Greenland and climate change: trying to make sense ... by gimleteye

Ilulissat sits at the mouth of the largest of glaciers pouring to the sea on Greenland's west coast. Having written about climate change and the impacts of sea level rise and lived in places where the impacts are clearly visible, I had not expected to be so impressed and surprised by the scale of the Kangia glacier and its melting ice.

The beauty of the landscape would stand alone as remarkable, but the climate forces at work inspire awe.

Dick Cheney coined the phrase, 'shock and awe', to describe the effects of American military power in war. But to experience real shock and awe, there is nothing mankind can do -- except perhaps the detonation of  a nuclear bomb -- that compares to the Greenland ice sheet melting into the Atlantic.

The temperature here is in the 40's. It is a far from the blistering heat engulfing most of the US. Our flight be small plane from New England was long and tiring. If you could fly directly by commercial jet , Greenland is three and a half hours away from Boston. On a small plane, a Kodiak, it took us sixteen hours over two days. The duration of the trip has an unexpected benefit of reinforcing the sense of vast scale to the triggers unleashed by our use of fossil fuels. By stretching out the length of the trip, it is both easier to link how the melting ice -- gathered over hundreds of thousands of years -- is the consequence of unleashing the energy of plant life -- in fossil fuel -- created over hundreds of millions of years.

This is a perspective that is difficult to grasp except by imagining great spaces and great lengths of time in the evolution of our species: that we have become not only the agent for conversion of energy, as though we were the phosphorous on the tip of a match, but that the match that holds us intact -- the survivability of species -- can also go up in smoke. So this is the question I wonder about as the icebergs float by my hotel room in the constant summer sun that makes quarter of eleven at night nearly as bright as quarter of eleven in the morning; is there any chance that billions of people can survive on the tip of this burning match? The icebergs don't seem to move, but they are moving. It is not just that the temperatures are excruciatingly hot: the averages are moving, too. Everything is moving with the climate, that sends scientists running to the record stretching back hundreds of millions of years for equivalents. All our references are thrown out of whack by the immensity.

A guide reports, each day the volume of water in the ice breaking off the glacier equals the volume of water consumed by New York City in an entire year. Think about that.

Here is another, more easy to grasp image: for centuries, locals have depended on dog sledding to get to frozen fishing grounds in winter. Only a few years ago, there were 5000 registered dogs in Ilulissat. After several warm winters in a row allowed fishermen to get to fishing areas by boat, the number of dogs has fallen to 2300.

I had not expected to be floored by what I've seen in Greenland, but I am.

Dysfunctional Palmetto Bay. Watch the Comments. By Geniusofdespair

Well, you really need to watch a Palmetto Bay Meeting....it is so bad.   Most of the comments started at 2 hours 50 minutes, watch....this is the link.

En route to Greenland ... by gimleteye

An unexpected benefit of flying to Greenland in a small plane: experiencing the immensity of Canada.

From Augusta, Maine it is only an hour to Quebec, the frontier where French and American colonials fought for the northern section of the continent. From Quebec, through the rest of Ontario province, across Labrador and past Hudson Bay to Iqaluit: another eleven hours.

Eleven hours with only hints of human presence or economy. Logging and mining operations seem lost in a wilderness of a million lakes, streams, and rivers. For part of those eleven hours, we were out of radio contact anywhere, flying anywhere from 11,000 to 500 feet off the deck. These days, you have to go a long way to be out of radio contact. That's how remote northern Canada is. Then you arrive in the midst of the native Inuit tragedy, upsetting as any reservation for native Americans in the lower 48.

We left behind the heat wave in the northeast and, twelve hours later, to ice flows beached at low tide on Frobisher Bay, reaching for winter gear. The sun never sets in the summer this far north. At midnight, the teenagers cluster aimlessly on corners and outside bars in town.

Today, four hours across the Atlantic to Greenland. More later, internet willing.

 

 

Florida GOP to blame for popular boycott movement against state economy ... By gimleteye

If the point of an economic boycott of Florida is to waken Florida voters who empowered the radical right, Eye On Miami says, "Boycott On!"

Florida's Stand Your Ground law was passed by the GOP legislature, at the urging of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in 2005. Stand Your Ground would not have happened without the leadership of the man who would become US Senator, Marco Rubio.

