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The Board of County Commissioners is the legislative body consisting of 13 members elected from single-member districts Members are elected to serve four-year terms and elections of members are staggered the Board chooses a Chairperson who presides over the Commission as well as appoints the members of its legislative committees the Board has a wide array of powers to enact legislation create departments and regulate businesses operating within the County it also has the power to override the Mayor's veto with a two-thirds vote, Brazilian pepper or Florida holly (Schinus terebinthifolius) has also wreaked havoc on the Everglades exhibiting a tendency to spread rapidly and to crowd out native species of plants as well as to create inhospitable environments for native animals It is especially difficult to eradicate and is readily propagated by birds which eat its small red berries the Brazilian pepper problem is not exclusive to the Everglades; neither is the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) which is a widespread problem in Florida's waterways a major threat to endemic species and is difficult and costly to eradicate the Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) may be causing the most harm to restoration as it blankets areas thickly making it impossible for animals to pass through it also climbs up trees and creates "fire ladders" allowing parts of the trees to burn that would otherwise remain unharmed. . Atletico Miami CF Soccer United Premier Soccer League Tropical Park Stadium NONE Population 2018 Metrobus serves all of Miami-Dade County. Orlando International Airport is the busiest airport in the state with 44.6 million total passengers traveled in 2017. Tri-Rail Miami's commuter rail system connects to the three counties north to south; In 2015 FIU ranked 7th as one of the best values in public higher education in the country according to a survey by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. The political make-up of congressional and legislative districts has enabled Republicans to control the governorship and most statewide elective offices and 17 of the state's 27 seats in the 2012 House of Representatives Florida has been listed as a swing state in Presidential elections since 1952 voting for the losing candidate only twice in that period of time. The AU Catholic Club was formed to create on-campus support for students of Catholic faith Music of Florida Following the 1926 Miami hurricane many schools were destroyed the hurricane ended the 1920s land boom in Miami and ushered in the Great Depression to the area long before the actual market crash of 1929 the crash forced many more schools not destroyed by the hurricane to be closed Beginning in 1930 the school board faced its first overcrowding and funding problems.

The northern side of Miami includes Midtown a district with a great mix of diversity ranging from West Indians to Hispanics to European Americans the Edgewater neighborhood of Midtown is mostly composed of high-rise residential towers and is home to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Wynwood is an art district with ten galleries in former warehouses as well as a large outdoor mural project the wealthier residents of Miami usually live in the Design District and the Upper Eastside which has many 1920s homes as well as examples of Miami Modern architecture in the MiMo Historic District the northern side of Miami also has notable African-American and Caribbean immigrant communities including Little Haiti Overtown (home of the Lyric Theater) and Liberty City. Everglades restoration received $96 million of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 As a result of the stimulus package a mile-long (1.6 km) bridge to replace the Tamiami Trail a road that borders Everglades National Park to the north and has blocked water from reaching the southern Everglades was begun by the Army Corps of Engineers in December 2009 the next month work began to reconstruct the C-111 canal east of the park that historically diverted water into Florida Bay Governor Charlie Crist announced the same month that $50 million of state funds would be earmarked for Everglades restoration in May 2010 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of bridges were proposed to be added to the Tamiami Trail. . The Florida Department of Education is required by law to train educators in teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Population Miami-Dade Electronic dance music MTV Latin America is based in Miami serving residents in Mexico Argentina Venezuela and other Latin American countries since 1993. . Education Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach ??? ??O ??? ?FO Wertheim Conservatory 1991 Tamarac The struggle for a "colored-only" beach in Miami signified the incipient civil rights revolution of the 1950s -1960s it was fueled by the anger of patriotic black servicemen who fought the racism of Nazi Germany only to return to a segregated America Among the protesters was Attorney Lawson B Thomas who would later become the first Black appointed to Judge in the post-Reconstruction South Lawyer Thomas remained on the beach holding bail money for those who anticipated arrest the NAACP had notified the local press and police of the time and place hoping for arrests that would be central to a court challenge of local discrimination laws and policies on instruction from local government representatives police refused to cite the protestors telling Thomas to contact County Commissioner Charles H Crandon.