Billy Corben
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5,580 appearances
28 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 11 Sep
Billy Corben’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Port Miami is one of the county's largest economic engines, contributing $61 billion to the economy and supporting 340,000 jobs.
At issue, this 10-acre fuel depot on Fisher Island, long since the only fuel source for Port Miami.
Last year, the land's private owner sold it to a developer under the county's nose.
That developer wants to turn it into condos on what some call the nation's wealthiest zip code.
The Fisher Island Community Association does not want the fuel depot to stay, and in a lawsuit, alleged the county had agreed to pay a combined $400 million for the land, more than double what the developer paid.
So let me be clear, Port Miami, along with the airport, just the economic heartbeat of this community, $61 billion economic impact, 340,000 jobs.
That's not just the Miami-Dade economy.
That's the Florida economy would collapse if there was no gas.
or fuel for the cargo vessels and cruise ships that employ so many people and make the world go round.
You don't have to just work for a cruise line or a cargo company for your job to be impacted by this industry.
This industry impacts everything.
hundreds of thousands of jobs.
It's crazy.
And call it incompetence, call it corruption, it's a total failure of leadership.
And a few weeks ago, Roy, I participated proudly in a press conference where I called out the county leaders.
What's funny about it is
The two unelected people who are most responsible for all this, they're the ones that got scapegoated.
And by the way, they're totally culpable.
But all of the elected officials are like the buck stops down there somewhere.
I mean, Daniela Levine Calva loves to find someone to throw under the bright line.
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