I hate slates and this article about a phony slate in Liberty City is an example of why. Who paid for printing this slate and who is behind it? Certainly not Obama, although it was printed to look like he supported the Miami-Dade slate of candidates. The Herald reported:
"The flier, distributed by a local grass-roots group calling itself Team Florida, according to former State Rep. Darryl Reaves, shows the senator's photo and ''Yes We Can'' slogan, along with the words ''Obama '08'' and "Team Florida." Team Florida is not registered with the county or state as a political action committee."
I have been to polls during many elections in neighborhoods around Dade. The policy in some neighborhoods has been for a Respected Politician like, Kendrick Meek, to sponsor a slate of candidates. For instance in 2006 Kendrick had on his slate: Commissioner Dorrin Rolle among others. I asked Kendrick why he did not endorse Former House Rep. Philip Brutus who was running against Rolle: He said: “Because Brutus had bad attendance while a State Representative.” I said to Meek: “We all pray that Rolle would have bad attendance so he wouldn’t show up to make yet another bad vote.” Meek laughed and we parted.
Anyway, this handing out of “slate cards” seems to be common in some parts of the county: Sometimes the Democrats have them, sometimes the Unions put them out and sometimes a fake group puts them out. The “respected politician endorsement slate” can als be found in Hialeah: The Hialeah Mayor always seems to be pictured on one.
Clean-cut Darryl Reaves, a candidate that popped up for school board in 2006, was caught giving out this particular slate card. Commissioner Audrey Edmonson was selected on it. I have a suspicion that Darryl might be working for that campaign but I can’t be sure. He is a "unique" person who I can't figure out when he surfaces and I have stopped trying. Enough said.
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Slates cheat informed voters. Should voters that habitually use slates really be voting? I have seen phony slate palm cards that look okay but then they have that one candidate inserted that shouldn't be there.
Kendrick Meek Endorsed Rolle? He should hang his head in shame. This isn't grade school when we weight on attendance so we can get a bumper sticker: "My commissioner has perfect attendance."
Most of these 'slates' are put out by the political 'consultants.' the Levy, Gutierrez, etc. types. If you notice that some of the candidates don't seem to be compatible with each other, that;s why. It's just a matter of how much the candidate paid to whom.
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