So
many new projects are going on along Biscayne
Blvd. due to the expansion and renovations that
it is highly likely that the gas was either
turned off or
is being redirected to a different
connection.
The most popular theory is that
somebody just didn’t pay the bill! If you go
along the area designated for the park and ask
who is responsible for the
torch you will see
hands pointing in a million different
directions. Put simply, nobody knows who’s
responsible for keeping the torch burning
bright.
The gas company, Peoples Gas, is the supplier of
fuel to the torch. The funny thing is that they
don’t know who’s responsible for the torch as
well.
This beautiful monument has signified so many
things throughout the years in Miami, but nobody
knows how or why the torch went out.
The only
thing that can almost be pinpointed is the when.
In early 2006 the torch remained unlit for
almost the entire year.
Nobody seemed to care
about the tourist’s disappointment as they
walked up to the wall and saw the flame had been
put out.
At the present time, the torch burns bright once
again. For how long is the important question!
Miami has held so many important events in front
of the Torch of Friendship, but yet somehow has
lost interest in something as simple as whether
it is
lit or not. It’s time to wake up and
realize that if this city is going to prosper in
the near future it needs to keep the ties that
it already has burning strong!
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