As the state of Florida prepares to hand over more than $67 million worth of downtown Miami real estate to President Donald Trump for a future presidential library and hotel , former Miami-Dade College President Eduardo J. Padrón calls the move “unimaginable” and a loss for Miami’s future.

Padrón, president emeritus of Miami Dade College and the namesake for one of its campuses, said the land that’s been transferred to the state was meant for an expansion of the college’s Wolfson campus to accommodate its growing student population.

“It’s very difficult to understand this because the public has not had a chance to even have a say on this,” Padrón told WLRN. “Its just frankly unimaginable that this decision was made without any real discussion of the consequences of what that will do

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