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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Raul J. Aguila, City Attorney 
DATE:May  22, 2019
 



SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO RESCIND THE LEASE ALLOWING OPERATION OF A FAST-FOOD CHAIN RESTAURANT, CHICK-FIL-A, AT THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DUE TO CHICK-FIL-A’S ON-GOING FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ANTI-LGBTQ CAUSES, AND FURTHER URGING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO DEVELOP A PROCEDURE TO SCREEN PROSPECTIVE BUSINESSES WISHING TO DO BUSINESS ON THE COUNTY’S PUBLICLY-FUNDED PROPERTY FOR HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOR AND FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE.

RECOMMENDATION

Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Michael Gongora, the above-referenced Resolution is submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission at the May 22, 2019 Commission meeting.

ANALYSIS

See below multiple articles from the most respectable sources: 

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-charities_n_5c93aa1fe4b01b140d36a586

 

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/21/18275850/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-donations

 

https://thinkprogress.org/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-donations-tax-filings-62ca15281f17/

 

and they just reaffirmed it themselves last week: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-higher-calling_n_5ce1ad1ae4b00e035b9258e2

 


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Office of the City Attorney
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Commissioner Michael Gongora

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