Here is the website TruthOut:

As the Center for Media and Democracy (publishers of ALECexposed.org) uncovered, ALEC adopted Stand Your Ground as a "model" for other states in early 2005, just months after the NRA pushed it through Florida's legislature (with then-state legislator Marco Rubio voting in favor). (Eye On Miami NOTE: Rubio wasn't just a state legislator. He was the majority leader of the Florida legislature, be-knighted by Jeb! Bush to cement the position of the radical right. Neither are moderates. Period. I'll return to this point, shortly.)

The NRA boasted that its lobbyist's presentation at a 2005 ALEC meeting "was well-received," and the corporations and state legislators on the Criminal Justice Task Force voted unanimously to approve the bill as an ALEC model, under the name the "Castle Doctrine Act." At the time, Wal-Mart, the nation's largest seller of rifles, was the corporate co-chair of the Task Force. Since becoming an ALEC model, twenty-six states have passed laws that contain provisions identical or similar to the ALEC legislation. ALEC called the legislation one of its "successes."

With this revelation, the spotlight turned on ALEC as never before, with the public soon becoming aware of ALEC's role in advancing an array of reactionary bills, including legislation that makes it harder to vote, criminalizes immigrants, destroys unions, protects corporations from civil liability, thwarts environmental regulations, and cuts holes in the social safety net -- all while the organization enjoys tax-exempt "charitable" status.

In response to public criticism and a campaign led by Color of Change, along with CMD, Common Cause, Progress Now and People for the American Way, at least 49 corporations, including General Motors, General Electric, Amazon.com, and Coca-Cola, have severed ties with ALEC.

Elections do have consequences, as Florida voters ought to know from the fierce battle by the radical right to counter FairDistricts, passed by more than 60 percent of Florida voters. These hardened battle lines against the will of the people are only half the problem. The other half of the problem is exemplified by the fact that even though ALEC in 2012 withdrew its support for promoting Stand Your Ground in the states, the law still stands. What this shows is that once the damage is done to laws by the radical right -- like the evisceration of environmental protections and land use planning in Florida -- recovering lost ground requires rebuilding political consensus the radical right dismantled.

Today Jeb! Bush and followers are busy re-writing both their actions fomenting the radical right and its harsh consequences. In the New York Times, Thomas P. Edsall writes in "Has the GOP gone of the deep end?",

Jeb Bush warned last year that both Ronald Reagan and his own father would have a “hard time” fitting into the contemporary Republican Party, which he described as dominated by “an orthodoxy that doesn’t allow for disagreement.”

A few months ago, Bush, who is expected to run for the party’s nomination in 2016, took it up a notch. At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in March, Bush declared:

All too often we’re associated with being anti-everything. Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker, and the list goes on and on and on. Many voters are simply unwilling to choose our candidates, even though they share our core beliefs, because those voters feel unloved, unwanted and unwelcome in our party.

Politely put, that's bullshit. The notion that Jeb! can "walk back" his record and rebrand as a "moderate" is countered by the record. He exemplified, as governor, the patriarchal, brook-no-dissent that paved the way for a take-over of the Republican Party by the radical right and Florida's race to the bottom.

Whether voters can put two and two together in Florida is a hard question to answer. Recent history is dismal on this point. Not even the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression stirred Florida voters from their lethargy. In fact, the opposite occurred: with foreclosures and economic hardship rampant, most voters in local elections seemed paralyzed by low expectations. Then, too, there has been little help from the media, especially from the Fox News politburo and its affiliates.

Let's see if a boycott against the Florida economy can move the needle, where nothing else has worked.

On Vacation...be back soon maybe. By Geniusofdespair

On vacation.

I am tired of connecting dots for all you guys. You have got to start thinking for yourselves. You keep electing toxic people and frankly it makes me want to puke. I am tired of this feeling.  I will present information but you guys have to make the change happen.  I try to warn you all, but you don't go out there and put an ounce of effort into making things right. Do you even talk to your neighbors or put out an email to friends in the district or do a facebook post? Do you do a campaign contribution? Do you call anyone at election time? What do you except read this stupid blog?

You let charlatans win and this crushes my spirit.

Fix Homestead! All of you, don't give up on this crappy city. Give me hope that the electorate has half a brain.  

