Olympia Heights Main articles: the Beacon (Florida International University) and Radiate FM, Passenger The Miami Metrorail is the state's only rapid transit system About 15% of Miamians use public transit daily, The Miami-Dade Police Department is a full-service metropolitan police department serving Miami-Dade County's unincorporated areas although it has lenient mutual aid agreements with other municipalities most often the City of Miami Police Department With 4,700 employees it is Florida's largest police department the Department is often referred to by its former name the Metro-Dade Police or simply Metro! ; The Student Government contains five separate governing councils- the Student Programming Council the Council for Student Organizations which represents the over 200 or more student clubs and organizations the Homecoming Council Black Student Union and Panther Power the student spirit group the Panther Power group can be seen in all Golden Panthers athletic events along with the Golden Panthers Band the Golden Dazzlers dance team and the Golden Panthers cheerleaders in 2004 MTV's Campus Invasion Tour was held at FIU bringing numerous bands such as Hoobastank to FIU. Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD) is one of the largest public utilities in the United States employing approximately 2,700 employees as of 2007 it provides service to over 2.4 million customers operating with an annual budget of almost $400 million Approximately 330 million gallons of water are drawn everyday from the Biscayne Aquifer for consumer use MDWASD has over 7,100 miles (11,400 km) of water lines a service area of 396 square miles (1,026 km2) and 14 pump stations MDWASD has over 3,600 miles (5,800 km) of sewage pipes a service area of 341 square miles (883 km2) and 954 pump stations, Map of Miami in 1955. Miami International Airport MIA Miami-Dade Large Hub This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it (July 2011). J University of Miami The Miami Fusion a defunct Major League Soccer team played at Lockhart Stadium in nearby Broward County the Miami Kickers a Women's Premier Soccer League played at American Heritage School in Plantation Broward County. 1980s and 1990s Miami Florida Business directory The basic structure duties function and operations of the government of the state of Florida are defined and established by the Florida Constitution which establishes the basic law of the state and guarantees various rights and freedoms of the people the state government consists of three separate branches: judicial executive and legislative the legislature enacts bills which if signed by the governor become law, US 41 Atletico Miami CF Soccer United Premier Soccer League Tropical Park Stadium NONE. Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties are the first second and third most populous counties in Florida and Miami-Dade with 2,761,581 people in 2018 is the seventh most populous county in the United States the three counties together are known as the Greater Miami Area and have principal cities including Miami Fort Lauderdale West Palm Beach Hialeah Pembroke Pines and Boca Raton Besides its association with the South Florida region which includes the Everglades and the Florida Keys it is also synonymous with an area known collectively as the "Gold Coast".
The Confederacy received little help from Florida; the 15,000 men it offered were generally sent elsewhere Instead of men and manufactured goods Florida did provide salt and more importantly beef to feed the Confederate armies This was particularly important after 1864 when the Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River thereby losing access to Texas beef the largest engagements in the state were the Battle of Olustee on February 20 1864 and the Battle of Natural Bridge on March 6 1865 Both were Confederate victories the war ended in 1865! 12.7 Sports facilities 7.1 Kissimmee River On June 27 2005 the popular ex-city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Miami Herald headquarters dropped off a package for columnist Jim DeFede and told the security guard to tell his wife Stephanie he "loved her" before pulling out a gun and committing suicide His suicide happened the day the alternative weekly Miami New Times published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs including allegations that Teele had sex with a transsexual prostitute and used cocaine At the time Teele was being investigated by federal authorities for fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $59,000 in kickbacks to help a businessman get millions of dollars in contracts at Miami International Airport Teele was suspended from his job in 2004 by Florida governor Jeb Bush after being arrested for trying to run a police officer off the road Teele was also charged in December 2004 with ten counts of unlawful compensation on charges he took $135,000 from TLMC Inc promising that it would be awarded lucrative contracts to redevelop neighborhoods in Miami Teele was also found guilty in March 2005 for threatening an undercover detective; Jetport proposition Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848 but no work of this type was attempted until 1882 Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century and spurred the South Florida economy prompting land development in 1947 Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals levees and water control devices the Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland where the primary crop was sugarcane Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas. Twenty-first century Allapattah and Grapeland Heights South Bay is nearly as large as Central Bay and is the least affected by human activities although it also suffers from the loss of natural fresh water flow South Bay is separated from the Straits of Florida by the northernmost of the Florida Keys and includes Card Sound and Barnes Sound It is connected to Florida Bay through a few small channels. Main article: United States presidential election in Florida 2000 Downtown Miami (21.6) 74.0 1994 50.8% 2,135,008 49.2% 2,071,068 On October 2 2014 it was announced that Florida International University would play host to the Miss Universe 2014 pageant on January 25 2015 FIU also hosted a talk from President Barack Obama in February 2015.
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