Lampooning Miami’s Super Bowl, acting as a guide for tourists, Humorist Dave Barry wrote:
The Super Bowl will bring a $500 million windfall to South Florida, according to Super Bowl Host Committee officials who clearly have been smoking crack.
Barreto is Chairman of the Host Committee and the one most responsible for bandying about inflated returns, I wrote a post about the Super Bowl Host Committee. Also, the whole Barry article is a hoot, the link is above.
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Dave Barry is making a lot of money on hating Miami and South Florida.
I suggest he packs up and moves.
Where is your sense of humor Anon? Barry loves Miami. He is a humorist. Can you not tell the difference? Finding Miami amusing is pretty standard. It is an amusing place to live. Or, as I like to say wacky.
Isn't Barreto the genius who sent the bulk of the Super Bowl events in to Broward County and shut out just about every anglo vendor who has previously provided services for the production events because under the federal definition, anglo is not a minority, even though, in Miami Dade County they are.
Why doesn't he just ask Broward for the money to fix a stadium in Dade, owned by some of the wealthiest people on the planet.
Or, since he's such buddy's with the City of Miramar, ask them for the funds.
I'm surprised more of the "jobs" thing isn't coming up. Jobs to his buddy's who cannot even build a stage platform for pre game, sending four people to the Hospital - fine job there.
Does Miami Dade get tourism taxes from Broward?
Oh, this whole thing pisses me off.
I liked the part about Hooker stadium.
I miss his regular columns.
I resent Barreto trying to manipulate the people of Miami, to agree to fund yet ANOTHER stadium. We do not need to put a roof on a stadium. Let the tourists get rained on (they get rained on and snowed on in other stadiums). Also they probably all need a tan.
What if he's off high by 100%?Would 250 million to the South Florida economy be a bad thing?
Some economists say it is more like $40,000,000. No it is not a bad thing. The bad thing is asking us to pay for a private entities renovations and using the numbers as leverage. Economists say if it were in the summer it would be one thing but because this occurs at the height of the tourist season it actually competes for rooms for tourists so there is a tradeoff.
I say put Barreto and his buddies to work fixing Jackson Health system. They've proven they can get whatever they want out of Miami and taxpayers. The deficit only 4X bigger than projected? Go get 'em, Rodney!
Unrelated but did you guys see this?
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/01/14/23698.htm
hadn't seen it but it is sick...
Another downtown nightclub customer got shot by another customer on February 4th. Happened after 4:00 am. A cop even tried to shoot the shooter. When will clubs stop serving at 3:00 am?
Seems Barreto has some dirt in his own house. Some of the people with Fish and Wildlife got caught stealing big bucks and hiding it in a house they bought in Nevada. The people were not named in the article but I would love it if it was Barreto.
Barreto will promote whatever cause puts money in his pocket. Just another lobbyist.
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