Note to Katherine Fernandez Rundle: If you are going to arrest Bateman DO IT NOW before the cutoff for candidates to register.

Greenland: getting hot out there ... by gimleteye

I'm making a trip to Greenland in a few days by private plane. It's a single engine turbo-prop. A grade school friend --  half a century now -- is a pilot and flying us to Ilulissat. I'm excited to be going to the frontier of sea level rise. Flying north through Maine into Canada, we will have time to think where we are headed.

One hundred fifty years ago, the gentile of Washington DC toed their boots into carriages and buggies to view the battle of the Bull Run. 

The chart, above, shows the anomaly in this year's ice melt. The chart is based on real-time satellite data covering the entire Greenland ice sheet, published by the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Compared to the telescopes used by the men in their top hats and ladies in their bustles at Bull Run, we have scanning electron microscopes and computers correlating data from geosynchronous orbits hundreds of miles above the earth. 

We know so much and do so much with all we know, but the survival of our species likely comes down to watching the ice melt in Greenland, between your feet.

I wonder how to advise the current generation coming to their turn managing affairs of the world. We were up to the task; the Baby Boomers. Yes, the radical right made hay on the "me generation". But the right entirely avoids the social contract, the public commons, shared responsibility for the planet, and of accounting for pollution. The right is more fixed on measuring the point of conception than creation lost to forces of greed. 

We've fumbled our chances to address global warming as the international security crisis it is.

Instead, we've focused -- for one reason or another -- on the low hanging fruit. I always got the point, for example, about inculcating social responsibility through recycling, but I never understood how our generation's powerful actors -- like Bill Clinton, for instance -- could use the environment in the game of politics with the GOP like a low count card and convert to a true believer on climate change when he was out of office. 

It is not like these issues -- consider Big Sugar and Clinton's affiliation with the Fanjul billionaires as one example -- were unavailable for policy changes at the time he was in the White House. And I don't mean to pick on the Democrats. How many of George HW Bush's 5000 Points of Light were awarded to environmental warriors challenging Florida's cratered natural resources or fighting fossil fuel industries?

I'm asking these questions, because I don't know how to address the younger generations. 

Maybe I'm missing something. In the days before and even after the battle, Gettysburg must have been serene. The quail rustled, flushed from tall grass where they were feeding. There is no cataclysmic event in climate change. No Gettysburg or Antietam. So far, no day where the tide went high and stayed there.

My family history was shaped by a cataclysmic event -- the Holocaust -- where the banality of evil destroyed millions. The storm clouds over eastern Europe had been easily readable before the gas chambers. In other words, there were no surprises in the catastrophe that Hitler unleashed. He had plenty of help.

Despite that history is backwards-looking, its illumination traces the exact outline of where we are headed. The challenge for younger generations is to know, what is the moment we are in?

Florida considers eliminating laws altogether ... By gimleteye

In Miami we are accustomed to ridicule, but the GOP Stand Your Ground law probes new territory. The Honey Boo Boo State has something squishy in its shoes, and it ain't Chamber of Commerce sand.

Huffington Post considers whether tourists should boycott the state. "Florida and Texas, you make a lovely couple." I propose a new tourism campaign to counter the effect: Come to Florida, we are open for target practice.

For the New Yorker, Andy Borowitz writes:

FLORIDA CONSIDERS ELIMINATING LAWS ALTOGETHER

TALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)—Arguing that its current system of laws is out of step with life in today’s Florida, a growing chorus of lawmakers in the state are arguing for a measure that would eliminate laws altogether.

“Florida is rife with laws that say ‘Do this, don’t do that,’ ” said Gov. Rick Scott, a supporter of the measure. “Speaking as a Floridian, I have found it exhausting pretending to obey them.”

There is broad support in the state for abolishing laws, according to a poll commissioned by the political action committee Citizens For a Lawless Florida.

According to that poll, a majority of Floridians favor ridding the state of laws, while a sizable number did not know that the state had any.

“We’ve been trying to remove laws piecemeal for the past few decades, but this measure seems like the most efficient way to take care of the whole problem,” Gov. Scott said.

For those who fear that eradicating Florida’s laws would wreak havoc on life in the state, Gov. Scott offered this reassurance: “Honestly, I don’t think you’ll notice a difference.”

