Florida’s fever-dream periodical, the Miami Herald, has a remarkable piece freshly out covering measures to control beach crowds in the name of public safety. Granted, I will allow that this is an op-ed and, therefore, slightly unfair to frame it as the hot take from the paper entire, but it comes from a staff writer, and this level of emotional fervor falls right in line with that paper’s slanted hot takes, so it remains rather fair in nature.
What I am looking over is an editorial by Fabiola Santiago who looks into the matter of the city of Miami Beach trying to bring a level of control to the upcoming festivities/mayhem that take place annually on South Beach. Over the years, the location has become literally overrun with revelers, and there has been no shortage of incidents and dangerous activity, including a shooting death not long ago. As a result, the city authorities…
