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BumRushDaShow

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Tue Oct 7, 2025, 07:44 PM Tuesday

Lawsuit challenges vote to gift prime Miami real estate for Trump's presidential library

Source: AP

Updated 10:18 AM EDT, October 7, 2025


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Miami activist alleges that city officials violated Florida’s open government law when they gifted a sizable plot of prime downtown real estate to the state, which then transferred it to the foundation for Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

The nearly 3-acre (1.2-hectare) property is a developer’s dream and is valued at more than $67 million, according to a 2025 assessment by the Miami-Dade County property appraiser. One of the last undeveloped lots on an iconic stretch of palm tree-lined Biscayne Boulevard, one real estate expert wagered that the parcel could sell for hundreds of millions of dollars more.

Marvin Dunn, an activist and chronicler of local Black history, filed a lawsuit Monday in a Miami-Dade County court against the Board of Trustees for Miami Dade College, a state-run school that previously owned the property. He alleges that the board violated Florida’s Government in the Sunshine law by not providing sufficient notice for its special meeting on Sept. 23, when it voted to give up the land, and he’s seeking to block the land transfer.

Representatives for the college didn’t immediately respond to a Tuesday request seeking comment.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-presidential-library-lawsuit-miami-e5f6d8662e39b280cd17b5552b21f7e7

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Lawsuit challenges vote to gift prime Miami real estate for Trump's presidential library (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
the "library" or LIEbrary will be nothing more that a high rise hotel with a massive grift shop. nt Javaman Wednesday #1
Miami is an hour from me. tavernier Wednesday #2

Javaman

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1. the "library" or LIEbrary will be nothing more that a high rise hotel with a massive grift shop. nt
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:27 AM
Wednesday

tavernier

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2. Miami is an hour from me.
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:54 AM
Wednesday

I can eat a very large breakfast and be there just in time to leave a present at his “library”…

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