What's Doin' in Lobbyist Land. By Geniusofdespair

I found a Circuit Court filing by Chris Korge for a Final Default Judgment in the amount of $4,012,500. Korge is trying to recover the bucks from Claudio Osorio and others (filed March 3, 2011). Good luck with that, you can't get money from a stone. Also Chris consolidated a mortgage (10/27/2011) in the amount of $1,982,500 he has with partners Lee and Barry Goldmeier. I also ran across a Financing Statement Form from 2010. Chris Korge is the debtor but what made it interesting to me was that Rodney Barreto is the secured party. The lawyer is Machado & Herran. They certainly keep things in the family in lobbyist world.

Roman Gastesi

Rodney Barreto just bought a condo in Kendall. It sold for $495,000 in August of 2007. He paid $280,000 3/2012.

Inbred? Money makes strange bedfellows. Lobbyist Ron Book wrote a second balloon mortgage to Roman Gastesi for $25,000 (in 2004). The amount was increased to $35,000 in December
2011. I wonder if Gastesi had any job that Book benefited from? He worked for the County for a long time and he was the Monroe County Manager last I heard. I wonder if Book is lobbying for Monroe? Also wondering if Gastesi is paying interest to Book. The paper work said the principle is due "with interest, if any." The latest mortgage said it is due in 2013.

An Alexander Heckler bought a million dollar home on Miami Beach in 2011. He also got a mortgage for almost $800,000.  Erik Fresen satisfied a judgement May 9th for about $2,000.  Someone named Eston Melton is facing an internal revenue bill.  Appears to be a running problem since 2008.