Take Me Out to the ... Parking Lot?  Open spaces: check. Sewer
runoff: check. Locked gate: check. Yep, this is indeed a Miami
park!  Here's a quiz in which both long-time residents and
recent arrivals can test their civic knowledge of Miami. What
can you call all of the following city-owned properties: a waste
dump, a boat ramp, a shopping mall, a sewer plant, and a
cemetery?  (Hint: If you are a newcomer, remember in Miami it
pays to think counterintuitively. After all, this is the land
where the dead vote and the ritual sacrifice of live poultry can
influence city affairs.)  The answer is ... envelope please ...
parks. That's right. Disparate as they may be, the city has
designated all of the above as public parks. To be slightly more
precise, "parks and open spaces."  Here's a bonus question: Why?
It allows city officials to skirt state law.  Fifteen years ago
politicians in Tallahassee got the wild idea that Florida should
try to manage its development rather than be run over by it.
They began with a simp