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Billy Corben

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1992 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Upwards of 350 million dollar piece of land owned by this public university, this public college.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Turns out I'm not alone in that feeling.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

A poll by Bendixson Amandi and reported here in Florida politics shows that a whopping 74 percent.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

of Miami-Dade respondents say that this 2.6 acre parcel targeted for this Trump facility should instead stay with the college for possible expansion.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Just 14% said the state should take the land and gift it to Trump.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Naturally, Republicans are warmer to the idea with 59 percent supporting a Trump library on the state acquired Miami-Dade College land compared to 29 percent who oppose it.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Whereas you have 94 percent of Democrats against the plan.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

But here's the thing.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Sixty nine percent of third party and no party voters feel the same.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

This is not a winning issue.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

It's barely even a winning issue amongst Republicans in Miami-Dade County.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

That was a very surprising poll to see, honestly.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Well, it certainly doesn't feel kosher.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Like, I don't know if it's legal or not.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And there's certainly going to be legal challenges that are working their way through the courts now.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

But it's just like if you want to sell them the property, sell them the property at fair market value or put it on the market and find out what that value is.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

But when you're you're kind of staking the future of this very important, it's one of the largest colleges, I think, by student body in the entire country.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

So this is a very important institution to the country, to this community.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And they don't have a lot of room for growth.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And to give away a piece of property like this, I just think is, again, sell it.