Mayor Wannabe Little Joe and Vile Natacha Seijas have been whining that they don’t have a voice at County budget meetings being conducted by the Budget, Planning and Sustainability Committee. The workshops/meetings are chaired by Commissioner Katy Sorenson. Martinez is on the Budget Committee, the Vice Chair, Natacha isn’t a member. Martinez has a high seat at the table but strangely, he hasn’t shown up for the 3 meetings (protest?) except for about an hour at one.It said in Miami Today that Joe Martinez is proposing legislation that a Budget and Conference Committee should be formed, made up of the chairs of each of the county’s regular committees. This new entity would be headed by Katy Sorenson, according to his legislation.
Here is the really dumb part, neither he nor Vile Natacha Seijas are Chairs of ANY committees. So what does this legislation get him (it, in fact, removes him) or her? Nada. This is really petty. I heard there are memo's floating around about this...will post if I get one. Here are the members of the existing Committee:
Katy Sorenson (8) Chair; Joe A. Martinez (11) Vice Chair; Commissioners Audrey M. Edmonson (3), Carlos A. Gimenez (7), Sally A. Heyman (4), and Barbara J. Jordan (1)
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Six out of thirteen? - is not a majority...
Love to know more about this insider baseball. Do you think that Martinez is just trying to make Sorenson's life difficult, on principle that she just deserves being pestered? Seijas' power base-- the homebuilders-- are flat on their backs. So what is she up to? Maybe just trying to stir up trouble and stay in the game.
Vile Natacha voted to spend over $3 bil on a baseball stadium that only benefits one man and several no bid contract winners. Anyone check her bank accounts lately?
why do you need a majority for a committee?
I was contacting everyone and their grandmother two weeks ago about a problem I have with property taxes. I spoke with Commissioner Seijas when she was nice enough to return my call, but after speaking with her, she left me void of any faith in her. While the commissioner is of the opinion that I do not know how government operates, that I do not know anything about government, and that I dislike government, she demonstrated to be all those things some people say she is - vile, mean and insensitive. I guess my college education should have taught me more. I admit that, while I might be naive about many aspects of government, I am smart enough to understand that none of them know how how run governemtn effectively. I am in the majority when I say that government needs an overhaul, and so is the sentiment of most of citizens of this nation and of this Miami-Dade County! Oh, three (3) calls to Mayor Alvarez' office went unresponded - so at least the commissioner returns calls.
Miami-Dade's Dennis Moss gave aides raises hours after warning
http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/1213506.html
Last anon, I read the article, and for what those staff do, I believe the increases were justified and in line. They're still making far less than an assistant of an assistant county manager or someone in the Mayors office. And, no, I don't work for Moss or Sorenson, but have dealt with some of those aides. I don't think a raise from $60+ to $80+ for a job that should have been $80+ to begin wit(or if in the Mayors office 120+) is unreasonable. Moss didn't propose the County budget than back date raises so no one could fine them. He became Chair and the salary's rose accordingly to the new duties. Add up the raises he gave, take that total, and compare to just one persons raise in the Mayors office. Hardly a scandal here, at least to me and Angry Joe Martinez is "speechless". I bet he planted the story to begin with - and that's just a guess.
Last Anon:
Mayor/Mgr Office Budget:
2005 - $9.6 million
2009 - $8.1 million
BCC Budget:
2005 - $15 million
2009 - $20 million
You do the math.
The only problem with these numbers that you posted: The county manager moved around bloated-salaried staff members to other departments, where the salary gets lost in OTHER budgets.
Thank you, Genius, that is the point. At one time in his office, he had employees on police salaries, communications, Team Metro employees, Health and Human Services employees, and probably even more hidden in that there is manager staff "assigned" to other budgets. These people report directly to the manager or the mayors chief of staff. The hidden employee really doesn't report to the department directors. Can you imagine how excited the directors must be to shelter those people?
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