233 Days: Iguanas, Taxes, and Resilience with Mayor Joe Rasco of Key Biscayne
Anti-Social20 Jul 2023

233 Days: Iguanas, Taxes, and Resilience with Mayor Joe Rasco of Key Biscayne

JOE RASCO IS 233 DAYS into his term as mayor of Key Biscayne, and is fresh off some big wins. This week, after months of delay, the Village Council restarted a stalled $250 million project to protect the island from sea level rise. And the Village Council achieved a rare 7-0 vote on a potential tax increase for the 2024 budget -- but some 'wish list' projects may not make it. We talk with mayor about all that -- as well as the iguana 🦎 problem. And John and Ton...

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BONUS - GAIA - Artist Luke Jerram talks about an exhibition on Earth Day

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THE KEY BISCAYNE Rib Off is a charity event in honor of abeloved local physician that has expanded to more than 20 teams, drawing an ever growing audience. Details here Our guest is York Flik, on...

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Free Lolita: The Seaquarium plans to end five decades of captivity for a killer whale

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Lolita has been at the Miami Seaquarium for decades, but an unlikely partnership this week announced a plan to return her to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest after five decades in captivity. ...

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Court Crisis: Miami's Top Prosecutor Katherine Fernandez Rundle

Court Crisis: Miami's Top Prosecutor Katherine Fernandez Rundle

Major criminal cases are daily work in America's fourth-biggest prosecutor's office, but Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle says pay is so low, she lost 100 lawyers in the past year...

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Miami Mayor's Race and Florida politics with Fernand Amandi

It's 20 MONTHS before Election Day, but DANIELLA LEVINE CAVA announced her re-election campaign for the top job in Miami March 1. Why so early? And what is the state of play as the 2024 presidential r...

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Attack on the First Amendment in Florida: Bobby Black

Attack on the First Amendment in Florida: Bobby Black

Governor Ron DeSantis thinks it should be easier to sue for libel, and a bill in the Florida Legislature would to exactly that. Our guest is veteran newsroom leader Bobby Block, the head of Florida's ...

3 Mar 202345min

Mind your manners! An etiquette expert visits Anti-Social

Mind your manners! An etiquette expert visits Anti-Social

OUR GUEST Sofia Schott has devoted her life to teaching people good manners, and her business is now taking off. Our world may be politically polarized, but that's no reason to ignore the social rules...

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