Miami-Dade County

more than capable of filling these roles, more issues arise for the LGBT crowd. These individuals who are no different than any other person in the world face discrimination in the school systems, jobs, neighborhoods, and in general society. In Dade County, Miami the city officials had a vote to include transgender in the county’s human rights laws to ban discrimination against a person’s gender role, expression, or identity. The new law is applicable to the government services, public places…

If you see a person walking around with a pitbull what would you do? Walk away? Think the owner is a bad person? Think the owner is crazy? People think that pitbulls are a very dangerous breed and that they should be banned. I think otherwise. Yes pitbulls can attack people and pitbulls look scary, they still shouldn’t be banned. Firstly, Pitbull owners would be really mad. Secondly, pitbulls are good work and guard dogs. Lastly, pitbulls have done nothing bad to us. Continue reading if you…

Just 43 miles to the north of Miami at the southernmost tip of Palm Beach Country lies the city of Boca Raton, Florida (FL). As one of the largest business communities in the state, the city has become a high traffic area with lots of people from outside the city commuting in for work. The city also finds itself dealing with a number of drug related issues due in large part to drug trafficking issues spilling over from the Miami area. Relevant Drug Stats Out of the Boca Raton, Florida (FL) Area…

With the power and influence that our law enforcement officers have over the public several issues tend to arise. One of the biggest challenges that officers face is treating everyone equally, without personal prejudice. This study will focus on how the officers treat the people that they are tasked to protect. Getting to know why they treat people in the manner they do is important because of the role that they play in are everyday life. They can either be writing you a ticket taking you to…

probably want to pass a law that outlawed pit-bulls in the USA. Pit-bulls attack many people every year and get punished for it. I believe we should ban pit bulls from the USA. An example of one such attacks was a little 8 year old girl in Miami-Dade County. One day a little girl got home from the store with her mom and their neighbors pit-bull was sitting in their driveway. When the girl got out of the car the dog viciously attacked her. The next couple of years the girl had to have multiple…

the U is the slogan of Miami Hurricanes football. The problem is that the home stadium is shared with the Miami Dolphins. The stadium is also located 21 miles from the campus of the University Of Miami in Coral Gables. All of these pose problems that hurt the football program. That is why a new stadium should be built for the Miami Hurricanes football program. The U is back on the rise and is looking to be a national powerhouse again. The future is as bright as the hot Miami sun. The…

that King County Library System’s annual door count is more than the SPL’s. The metrics for a real comparison should be based on the demographics of a region, annual influx, rules and regulations of the library systems that are comparable to that of SPL. The author is literally trying to create an apples-to-apples comparison, but in reality it is more of apples-to-oranges. The author has done SPL comparison with other big systems like that of King County, Palm Beach County, Miami-Dade Public…

issues are as follow: 1. Texting while driving for instance; although is banned in Florida; everybody is doing it including police officers while driving, 2. Another issue would be the homeless; Miami-Dade County was awarded $32 million in grants for housing and social programs. Yet, in Downtown Miami they are all over the place. A few years back, I didn’t see any homeless in Hialeah. Recently, I have come across at least twenty homeless in the west part of Hialeah. 3. Kids…

Imagine living a life where you are forced into labor with little to no pay or being mistreated for illogical reasons. Perhaps being sexually exploited, taken in as a servant, slave, child soldier or even being abused by a family member, significant other or stranger. This is an issue occurring all around the world, it is known as Human trafficking. Human trafficking is the act of the illegal trade of human beings. It is defined as the recruitment, control, and use of people for their bodies,…

growth. During 1980s, the number of lane miles in Florida has ascended by 14.8 percent as the population rate is increasing by 32 percent. This would require adding 168,000 lanes miles by the year of 2020 ( Martin, Bouvier, Leonard). Bigger cities like Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Orlando are examples of problematic traffic. Taking longer to get to one destination due to traffic jam and higher chance of car accidents. Also, busy traffics in larger cities with larger population are vexatious…