I would like to see the national poll result of likely voters that asks the question: Does the "Florida Stand Your Ground Law" passed by the GOP legislature that acquitted George Zimmerman make you more or less inclined to vote for US Senator Marco Rubio in a national election?

County Government: Let Them Eat Cake Mentality. By Geniusofdespair

It is budget time, people are being laid off, libraries will close, there was even a threat of a budget boost. But the some of the Commissioners recently went globetrotting to Singapore and Europe on our dime on "Trade" missions. The Mayor should put a stop to this and they all should forgo trips paid for by others including the Mayor (see comments). It smells.

This lapse of common sense -- to take these trips with tax and special interest money during budget cut time -- amounts to Maria Antoinette saying "Let them eat cake" when learning the peasants had no bread. 

More on the Octopus: Big Sugar ... by gimleteye

The Sugar industry controls more than you can imagine in Florida.

The recent disinformation public relations campaign by Big Sugar is extraordinary. (This is our second post on the topic.)

I cannot think of another instance in which a powerful special interest in Florida, outside a pending election or legislation, spent so much money through paid advertisement in media and direct mail.

Big Sugar follows the trends. Voters are not reading newspapers (or blogs). They get their information from increasingly polarized sources of information, especially the Fox News right wing juggernaut.

In doing so, Big Sugar probes the public tolerance for misinformation in ways that we can predict for future crises. For example, in the future when summer temperatures are routinely over 110 degrees, expect Big Oil and Big Coal to follow Big Sugar's example: in between news segments on emergency, extreme weather conditions, expect advertisements: it is "cooperating" in the fight to solve common environmental problems.

The latest Big Sugar ad campaigns should remind you of Big Brother, Upton Sinclair or George Orwell. The industry is probing new territory, confident that there is no resistance to counter its power.

This might also have been predicted by the near total absence of accountability for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In Florida, as in other parts of the nation, there has been neither a prosecution of perpetrators nor any new arrangement of economic order. All was, as before.

The PR campaign noted by the Palm Beach Post, below, represents a new front in Big Sugar's war to cement its prerogatives and power in Florida. Its ability to do so is a tacit acknowledgment of complete control, through the GOP legislature and Gov. Rick Scott.

Big Sugar's profit stream depends on control of public processes and government. And it is a war that Big Sugar's command and control PR apparatus wages in every county ringing the Everglades. In 2012, Big Sugar proved it could remove the only GOP county commissioner who favored Everglades protection, Ray Judah, without comment or consequence in broader Florida politics.


Big Sugar ads target areas affected by Lake O discharges into Indian River Lagoon
By Jonathan Mattise -Sunday, July 14, 2013

The ads touting Florida sugar farmers as environmentally friendly are only running in the two TV markets battered by Lake Okeechobee freshwater releases.

While Lake O water pours into the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers, TV viewers in the West Palm Beach and Fort Myers markets are listening to the sugar industry’s positive take on its Everglades cleanup efforts. Those are the only two regions where the ads are playing, according to the media-buying agency in charge, VancoreJones Communications Inc.

One ad sponsored by the sugar industry, often criticized as a major water polluter, paints a picture of positive Everglades partnerships and cleanup progress. Among the alligators, birds, tractors and scientists pictured, a narrator echoes Gov. Rick Scott’s catch phrase, “It’s working,” before showing the governor at a bill signing.

“We thought it was important that people everywhere in Florida understand that the restoration process to this date has been very successful,” Judy Sanchez, a spokeswoman for Clewiston-based U.S. Sugar, has said about the ads.

Karl Wickstrom, coordinator of Stuart-based Rivers Coalition Defense Fund, said it’s no coincidence which audience the sugar industry is targeting.

“That’s where they are causing the most damage that is visible to the public,” Wickstrom said.

RELEASES START, ADS FOLLOW

The ads started about a month after the Army Corps of Engineers began dumping Lake O water east and west, via canals. The corps says discharges are necessary to keep a rising lake from threatening the surrounding Herbert Hoover Dike and from flooding communities to the south.

Environmental advocates contend Lake Okeechobee discharges should flow naturally south toward the Everglades, right through sugar lands. The lake water puts the lagoon and estuary at dangerously low salinity levels, and it carries phosphorous and nitrogen. The combination of factors can prove deadly for marine wildlife.

Environmentalists also contend taxpayers are footing too much of the Everglades cleanup bill, and sugar isn’t paying its fair share.

PR CAMPAIGN

The TV ad is one prong of a public relations push from sugar. Florida Sugar Farmers has mailed fliers that tout the same positive spin on the industry’s Everglades work. It’s unclear how much the group spent, or where exactly the mailers went, but they hit both the Fort Myers and Treasure Coast region.

The group also created a website, www.sugarfarmers.com, that repeats the same message.

Despite using the name Florida Sugar Farmers in the ads, the nonprofit behind the campaign is Everglades Forever Partnership Inc. The 501(c)(4) group’s official purpose, according to IRS tax forms, is to “promote welfare and common good and restoration of the Florida Everglades.”

501(c)(4)s have become the most prominent political-spending group. They don’t need to disclose their donors, and can spend unlimited money on political communications.

Everglades Forever Partnership formed in 2003 amid a political tussle over a controversial state Everglades bill. Environmentalists fought a proposal they said would have delayed stricter pollution standards in the Everglades for at least a decade.

After the bill passed, Everglades Forever Partnership mailed a flier saying, “Who can we thank for protecting our Everglades?” On the other side was a photo of the local lawmaker who supported the bill.

The group’s directors, Richard Johnston and Randy Nielsen, run Public Concepts LLC in West Palm Beach. That company has been a lucrative de facto arm of state Republican campaigns. Public Concepts raked in about $1.8 million through their work on mailers, ads, polls, consulting and more for state candidates and committees in the 2012 cycle.

1996 SUGAR AD FIGHT

In 1996, the sugar industry prominently dove into political advertising. The group Save Our Everglades managed to get three constitutional amendments aimed at the sugar industry on the ballot by petition. The most controversial would have imposed a penny-a-pound tax on sugar growers.

A week before the election, a sugar-fueled political committee peppered voters with a mailer. It said: “Can you afford a property tax increase? Amendment 4 gives politicians and bureaucrats the power to raise property taxes hundreds of millions of dollars.”

The sugar industry put about $18.9 million into the committee in 1996.

In a subsequent letter, Orlando State Attorney Lawson Lamar said: “It is my strong recommendation that no further misleading materials be distributed to the public and that a statement correcting the misinformation in this document be included in your upcoming campaign mailings or other communications with the public.”

Save Our Everglades said that recommendation was ignored. The amendment failed by an 8 percent margin on the November 1996 ballot. U.S. Sugar and Save our Everglades then traded lawsuits, which the two parties eventually dropped.

SUGAR ADS

The local-market sugar industry ads, running from early June to mid-July, also are airing on cable networks, including CNN, but those costs are harder to track.
 
West Palm market
Covers: Palm Beach County to north Indian River County; includes Okeechobee
Ad cost: $115,150
Affected waterways: St. Lucie River, Indian River Lagoon
 
Fort Myers market
Covers: Lee, Collier, DeSoto, Charlotte, Glades, Hendry counties
Ad cost: At least $64,795
Affected waterway: Caloosahatchee River

© 2013 Scripps Newspaper Group — Online

The truth about the FPL Transmission Lines and Nuclear Reactors. Guest Blog by Stoddard, Lerner and Roff

Try to go to one of these meetings, pick something from this  article to talk about:

Upcoming meetings, don't miss them! Also: Thursday, July 25, 6:30-9:00 pm, Miami Airport Convention Center, Room MACC1, 711 NW 72nd Ave

I am sitting in the administrative hearing being held in Miami from which an Administrative law judge will recommend which of the  six proposed transmission line corridors from Turkey Point nuclear power plant should be approved even before we know whether FPL will even be licensed by Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build 2 new nuclear power plants.  Significant and permanent economic and environmental harm would be done to several areas of Miami Dade County by building these lines, but then the power plants may never be built.  Sounds ass backward, doesn't it? FPL wants to build 500 kv lines either within or along the Everglades National Park , placing endangered species such as the wood stork, and our water resources in jeopardy.  Then they also want to build a 230 kv lines along the US 1 corridor, permanently destroying the economic viability for future commercial development along this Gateway to several south maim Dade cities, including Pinecrest, South Miami, Coral Gables and the southern portion of the City of Miami.

