/identifying-local-opportunities.html
Nice job! There must be a lot of people from Miami in this class because I just saw a different blog post with several of the same articles you shared. All the articles you chose were great though because they represent real and prevalent issues in Miami; especially the low income housing one. I thought the gator article was very funny as well, and its a serious problem! I pulled my articles from a Tampa newspaper and they also had written an article on the gator in the pool. Overall, great job!
ReplyDeleteHere's the link to my blog post: http://ckm-ent3003.blogspot.com/2016/01/week-3-identify-local-opportunities.html