Vote "Yes" on Amendment 4 ... by gimleteye

I will be on WBPT Channel 2, soon, with Cliff Schulman, attorney for rock miners and developers and leader of the opposition, on Amendment 4. Does anyone have advice or specific points they would like me to raise? Do, tell.

Donna Shalala, My How You've Changed! By Geniusofdespair

Imagine my surprise yesterday when I saw that University of Miami President Donna Shalala had grown a beard...and a mustache. It was finally the turban that made me realize that the Miami Herald had made a mistake and put her name on the photo of would-be-bomber, Faisal Shahzad. Last time I ran into Shalala was in February 2008, when I hit her with a chair. It was an accident.

Judging by errors in the paper (like the one last week, putting Alan Farago's name on my blog) I think the Miami Herald is in desperate need of more staff. This is what you miss readers, when you don't subscribe to the print edition: Good old-fashioned laughs.


Today's correction? It also needs a correction:

County Commission District 8 Campaign Report Updates for Flinn and Bell. By Geniusofdespair

As of 9/24, Lynda Bell has raised $87,764.21 and has spent $54,871.92, leaving her with $32,893. Eugene Flinn has raised $132,711.00 and has spent $93,492.80, leaving him with $39,219. Flinn has my most favorite Lobbyist giving to him: Ron Book and wife.

Lynda Bell and Vile Natacha Seijas (in her 2008 report) have about 34 contributors in common (not counting multiple donors). Is it an odd coincidence? Hit read more for the list of the donors in common:

Meridian International Group
P.O. Box 331990
Miami, Fl 33133

Luiz Simon
11010 SW 131st Terrace
Miami, FL 33176

Gilberto Neves
8488 SW 94 St
Miami, Fl 33156

Mayol Linda (instead of Juan)
1400 Coral Way
Coral Gables, Fl 33134

A Quarry At This Address (Lynda Sun, Natacha SDI)
9350 S Dixie Hwy
Miami, Fl 33156

EDWARD W. EASTON FAMILY, LTD.
10165 N.W. 19TH STREET
MIAMI, FL 33172

E & M Condo Venture LLC (EWE WAREHOUSE on Natacha)
10165 NW 19 St
Miami, Fl 33172

H & J PAVING CORP. (On Lynda's same address
Jorge and Humbert Lorenzo)
4310 N.W. 35TH AVENUE
MIAMI, FL 33142

Humberto Lorenzo
4310 NW 35 Ave
Miami, Fl 33142

Kerri Lew Barsh
9 Island Ave
1101
Miami Beach, Fl 33139

Investment at Village Park
7975 West 25 Ave Bay 5
Hialeah, Fl 33016 (Natacha's has a different address same name)

Pedro Pelaez
6955 NW 77 Ave
Miami, Fl 33166

Communitel Inc (same address as Pelaez)
6955 NW 77 Ave
Miami, Fl 33166

Edwin Hannum
16135 Emerald Estates Dr (Natacha's has different address)
Weston, Fl 33331

Francis Jantzen
17982 NW 9 Ct
Pembroke Pines, Fl 33029

Atlantic Civil Inc
9350 S Dixie Hwy
Miami, Fl 33156

Allied Trucking of Florida
10741 NW 89 Ave
Hialeah Gardens, Fl 33018

Edward Easton
10165 NW 19 St
Miami, Fl 33172

Greenberg Traurig
8400 NW 36 St
Miami, Fl 33166

Lisa Giles-Klein (on Natacha's Bruce)
13430 SW 69 Ct
Miami, Fl 33156

Zuni Transportation
23635A S Dixie Hwy
Homestead, Fl 33032

Eastern Medical Courier
23635A S. Dixie Highway
Homestead, Fl 33032

Mercedes Lezcano
27400 SW 153 Ave
Homestead, Fl 33032

Jonathan Alvernia
27400 S.W.153 Ave.
Homestead, Fl 33032

Pascual Perez & Associates
1300 NW84 Ave
Doral, Fl 33126

Downrite Engineering Corp
14241 SW 143 CT
Miami, Fl 33186

SDI Quarry
9350 S Dixie Hwy
Miami, Fl 33158

Corwil Architects Inc
4102 Laguna St.
Coral Gables, Fl 33146

Hurricane Waste Services Inc
14241 SW 143 Ct.
Miami, Fl 33186

Arenal Building Enterprises
7785 NW 146 ST
Miami Lakes, Fl 33016

Sheridan Enterprises (Natacha's has same address)
7785 NW 146 ST
Miami Lakes, Fl 33016

