Title: He Made DeSantis Rewrite the Book Ban Law: Now He’s Coming for Calle Ocho. Location: City of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida Excerpt: Press release announcing the Miami demand letter and 9-custodian PRR as the fourth action in 72 hours. Leads with the core irony: the Cuban-American community built Calle Ocho in 1978; their legislators voted for the law banning …
Fourth demand letter in the statewide campaign, served on Miami City Attorney George K. Wysong III, targeting the City’s structural entanglement with Calle Ocho Music Festival — the largest Hispanic street festival in the United States, organized by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana. Identifies three statutory prongs: official action (Mayor Suarez’s 2020 cancellation authority; February 2026 Calle Ocho BID resolution), public funding (police, fire, sanitation, permitting), and municipal promotion (City social media, tourism platforms, press materials). Accompanied by a 9-custodian omnibus Chapter 119 PRR covering the City Clerk, City Attorney, Special Events, Parks, Budget, Communications, MPD, Fire-Rescue/Public Works, and Economic Development.