FPL is asking the Florida Department of Environmental Protection(DEP)  for approval to build monstrous  105 foot high, 4 feet wide transmission lines and poles all along the US 1 corridor, even though the utility has not been issued a license to build by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  In fact,  there is no certainty that the two new nuclear power plants will ever be built.  Until the plant is licensed, there’s no justification for building new transmission lines. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has only issued 2 licenses in the past 40 years for new plants , one in Georgia and one in South Carolina, and Georgia has suspended their plans to go forward. 

Before a NRC  license can be issued , a required Environmental Review study must be completed, and after  4 years of asking for information and data from FPL, the review has recently  been suspended for failure of FPL to provide requested information, and to be responsive to the study teams requests.

Ever since June 2009, Upon being informed that FPL had selected the US 1 corridor as their preferred route to run proposed new transmission lines, all of the cities along US 1 from Pinecrest north initially requested  that any new lines must be undergrounded, but FPL has steadfastly refused, demanding instead that the cities who were making the request for undergrounding bear the financial burden.  Their claim is that the legislature and Public Service Commission require they build as cheaply as possible and there is no legislative mandate for  underground ing.  As a result the cities have been advocating at the legislative level to require a study on the practice of underground ing be updated, as the last time the Florida legislature  studied the issue was in 2005, and the state of practice of under grounding utilities around the world has vastly improved since then.   Undergrounding the lines would be the middle-ground consensus position, but FPL refuses to agree it, even if we were to go to the legislature to mandate  in circumstances where the lines would run through high population density and commercial sectors, such as what they are proposing .  The truth is, the FPLTransmission lines in downtown Miami are undergrounded for just that reason. And the truth is , the US 1 proposed corridor is not the cheapest corridor they could have proposed.

A little history less on is in order.  The utilities rewrote the Transmission Line Siting Act in 2007 to their advantage, shifting the burden of proof from themselves, to anyone who would ( dare) oppose the location the utility determined would be their preference.   The ONLY way anyone can formally oppose a proposed preferred corridor by FPL is to file an alternate corridor, a process that is extremely costly, cost prohibitive for most, and then establish that your alternate corridor should be the preferred one by the state agencies who make those determinations.   Pinecrest and Coral Gables have filed alternate corridor proposals using existing transmission lines and rights-of-way.  These are supported by South Miami.

It's been 4 years and the municipalities have spent more than a half million dollars so far on the fight.  The FPL position is that they studied various other segments for the potential routes , but the US 1  is the best.  Exhibits 293 and 294 shows the typical transmission structures proposed and they are in fact monstrosities, that would tower far above the the US 1 corridor  marring the landscape , the vista and the economic viability as a commercial and residential corridor forever .   The existing North-South transmission line corridor, connecting Turkey Point to downtown Miami  that serves as  the backbone of the Pinecrest/ Coral Gables  alternate corridor was built 40 yrs ago when Turkey Point was built.  There have been no upgrades, or improvements provided  since that time, other than storm related repairs.  The only option for fighting the  US 1 proposed corridor  by FPL was to offer The original transmission lines, built 40 plus years ago, as our alternate corridor and our proposal requires they be made safer, higher, and modernized. otherwise the original corridor will remain, unimproved even if the new US 1 lines are built!
Industrial strength lines along US 1  will destroy the future economic viability of the entire  US 1 commercial corridor.  An economic study shows  they will do extensive damage to the local economy and tax base , and reduce current commercial property values by as much as 30% .

We are also fighting the transmission lines by opposing the Nuclear Cost Recovery Act, which FPL has used to extract $1 billion so far from the ratepayers as an additional subsidy we all pay on our monthly electric bill.  Finally after 4 years the legislature has begun to address it.  We expect the legislature will eventually suspend and prohibit early cost recovery as a funding mechanism.  We are also asking legislature to consider a new law to mandate undergrounding lines in this particular circumstance.
Two options are better for everyone:

Option 1: Underground the lines.  This Changes geometry, running lines w opposite phase close together cancels more of the magnetic field than wider spaced lines on poles. and shielding them in concrete underground is vastly safer from a health perspective.    It obviously Improves the skyline. And it does  not risk electrocuting people when lines are downed by a storm.