Granada Shopping Center
1390 South Dixie Hwy St 2120
Coral Gables, Fl 33146

Keys Gate Charter School (on Natacha's same suite RENEGADE INVESTMENTS)
305 Alcazar Ave Suite 3
Coral Gables, Fl 33134

Magdalena Fresen (Natacha had Erik)
1220 Alfonso Ave
Coral Gables, Fl 33146

District 2's Hall of Shame, Shame and More Shame On You! By Geniusofdespair

The Miami Herald said yesterday in it's endorsement of Jean Monestime that: "Incumbent Dorrin Rolle, who has been sanctioned by the Miami-Dade County Ethics Commission for misusing his sway at County Hall to advocate for the social service agency that once paid his salary, has served taxpayers poorly. He left the James E. Scott Community Association shortly before it went bust in 2008. Mr. Rolle remains a favorite of lobbyists, though."

The proof of that last sentence is in the pudding, Rolle has raised over $319,000.

Here are donors to County Commissioner Dorrin Rolle's Campaign who are placed in my hall of shame for caring more about the almighty dollar than about helping good government in a needy County Commission district (In my opinion, this group wears the badge of shame as 'selfish people or corporations'. It consists of a partial list of those who I think most likely don't care a lick about who they are supporting as long as Rolle's vote has some value to their pocketbook):

Andrew L Dolkart
6861 SW 89th Terr
Miami, FL 33156

Michael E Radell
5999 SW 94th St
Miami, FL 33156-2050

Jeffrey Bercow
590 Lakeview Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33140-2648

Michael W Larkin
20 Island Avenue
Apt 709
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Hit read more, the list goes on:
Krome Grove Investors, LLC
10165 Nw 19th Street
Miami, FL 33172

Corsica West II Land Trust
7975 West 25 Ave Bay 5
Hialeah, Fl 33016

Grec Royal Management
8500 SW 8th Street
Ste 228
Miami, Fl 33144

Sedanos Institutional
2100 Salzedo Street
Ste 300
Miami, FL 33134

AFSCME Local No. 121
4349 NW 36 St Ste 101
Miami Springs, FL 33166

Dade County PBA
10680 NW 25th Street
Miami, FL 33172

Florida Police Benevolent Asso
300 E Brevard St
Tallahassee, FL 32301-1226

The Curtis Group, Inc
7520 S Red Rd, Suite M
So Miami, FL 33143

FPBA Correctional Probation
300 E Brevard St
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Susan Fried
1875 NE 197th Terr
N Miami Beach, FL Pu179-3116

David O Deutch
10050 SW 63rd Ave
Pinecrest, FL 33156-3326

Mitchell M Friedman
125 Jefferson Ave #118
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Louis Wolfson, III
9595 Journey
Coral Gables, FL 33156

Felix M Lasarte
5835 Blue Lagoon Drive
Suite 100
Miami, FL 33126

Al Maloof
7726 SW 54th Avenue
Miami, FL 33141

Fausto A Padron
1900 SW 83rd Ct
Miami, FL 33155

Sergio Pino
2301 NW 87th Ave
Miami, FL 33172

Century Homebuilders L.L.C.
2301 NW 87 Ave, 6th Floor
Doral, FL 33172

Maria A Alvarez
14601 SW 13 Terr
Miami, FL 33184

Albert's Electrical Service,
13702 S.W. 143rd Ct, Ste 104
Miami, FL 33186

Florida East Coast Railway,LLC
7411 Fullerton Street
Suite 300
Jacksonville, FL

Bermello Ajamil & Partners, In
2601 South Bayshore Dr, 10th Floor
Miami, FL 33133

Brian E May
235 Catalonia Ave
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Stanley B Price
3201 NE 183rd St. Unit 2202
Aventura, FL 33160

Jeffrey S Bartel
1172 S. Dixie Hwy. #554
Coral Gables, FL 33146

Mark E Lynch,Jr
10110 SW 56th St
Cooper City, FL 33328-6502

The BEST VIDEO you won't want to miss! By Geniusofdespair

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This video is a pisser!!

