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“Now we’ve got a second chance to make a plan that is smart.”

The residents of Grove Isle, a gated island community in Miami, are devastated as a massive 91-foot-high condo complex has been built, blocking the sun and once-spectacular views.

On Grove Isle, a development named Vita is making for strife between neighbors, as the stadium-like property allegedly blocks view and sunlight corridors.

A 65-unit condo tower is going up on Grove Isle, a waterfront Coconut Grove community. Some residents are suing the city of Miami, hoping to halt construction or downsize the building, which blocks their views.

“I welcome any investigation,” said the attorney affiliated with the recall.

The county Elections Department must now verify the signatures.

In an unusually blistering ruling, a Miami-Dade appeals court has overturned as “unlawful” a city of Miami zoning board decision blocking a county plan to remake and reopen the historic, shuttered Coconut Grove Playhouse -- but it doesn’t mean the long-stalled project will get underway anytime soon.

ORLANDO — A judge recommended 30-day suspensions for a father-daughter pair of lawyers in Florida who spoke out after another judge overturned a jury’s $2.7 million ruling in favor of

An African American father-daughter pair of lawyers, Jerry, and Brooke Girley are in the eye of Florida’s ongoing racist storm after a judge recommended 30-day suspensions for their vocal criticism following the overturning of a $2.7 million jury ruling in a racial discrimination case. In addition to suggesting suspension, Judge Lisa Herndon, presiding over the Florida Bar’s disciplinary case against the Girleys, also ordered the duo to attend a professionalism workshop.

“We would be sitting on our hands,” said Jose Arrojo, the executive director of the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust.