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SunPost: No Set Date on NBV Strip Club Hearing Make Opponents Uneasy

December 15, 2011 Posted by Frank M


By Frank Maradiaga

To the chagrin of some residents, no date is currently set for the commission hearing of a building proposal that might bring a strip club to North Bay Village.

The proposal was not heard at the December commission meeting, and it has opponents fearing it might be slipped into a special meeting with very little public notice beforehand.

“I hate to see the type of parliamentary deception that happened last year,” said Kevin Vericker, a blogger on the city, and opponent of the strip club.
He is referring to a previous strip club proposal that was heard at a special commission meeting that Vericker feels had inadequate public notice for the important topic.

“I would hope that the commission, when and if these plans come before you, would commit to do this at a regular meeting with the usual adequate notice,” he told the commission at the meeting.

“It makes it very difficult for the residents to be prepared to discuss the issues on hand,” he said.

Others similarly found it strange the topic was not on the agenda.

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SunPost: NO! Strip Club.

November 17, 2011 Posted by Frank M


North Bay Village Residents Oppose Proposed Adult Nightclub

By Frank Maradiaga

Donna Anderson stood shoulder to shoulder with about 30 others who could not find an empty seat for the November Planning and Zoning meeting in North Bay Village. A proposed gentleman’s club was on the agenda, and the small commission chamber grumbled with the disapproval of residents. As the attorney representing the project made his case, Anderson scribbled down notes on an opposition flyer she received from another resident that featured the the crossed out silhouette of a stripper grinding on a pole. She wrote the word “oasis” on it, and underlined it.

“I am worried about the security of North Bay Village,” Anderson told the board. “This is an oasis in North Miami Beach and it needs to be preserved.”

The crowd erupted in applause, and around the time most applause would die down- it reached a new zenith. Preserving the village’s image and safety is a recurring theme with residents who oppose adult entertainment businesses in NBV.

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