Suarez said he was willing to give public dollars to refurbish the Dolphin stadium. His caveat was that other counties have to give too. Xavier, we don't want stadiums to get public dollars. Are you brain-dead on this issue? Do you not know why Alvarez was recalled? Julio TGO said no money to stadiums, he said invest the tourist tax in convention centers where we get the most bang for our buck (see video below on the stadium). Second bad answer was about the UDB line. Watch it here. When you can't get a straight answer, like Julio gave, it troubles me. He talks about demographics in 10 years...well those demographics -- according to lobbyists -- are always whatever they want them to be. Suarez spoke about demographics. Don't want to hear that Xavier. Again, I am happy with our endorsement. Last but not least, Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock from CBS 4 was a great moderator. I don't know why he hasn't been asked before. The audience was impressed with his rapid fire delivery, booming voice (woke me up a few times) and his follow up questions. He kept the pace brisk so we could all get home to the Heat game.
Here is the discussion on the Dolphin Stadium. Xavier, you can also use Bed tax money for other uses to encourage tourism, it is not only those 3 you mention Xavier. Bike lanes could encourage tourism, roads near airports, etc. I think there is more leeway then you are presenting for using this money. But you are wrong anyway -- even with your narrow premise (that I dispute).
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Dear Xavier:
No Money for Rich Stadium Owners!
You are clueless if you think that is what should be done. AND DO not use the bed tax for that either... Homestead used bed tax for their pink elephant staduim and so has the county with the Marlins... Enough already!
go South Miami Julio...the retired Bell South employee should be our next County Commissioner in District 7.
Go Julio, go Julio...defend our public dollars from tax being used for multi millionaires to play in a retractable covered roof.
Let the team pay for all the improvements!
Why would Braman support a candidate that wants to spend public dollars on a stadium? He is bi-polar with his support.
These idiots like Suarez just don't get it. They always say, "These are the bed tax revenues. It's not your tax money; it comes from tourists." Well, it IS the public's tax money to use for the benefit of the community, regardless of the source. There's an opportunity cost issue here. If the public's tax revenue is used to enhance private profit, obviously the choice has been made NOT to fund Public Project A or B with those same funds. It's about how we spend tax revenue, not the source of the revenue. And tax revenue should never be used to enrich private entities. Ever.
The page to VoteSmart link is no longer available. Hummmmm. Must have been a pro stadium group as they talk about the political courage test and now have taken down the offensive, but very telling votes down. You can still look up the votes on www.myfloridahouse.gov. I bet (TGO) can't have the public record sanitized.
Instead of campaign workers writing nonsense. Watch the videos. There are two.
Suarez supporters...get your own blog. You are done here. And, when you include attacks on the blogger in your comment, you get removed.
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