Eyeonmiami Endorsements. By Gimleteye and Geniusofdespair

Florida Governor: Alex Sink. The best reason to vote for Alex Sink? Redistricting. Recent census numbers will require the state legislature to initiate new congressional apportionment in Florida. The only defense against the same GOP gerrymandering Florida experienced the last go-around (lead by Miami-Dade's Republican delegation) is a Democrat in the Governor's Mansion. Who would you rather vote for: Alex Sink or an avowed anti-regulatory zealot whose former company paid the largest civil fine by a health care insurer in US history? Brain Dead Florida: wake up.

US Senate Charlie Crist. If not careful, Democrats will follow Kendrick Meek down, in this critical election. EOM archives hold plenty on the Meek candidacy. Marco Rubio represents, what exactly? He is a stand-in for the revival of the Jeb Bush wing of the GOP: a new face in an old suit. The Tea Party is mostly clueless in its support of Rubio. Rubio represents, simply, the re-emergence of the Karl Rove management of the Republican party. They had their turn and they wrecked the nation. Please, Crist!

Florida Attorney General Dan Gelber. Dan Gelber, of Miami Beach, is the smartest Democrat elected official in Florida. There is no one even close. During the Jeb Bush interregnum, Gelber was the go-to guy for the Dems with the press for good reason. He sees the Big Picture and can deliver it in manageable portions to anyone in Florida. Gelber started the electoral cycle as a Democratic challenger for the US Senate and stepped aside. The best Floridians could do is step forward with Dan Gelber as Attorney General.

Miami-Dade County Commission District 8 Eugene Flinn. It is only one seat out of thirteen county commissioners, but District 8 has provided a clear voice of reason in the past. Flinn has shown himself adept in the public sector and is a sure bet to continue Sorenson's environmental policies. Flinn's opponent, Linda Bell, represents South Dade politics. Homestead-- where she was mayor-- is poster child for the economic crash in Florida; a nasty and in-bred political teapot where suburban sprawl was set to boil. Who needs more of that, in Miami-Dade? Vote Flinn.

Miami-Dade County Commission District 2 Jean Monestime. We would like to find something positive to say about the incumbent commissioner in District 2, and we can't. This predominantly African American district has been victimized by Miami-Dade County politics for so long, it is no wonder that a peculiar form of captivity has arrested the district. Let us pray on Sunday and every other day of the week, that the voters of District 2 can summon the spirit for change. Vote for Jean Monestime.

Amendment 4: Yes. Florida voters will have one chance-- and one chance in their lifetimes, only-- to vote on the set of economic circumstances that led to the biggest crash since the Great Depression. Amendment 4 will bust the cartel that caused the housing bust in Florida. By subjecting land use plan changes to popular vote, the umbilical cord between campaign financiers and local zoning officials will be cut. When the system is broken, change it. That is what Amendment 4 will do.

Amendments 5, 6: Yes. Why would Republicans vote for redistricting, when the GOP controls the state legislature with an immoveable majority? Because "fair districts" benefit everyone. The corruption that underlies current districting would be fairly addressed with the passage of Amendments 5 and 6. Congratulations to the broad bipartisan consensus that will speed these amendments to victory. When the lies come, ignore them. Vote Yes for Fair Districts.

Supreme Court Judge Retention:
Canaday 'no'
Jorge Labarga, yes
James E.C. Perry, yes
Polston 'no'

Thinking of Freddie Mercury Tonight. By Geniusofdespair

Farrokh Bulsara, a.k.a. Freddie Mercury, performed this song at Live Aid July 13, 1985. He was diagnosed with Aids in 1987 and he died Novemenber of 1991...seems like only yesterday.

