As the first journalist to write about Trolleygate, I couldn’t help but chortle over yesterday’s Miami Herald story about the white elephant also known as the Trolley Folly: Why is this so funny? Let me count the ways: 1). WAREHOUSE?!?! 2). The Miami Herald covering something in West Grove? It only seem to do that … Continue reading Trolleygate Sputters Back To Life
Before the meeting of the Coconut Village Council got underway The February 25th Coconut Grove Village Council purred along nicely until the agenda item of Trolleygate. That’s when the wheels fell off the meeting’s diesel bus. Residents broke Robert’s Rules of Order to talk out-of-turn, denouncing the proposed settlement concerning the non-conforming diesel bus maintenance … Continue reading Is Trolleygate Headed For An Out-Of-Court Settlement?
The non-conforming government operated vehicle maintenance facility appeared virtually finished on a October 16, 2013 visit Ever since I first began writing about Trolleygate, I have called it an obvious case of Racial Discrimination. Now it appears the United States Department of Transportation, writing the latest jokes in this comedy of errors, agrees with me. … Continue reading Trolleygate Violates 1964 Civil Rights Act ► Not Now Silly Vindicated
One of hundreds of thousands of Racist internet memes Follow the bouncing ball: Trolleygate is modern day Racism, pure and simple. Furthermore, the Racism that allowed for Trolleygate is exactly the same Racism that thought West Grove was the perfect place for Old Smokey, an incinerator that belched carcinogenics into the air for 5 decades. … Continue reading A Century of Coconut Grove Racism ► Soilgate Is Trolleygate Writ Large
Ready for his close-up: [Allegedly] corrupt Miami Commisioner Marc. D. Sarnoff at the Trolleygate Dog and Pony Show posing for the Miami Herald. A whistle-blower on Trolleygate could blow down the house of cards carefully erected by [allegedly] corrupt Miami Commissioner Marc D. Sarnoff. At least that’s what people who call Sarnoff the “Teflon” Commissioner … Continue reading BLOCKBUSTER!!! The Trolleygate Smoking Gun Surfaces
Almost finished: The polluting vehicle maintenance facility on August 26, 2013 The residents of West Grove woke up to good news this morning. The Miami Herald is reporting the City of Coral Gables is now suing Astor Development over the Trolleygate diesel bus maintenance garage. It was just last month when Not Now Silly was … Continue reading Coral Gables Now Suing Over Trolleygate
Artist rendering of the Coral Gables’ diesel bus garage designed in a Bahamian style Circle the court date: August 16th. At times it seems the wheels of justice turn ever so slowly. I posted An Introduction to Trolleygate just over 6 months ago. I followed up a few days later with The Trolleygate Dog And … Continue reading Trolleygate Update ► The End Of The Line?
I couldn’t help but laugh at a recent quote from Emperor Marc D. Sarnoff, Commissioner of Miami’s District 2. Marc (along with Mayor Tomas Regalado) is suing the Florida Department of Transportation over a “signature” bridge that the city thought it was getting before FDOT changed the design. Sarnoff thinks FDOT participated in a classic … Continue reading Marc D. Sarnoff: Trolleygate Hypocrite Takes A Bridge Too Far
The view of the diesel bus garage from the closest house, a mere 100 feet from where the polluting buses will be idling. These days whenever I visit Coconut Grove I check on the progress of the Coral Gables diesel bus garage. I am always surprised that the building of what will be a polluting … Continue reading An Update On Sarnoff’s Trolleygate aka Astor’s Trolley Folly
Diesel bus garage, February 27, 2013 While crews continue to build the nonconforming Coral Gables diesel bus garage, a lawsuit by West Grove residents is working its way through the court system. If the residents of the community have their way, (and why shouldn’t they?) the bus garage will never open. If Commissioner Marc D. … Continue reading Trolleygate Brings A Community Together