Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Lobbyist Trading Cards 2012. By Geniusofdespair

Cut them out, write notes on the back, get them autographed, just remember these faces. Never forget. Some of them try to hide in the shadows. When you think about what is wrong with Miami Dade County, blame some of these people.  Of course, they are not all bad, some are worse than others. Donner probably isn't a lobbyist and I doubt that Korge is technically a lobbyist anymore, but they belongs here. Anyway, I am hoping we can rate these people one day from best to worst and perhaps think of a card game. I am not up to it today. Thank you Kim K for the use of your butt.


The first one to get them all autographed gets a free lunch. I will be checking signatures against their public records (what can I say I am cheap). Gimleteye says "You should ask our readers to come up with a board game and rules, so that we can sell it and get rich."

In case you missed my last foray into lobbyist trading cards, it was in 2008. A lot of the same faces, but somehow they are looking younger now (deceptive photos?) as you can see:

All lobbyist pictured are:
 Michael Radell, Neisen Kasdin, Robert Holland, Chris Korge, Keith Donner, Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Ron Book, Rosario Kennedy, Susan Fried, Tracy Slavens,  Jose, Fuentes, Juan Mayol, Dusty Melton, Alexander Heckler, Alan Krischer, Rodney Barreto, Mike Abrams, Michael Larkin, Jeffrey Bercow, Ines Marrero-Priegues, Felix Lesarte, Francois Illasis, Michael Freire, Lucia Dougherty Brian Adler, Simon Ferro, Joseph Goldstein, Armando Gutierrez, Brian May, Estrellita Sibila, Guillermo Olmedillo, Clifford Schulman, Erik Fresen, Richard Perez and Jerry Proctor. 2008 SERGIO PEREIRA, Augusto Maxwell, Stanley Price, Courtney Cunningham. (this list is mainly for search engines but you might like the Sergio Pereira link.)

33 comments:

Jim Stein said...

You can't forget Sergio pareira, Herman Echaravia, Javier Souto and Alfred Mesa

Anonymous said...

What happened to Rosario Kennedy's face? It looks like they injected flat tire glue in her face.

Anonymous said...

Ramon Rasco, Sergio Pino and his bff, Miguel De Grandy?

Geniusofdespair said...

Look at the 2008 cards. Have Sergio Pareira there. Hit read more. I took most names from the registered lobbyist list in Miami Dade. Some of the people mentioned in comments are not lobbyists.

Anonymous said...

Francois Illias reeks of sleaze. He worked for Manny Diaz now he works for Armando Gutierrez.

Anonymous said...

Uh, Carlos Gimenez Jr. anyone? He works alongside MDLLP, the same guy whose brother worked on daddy's campaign.


http://www.becker-poliakoff.com/attorneys/bios/gimenez_c.html

Geniusofdespair said...

He is not a registered lobbyist on the county website, but I did think of including Carlos Jr.. I couldn't include them all -- this bunch took me forever to put together. I tried to include people we don't always see photos of and people I took photos of myself.

Anonymous said...

Is that Ron Book's real forehead or did you photoshop it?

Anonymous said...

He should have a cell phone glued to his forehead.

Anonymous said...

Ya mean, for all the good it does for the rest of us? Btw, what's next? A board game?

Anonymous said...

Yeah they could all start out as used car dealers or ambulance chasers and make their way up to friend of the president.

Anonymous said...

Wait. What about 'land use attorney'?

Anonymous said...

Oh c'mon G.O.D. Just because he is not listed on the county clerk's database doesn't mean CG Jr. is not lobbying at the county. It's not like there is a lobbyist police keeping tabs on these goons.

Anonymous said...

Mike Abrams is one of the worst. He lobbied the idiots on the City and County Commissions to give no collection no endowment dead broke Miami Art Museum and disgraced dead broke Miami Science Museum over $1 BILLION of the taxpayers money. Plus the broke museums are taking almost 50% of waterfront Bicentennial Park.

No morals. No ethics.

Geniusofdespair said...

I will try to post some of your suggestions for more tomorrow.

Anonymous said...

In my board game, you play to steal. The lower the ethics, the higher you place.

Anonymous said...

If Elected Officials were truly knowledgeable about all the issues, and campaigns were publicly funded, wouldn't lobbyists be marginalized?

So, isn't the real problem centered around the facts that campaigns are funded by private individuals/companies, and elected officials aren't the best and the brightest?

Anonymous said...

Charities and Respected Universities hire lobbyists as well. Does this mean that charities and respected universities are evil too? Genius of despair, what do you think?

Anonymous said...

In the board game, if you represent a well respected university you get a point. If you represent a well respected university that has no problems filling in wetlands or giving the naming right for stadiums to thieves, you lose five points.

Anonymous said...

Hah, hah. Does that mean you go down from being a used car salesman to being a banker?

Anonymous said...

I'm really going to work hard to attain Player Card Status one of these days.

M

Anonymous said...

Alfredo Mesa and Freddy Balsera?

Geniusofdespair said...

6 up anonymous...starting with elected officials: you are right. Anonymous 5 up: I don't recall using the word evil in this blog. You can draw your own conclusions, I am just supplying photos and very little editorial content.

Jim Stein said...

Please don't forget Jorge Lopez, Alfredo Mesa and the Penelas boy shiver. I'm sure he has his hands somewhere.

Anonymous said...

M.... you lobbying these days?

Jim Stein said...

Who the hell is M?

milly herrera, hialeah said...

Felix Lasarte, Esq. thinks I do not live in a real neighborhood...

Yeap, that's what he said last year while explaining to the Hialeah city council reasons why they should convert a residential home into a commercial lot and allow a liquor store there. Next door to a family with small children!

Yeap, he was allowed to speak as long as he wanted - we were not!

Expose them all.

Anonymous said...

Rosario hasn't been the same since the Joe G. split

Anonymous said...

Yeah, but he helped Rick Scott get elected.

Anonymous said...

Genius of Despair: If Elected Officials were truly knowledgeable about all the issues, and campaigns were publicly funded, wouldn't lobbyists be marginalized?

So Genius of Despair, isn't the real problem centered around the facts that campaigns are funded by private individuals/companies, and elected officials aren't the best and the brightest?

Geniusofdespair said...

I already answered this above...in comments.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful butt shot of Kim K! The best shot of the entire gallery!

Anonymous said...

Brian May and Nesan Kasden? Low lifes.