The Best Reason to Vote "For" Amendment 4: by gimleteye

This photo is from an outstanding Boston Globe photo essay on suburban sprawl in Florida. (It takes a 1500 mile view to capture the whole of Florida's blasted suburban landscape.) Sprawl is the growth model that plunged the Florida economy into the worst crisis since the Great Depression. The collateral damage included an anti-regulatory fever that plowed wetlands and farmland in its path, without a whiff of dissent from the Chambers of Commerce. It took a great machine to grind up Florida's quality of life. No surprise that this photo shows housing units like gears of a wheel. They represent the Growth Machine, and its meshed gears connecting land use lawyers, lobbyists, rock miners, engineers and planners, campaign contributors and elected officials, and bankers spreading fraudulent paper like confetti. Subdivisions like this one in Southwest Florida could only have been permitted through local zoning decisions that will now require a local vote when Amendment 4 passes. Busting the cartel-- the iron-clan relationship between campaign funders, local zoning officials-- usually city and county commissions in Florida-- and special interests hooked into the Wall Street derivative machine is what Amendment 4 represents. Make no mistake: the mainstream press is quiet on the issue, but Amendment 4 is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Floridians to vote on what happened to our state during the housing boom when common sense was thrown to the wind. Jobs, jobs, jobs? Just click on the photo and say the words, three times: this was called the Foundation of Florida's Future. Amendment 4 makes sure what wrecked Florida will not rise from the dead.

The Absentee Ballots Are Here - Gov. Charlie Crist Gets Bad Ballot Position! By Geniusofdespair

The ballot in Broward is 3 double-sided pages of 11 1/2" by 17". People will be overwhelmed, I was when I saw it. When asking for an absentee ballot people should request it in the language of their choice. Having 3 languages on it is ridiculous. The worst position possible on the ballot is had by Independent Charlie Crist. His name falls as number 9 on the list of Candidates for U.S. Senate. Who set up this ballot? The no-party-affiliation candidates aren't even in alphabetical order.

I see the potential for fraud with these ballots if they are not SEALED in front of the aged voter being helped. I am sure many "helpers" get people to sign the envelope and then fill out the ballot later. Elections should do random checks for this.

On another note, best and funniest column I have read all year, that sums up our current political landscape, is "White America has lost its mind." Author Steven Thrasher said:

As with other forms of dementia, the signs weren't obvious at first. After the 2008 election, when former House majority leader Tom DeLay suggested that instead of a formal inauguration, Barack Obama should "have a nice little chicken dinner, and we'll save the $125 million," black folks didn't miss the implication. References to chicken, particularly of the fried variety, have long served as a kind of code when white folks referred to black people and their gustatory preferences—and weren't many of us already accustomed to older white politicians making such gaffes? But who among us sensed that it was a harbinger that an entire nation was plunging into madness?

Aventura Mall Says: No Animals Allowed, Living or Dead... By Geniusofdespair

Aventura Mall had a brawl August 28th, 16 arrests were made and the bro were tasered too. Now the Mall strikes back with tough rules, most appear to be aimed at teens and young adults. The Mall had to be evacuated because of the severity of the scuffle, although most of the stores were already closed. The movie theaters brought in the teens. To combat unsupervised adults, the mall now requires that after 9:30 p.m., if under 18, you are banned unless accompanied by a parent and the parent can only have 3 minors in their company. Do you have 4 children? Don't go to Aventura Mall.

This is my favorite rule after bringing no animals living or dead:

"When conditions contribute to an overflow of juveniles, Management reserves the right to disperse or eject individuals or groups."

Aventura Management: I want to report that I saw a lady in Bloomingdales with a lap dog. Why wasn't she ejected? Rules are rules.

One last rule that amused me was that you can't wear apparel that "is likely to provoke a disturbance." Doesn't half the stuff sold at the mall qualify for that? A skimpy top on manufactured humongous breasts (and there are plenty of those at Aventura Mall) could provoke 'a disturbance'. What qualifies as a disturbance? Remember when you shop now (not just at red lights) big brother is watching you, cover up those breasts girls and pull up those pants boys.

Are these the strictest mall rules in the nation? Anyone know?

Put An Italian Museum on the National Mall. By Geniusofdespair

Developer Jorge Perez suggests today, in the Miami Herald, that we put a Hispanic Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Perez said: "To pay tribute to the contributions of Latinos to the art, history and culture of the United States. Hmmm. It got me thinking: "What about my ethnic background?" The Italians made lots of contributions to art, history and culture, and, more important, the Italians have a lock on our American diet! Don't we Italian-Americans also have two current Supreme Court Justices to not boast about?

A good idea is a good idea. Lets celebrate ALL the ethnic backgrounds, not leaving any group out! It is only fair. The photo above is my design for the Italian Museum. Please agree to pay homage to my Grandfather, the Italian tailor - a very good man, the son of a failed spaghetti manufacturer.

The collapsed Homestead Raceway ... by gimleteye

South Florida environmentalists-- at least a handful-- recall bitterly the scam that caused a major construction project outside the Urban Development Boundary in the mid-1990's: the Homestead Raceway. Today's news, that the Raceway has lost its major event is reported without any mention by the Miami Herald whatsoever, of the sordid deal's background. That's just plain Wrong. At Eyeonmiami we remember, everything.

Miami's development machine, long before the housing boom took flight, had targeted farmland and wetlands near Biscayne National Park for suburban sprawl. Lennar, for example, could stare straight from Lakes By The Bay across a vast expanse to Florida City. Here is what a devastating hurricane did in 1992: made any argument for economic growth, an imperative. Not too long ago, ALL that property was wetlands and, as farmland, served the purpose of filtering groundwater running to the last undeveloped coastline in Miami-Dade. It was ripe to be mined for limestone, to be torn up for nuclear power plants, and platted subdivisions.

Putting the race track in involved the "heist" of $40 million (if my memory serves me) of Miami-Dade money in order to serve the plan dreamt up by Ralph Sanchez and Willy Bermello. Let me say it, again. The Miami-Dade County Commission actually put $40 million into the Homestead Racetrack and that money disappeared into private property as debt got folded into private equity when the racetrack was sold to Wayne Huizinga, a former city manager, and subsequently to the French corporate interests. Feh, what's $40 million?

Even then it was a racetrack mostly hyped in the mode of "build it, and they will come", although sentient observers knew then, as now, there is no market in South Florida to watch noisy cars spin around a track at the edge of a national park. Now the organizers say, "We don't draw very well here." Oh really?

Doesn't anyone remember anything? A race way spokesman ends the Herald story, "We have been contacted by outside parties'' about a street course race in South Florida and "We would be intrigued with the possibility.'' Are you freaking kidding? THAT'S how the race nonsense started in the first place: the Ralph Sanchez street race at Bayfront Park. BECAUSE of that, Homestead Race Track got a foothold in the imagination of the unreformable majority of the Miami-Dade County Commission. Then the money disappeared. And kept disappearing. And disappearing so deeply, that not even the city's only daily newspaper remembers.

Read more:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/01/1853243_p2/last-lap-for-indy-racing-at-homestead.html#ixzz11CfR6fsp

The point, that the Herald still misses in its coverage, is that the race track was always meant as a wedge in the zoning processes in order to build even more: the Homestead Air Force Base fiasco comes to mind. It is all about suburban sprawl in South Florida; the growth model lying busted in the sinkhole of foreclosures.

I wish that once-- just once-- the Miami Herald would get the Homestead story, right. It is a story of arrogance, of small minds inflated with dreams of vast wealth, and of wasting irreplaceable natural resources. It is about inventing fig leafs to cover up base motives, spurring "I'll do with my property whatever the hell I damn well please", about wasting watersheds and future opportunities for economic growth and jobs.

So every day, for the next month, I will remind readers of this blog and those our readers will help us steer, here; with pictures of a fantastic photo essay by the Boston Globe that shows exactly why Amendment 4, Florida Hometown Democracy, deserves the support of 60 percent of Florida voters. When it passes, local voters will have a choice on changes to local plans. We would at least have a chance to make the argument to the public, that before allowing disasters like the Homestead Race Track to be built there should be a rational discussion about what comes next.

Miami Herald got Eyeonmiami wrong today. By Geniusofdespair

Note to Miami Herald when you print a post from our blog:
Geniusofdespair is NOT Alan Farago.

Why we need Amendment 4. Guest Blog By WeRwatching

Developer-connected groups, who blindly fear and oppose the democratic right of citizens to vote their voices on behalf of their community, instead threaten the public saying, “If Amendment 4 had been law in 2006, the residents of Carrabelle would have voted on 617 minor land use questions.”

That fraudulent statement is a lie! If Amendment 4 had been Florida law in 2006, then Carrabelle voters would have had the privilege to vote on ONLY 4 -- not 617 ! -- land-use changes to determine our community’s future in the year 2006. In fact, during my 3-year term, there would have been, in total, only eight land use changes proposed for public voting in our regular elections if Amendment 4 had been in place, NOT “HUNDREDS!”

- Mel Kelly, Proud Carrabelle Mayor, 2005-2007

Florida Hometown Democracy (Amendment 4) was put on the November ballot by citizen’s petition. It is in response to decades of mismanagement of Florida’s Growth Management Act. The Act, adopted in the mid-80s, was supposed to manage growth so that the state was not overdeveloped, sensitive lands and water supplies were protected, quality of life was preserved, and a person’s biggest lifetime investment, their home, was protected from being devalued by surrounding, incompatible development.

The “Growth Machine”, developers, real estate professionals, insurance companies, chambers of commerce, mortgage lenders, and county and state legislators finally drove the bus off the cliff. The result of unsustainable development was a crash in our economy, horrendous loss of jobs and homes, rising taxes and decreasing quality of life. More development will not solve the problem.

The anti-Amendment 4 crowd avoids any responsibility for this implosion while telling you Amendment 4 will worsen an economy they have already trashed. Every $1.00 in new property taxes costs approximately $1.40 to provide services; more development will not right the economy, it will increase taxes to subsidize new developments. Industries that could provide growth, such as agriculture and tourism of natural lands, are diminishing so relatively cheap farmland and waterfront properties can be developed with more unneeded houses. Nor will Amendment 4 stop development. There are enough vacant residential parcels already in the CDMP to increase Florida’s population 5-fold (not counting foreclosures). There is enough approved commercial land to build 13,000 WalMarts; 1.3 billion square feet.

Part of the Growth Management Act requires every county and city to have a Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP): It is composed of many elements such as education, transportation, and land use. The land use portion is the subject of Amendment 4. Land use is NOT zoning or variances, it is a broader picture outlining where various land use categories should be located. For example, it separates industrial uses from residential uses. It is supposed to keep the gas station out of your front yard and the rock mine out of your back yard. It lumps together compatible uses. Approval should be based on need. That is where the “Growth Machine” has run off the rails. Money for campaigns now speaks louder than the people.

Amendment 4 gives voters the final say on CDMP changes. Only after an application is approved by local government and the Department of Community Affairs in Tallahassee (the administrators of local plans), will the people vote. It adds a step to the process, that step is your vote at the next general election; no special elections. Land use is not difficult. People understand a request to change farmland to industrial or residential to commercial, it’s not rocket science. Some people understand better than elected officials.

The people in control don’t want you to have a seat at the table. The anti-4 campaign is spending millions to keep you from having a say. If Amendment 4 passes, the next time you are speaking against a bad project to glassy-eyed politicians, remember you will have the final say. What could be wrong with that?

Campaign Finance Reform: what Big Sugar and opponents of Amendment 4 don't want you to hear ... by gimleteye

What a confused, screwed-up world. Here comes the Tea Party, hair on fire and shaking its fist at the status quo. Here comes the "libertarians" funded by corporate polluters like the billionaire Kochs, helping to fund a federal lawsuit against Florida campaign finance laws that require disclosure of donors. According to a lawsuit filed by individuals who are opposed to Amendment 4, Florida Hometown Democracy, the problem with Florida's campaign finance laws is that they are too restrictive and cite the recent decision by the US Supreme Court that blew open the doors to unrestricted corporate funding in political campaigns. But the real issue in the Florida litigation-- aimed against the single chance Florida voters will have to express their displeasure with the status quo-- is finding a new way to cement the status quo: keep the identity of the billionaires secret. It is a state of affairs tied to an economic meltdown of epic proportions. The fraudulent foundations of Florida's Future depended on a mountain of debt and consumers willing to pile on more and more debt. Mortgage fraud walked hand in hand with Wall Street derivatives and local power brokers who needed rezonings to scarify farmland and wetlands for suburban sprawl. Now that the middle class is in full retreat, and no more mountains of debt, and no more speculation except for the very rich, the foundations' cracks can only be papered over by serious re-jiggering of campaign finance. I understand the anger of the newly minted Tea Party, but 99 percent of Tea Party voters have not the foggiest idea whose agendas their anger is boosting. Here is a simple statement of what special interests like Florida's Big Sugar don't want you to know.