GOVERNMENT
Thursday 10/28
DEMOCRAT'S MEETING
The United Democrats of NE Dade will host a meeting featuring mayoral candidate Jimmy Morales as the guest speaker. A representative from the Miami-Dade County General Obligation Bond Committee will also speak on the $2.9 billion Bond Issue. A light supper will be served. 7 p.m. at North Miami Beach City Hall, 17051 NE 19 Ave., Miami Beach. Details: (305) 931-4926.
Friday 10/29
EARLY VOTING
The City of Miami Beach will host early elections. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at City Hall, First Floor Conference Room, 1700 Convention Center Dr., Miami. Details: (305) 604-2489.
GOVERNMENT ON THE GO
Miami-Dade County presents the Government on the Go bus. The bus will be traveling to assist in applications for passports, purchasing of transit items and voter registrations. Individuals may also obtain water conservation kits at any of the locations. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 29 at Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1611 NW 12th Ave., Miami. Details: (305) 468-5900.
Wednesday 11/03
1972 POLITICAL CONVENTIONS
The Miami Beach Historical Association will hose a lecture by former Judge and Miami Beach Mayor Seymour Gelber. Judge Gelber will discuss his book "The Summer That Changed Miami Beach: 1972 Political Conventions." The book focuses on the summer of 1972 when both the Democratic and Republican Presidential Conventions were held in Miami Beach. 6-8 p.m. at All Souls Episcopal Church, 4025 Pinetree Dr., Miami Beach. Free. Details: (786) 261-6892.
Thursday 11/04
A POST-MORTEM
The University of Miami will presents a panel discussion of the presidential elections entitled "What Happened? A Post-Mortem." The moderator will be Tom Fiedler, the executive editor of the Miami Herald. 3 p.m. at the University of Miami, Francis L. Wolfson Building, Studio C, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables. Details: www.miami.edu.
Friday 11/05
WATERFRONT FORUM
The Urban Environment League of Greater Miami will hold a daylong "Miami Waterfront Parks Forum" to discuss Miami's downtown urban waterfront spaces. Ernest Burkeen, City of Miami Director of Parks and Recreation will speak. Event will include a cocktail reception. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Dr., Miami. RSVP required. Free; $25 for boat tour. Detail: (305) 576-2553 or uelmiami@bellsouth.net.
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