In Miami-Dade County, a collision between economic ambition and civic identity has surfaced over an unlikely flashpoint: a proposed marketing partnership with Rockstar Games tied to the release of Grand Theft Auto 6. The county's sheriff, along with other law enforcement officials, has moved to block a deal the Democratic mayor's office pursued as a modern promotional opportunity, arguing that aligning the city's brand with a game built around crime and corruption does lasting harm to how Miami is seen — and how it sees itself. The dispute is less about a video game than about who holds the au