The Zion Seventh-day Adventist Church in northwest Miami-Dade says it has literally been left picking up the pieces after repeated piles of trash and old furniture were dumped on the sidewalk outside its building. The small congregation, still in the middle of renovating its space, says it cannot keep absorbing cleanup costs and worries that every time a pile disappears, it just invites the next round of illegal dumping. Miami-Dade County has now agreed to clear the latest debris without issuing a fine, but church leaders say they are still waiting on a lasting fix.
According to CBS News Miami, a Solid Waste Management spokesperson told the station that the department has no record of issuing fines or citations for the property since 2023 and that it does not…..