We do not have the laws to force FPL to underground, and cannot afford to pay the bulk of the cost. it is our position that since the new power and added lines will improve the overall grid, the cost must be borne by all of the FPL customer base who will have added power.  The other  Option  is in Re-engineering existing the existing, original corridor , to add new lines.

Existing magnetic fields can be reduced by re-engineering existing corridor and including new lines.

NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS AT TURKEY POINT – MORE PROBLEMS
There  is a growing  expense if the 2 new plants were  ever to receive a license by NRC.  The original cost projections in2007 were for $8-12 billion.   The projected costs have now skyrocketed to $20- $24 billion required to build these reactors.  That becomes cost prohibitive.   As the costs of gas powered plants and even renewable  energy come down each year, clearly  South Florida should  refocus their future  energy production toward safe and sustainable energy resources.

Nuclear waste.  All the nuclear waste is being stored on site, in a hurricane zone, subject to storm surge and sea level rise.  It will be dangerously radioactive for the next 1 million to 6 million years.

Storm surge can disable back-up power generation for too long (remember Fukushima).  And on that note, the Evacution plans that have been developed and approved by FEMA and Miami Dade county emergency management requires an evacuation plan for only a 10 mile radius from the plant .  There’s no quick way to evacuate South Florida in the event of a radiation leak, especially in the aftermath of a hurricane.  FPL’s evacuation study assumed that nobody living north of SW 152 St would attempt to evacuate following a nuclear accident.

In addition, Mayor Stoddard has met with Miami Dade County Emergency Management to discuss concerns that No effective plan exists for getting protective potassium iodide to children, young adults, and pregnant women prior to exposure from a nuclear release.   Instead of continuing the FPL needs to be decommissioning existing radiation sources before sea level rise and storms cause more widespread hazard.

FPL knows all these problems, yet chooses to ignore them and until both the legislature And the Governor change their energy and utility policies , FPL will  continue to be allowed to charge all of its rate payers  the nuclear cost recovery  to build transmission lines for other needs.    They have no financial risk since ratepayers are footing the bill.  There must be a moratorium on any further action on the siting or building of transmission lines unless and until the Nuclear Regulatory commission  grants them the license and there is a new Determination of Need conducted. 

In Japan they evacuated to 50 miles. That would take us to Fort Lauderdale.

Eye On Miami heads to Greenland ... by gimleteye

"There is an awful lot of ice on top of Greenland. Once it starts to melt, it is likely to be, say the Sheffield scientists, the “dominant contributor to global sea level change over the next 100 to 1,000 years."

I won't be around 100 years from now, but internet willing, on July 19th I'll land in Ilulissat, Greenland and post from there.

In the meantime, take the time to view a recent NOVA episode, "The Earth From Space" incorporating imagery and computer generated graphics using data collected from satellites. It is extraordinary, and an extraordinary insight to the astounding beauty, complexity, and power of nature.

The Founding Fathers of our nation, armed with this information, would have incorporated a far wiser path than we are now pursuing. Think about that, next time you vote.

Mark Bell's Campaign Report in his Quest for Homestead Mayor. By Geniusofdespair

All the Jacksonville donations at the beginning are connected to Wayne Rosen. He has beena partner of Wayne's. I didn't seen ay Wayne Rosen donations on Steve Bateman's report. Don't vote for Mark Bell unless you want Lynda Bell holding two posts. Here is Lynda Bell's campaign report for County Commission.

Jon Burgess, be a man and register for this race. They are going to use this campaign money Lynda Bell is raising for her husband to put lipstick on a pig and Mark Bell will win. Look, Mark is even getting money from Bell's friend Palmetto Bay's vice mayor John Dubois through his corporations. Do the best thing for your city and run for Mayor. Stop being a coward, taking the safe route. Your City needs you now more than even. Steve Bateman cannot win without Rosen's money. Lynda Mark Bell will be your Mayor.

I am tired of connecting dots for all you guys. You have got to start thinking for yourselves. You keep electing toxic people and frankly it makes me want to puke. I am tired of this feeling.  I will present information but you guys have to make the change happen.  I try to warn you all, but you don't go out there and make it happen, you let charlatans win and this crushes my spirit. Are you going to let Wayne Rosen's money pick your Mayor? If not you have to go out there and talk to people...all of you.

