Miami Gardens residents during a meeting yesterday with the Miami Gardens City Council made it clear they "want nothing to do" with a proposal that would bring an annual F1 event to Hard Rock Stadium and a public road outside of it, according to Aaron Leibowitz of the MIAMI HERALD. The council "unanimously passed a resolution proposed by Councilwoman Lillie Q. Odom to oppose the plan." Odom "cited concerns about dangerous noise levels and unsafe air quality that the race could bring." Her fellow council members agreed, adding that reps from the Dolphins and F1 have "failed to properly involve them in the conversation." County Commissioner Barbara Jordan is now "pledging to do what she can to block the event, despite saying she has supported all of the Dolphins' requests for new events in the past." However, the city and county's options "are limited." The Dolphins have a "legal right to host racing events at the stadium site under the terms of an agreement with Miami-Dade County." But Jordan has "placed two items on next Tuesday's Miami-Dade Commission agenda that would, at the very least, put road blocks in the project's path" (MIAMI HERALD, 10/24).
TAKING IT SLOW: A MIAMI HERALD editorial goes with the header, "Miami Soccer Stadium Needs Better Answers Before It Scores With Skeptical Residents." The editorial states city of Miami commissioners "should agree" that the process of green-lighting the Miami Freedom Park MLS stadium project "will not be deadline driven" (MIAMI HERALD, 10/24).