Mark Bell Campaign Report

Gelber on Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman and the Rick Scott GOP Legislature, 'Stand Your Ground'

Former state senator Dan Gelber gets it right, even if voters don't.
http://dangelber.com/blog/view_blog.php?ID=268

From Dan's post:

Here is the actual jury instruction read to Florida juries prior to the legislature’s enactment of Stand Your Ground.

“The defendant cannot justify the use of force likely to cause death or great bodily harm unless he used every reasonable means within his power and consistent with his own safety to avoid the danger before resorting to that force.

The fact that the defendant was wrongfully attacked cannot justify his use of force likely to cause death or great bodily harm if by retreating he could have avoided the need to use that force. “

Here is the actual instruction that was read to the Zimmerman Jury:

“If George Zimmerman was not engaged in an unlawful activity and was attacked in any place where he had a right to be, he had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he reasonably believed that it was necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”

The Pet Straw Ballot Was a Sham. By Geniusofdespair

This is what was on the ballot.

First off, it is was a non-binding straw ballot vote. Second it said the millage would be increased by .1079.  most people don't know what millage is.  It says the general fund millage will be increased by .1079.  It should have said YOUR TAXES and then people would have paid attention and you would have seen less people voting for it.  And, .1079 is meaningless to most voters.  This was not a fair ballot question. If it is non-binding, it is meaningless to base a tax increase on it.  I like dogs and cats but I don't like being manipulated. Robert's Rules of Order prohibits straw polls, calling them "meaningless and dilatory" because they subvert the deliberative charge of deliberative bodies.

Let's do it again with real numbers (this will increase your taxes by X amount a year)  and make it binding. Then we can have a fair vote.  You can't have it both ways,  you can't call it non-binding and then bind the government to the results as if it were gospel truth. And, if it were the gospel truth they wouldn't have had to hire Ron Book as their lobbyist.

High Voltage Lines, EMF, and Cancer ... by gimleteye

My home is in the US 1 corridor in Coral Gables, near to FPL's proposed high power lines. Am I concerned about EMF health hazards? Listen ...

The Winter of My Life...Looking Back. Guest Blog, Written by Peter's Friend

This is as sentimental as I get.  This is written beautifully...by Peter's friend. Peter is a very good friend of mine.

You know. . . time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.

But, here it is... the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise...How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go?

I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.

But, here it is...my friends are retired and getting grey...they move slower and I see them as an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me... but, I see the great change...Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant...but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd be.

And so...now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last...this I know, that when it's over on this earth...its over. A new adventure will begin!

Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done...things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a lifetime.

So, if you're not in your winter yet...let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don't put things off too long!! Life goes by quickly. So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life...so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember...and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!!

"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one.

LASTLY, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

Linda Bell's Campaign Report. By Geniusodespair

Lynda Bell raised $120,000.

1	5/1/2013	THOMAS V EAGAN 4620 SANTA MARIA CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
2	5/1/2013	NANCY BARTON-BALZEBRE 4036 EL PRADO BLVD. MIAMI, FL 33133	Individual	HOUSEWIFE	Check			$100.00
3	4/30/2013	LLORENTE & HECKLRER, PA 801 W. 41 STREET, STE. 401 MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140	Business	ATTORNEYS	Check			$500.00
4	5/1/2013	THIMOTHY RIERA-GOMEZ 4321 SW 16 STREET MIAMI, FL 33134	Individual	GOVERMENTRELATIONS	Check			$250.00
5	5/1/2013	DOUGLAS L YOUNG 19066 SW 76 AVENUE CUTLER BAY, FL 33157	Individual	FINANCIALADVISOR	Check			$250.00
6	5/1/2013	CHRISTINE TAYLOR-WADDILL 27 BAY ROAD KEY LARGO, FL 33037	Individual	DOCTOR	Check			$500.00
7	5/1/2013	MICHEL RAPAPORT 1227 MOSHER AVENUE WOODMERE, NY 11598	Individual	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
8	5/1/2013	JUAN C ZAPATA 12925 SW 88 LANE MIAMI, FL 33186	Individual	BUSINESSCONSULTANT	Check			$250.00
9	5/1/2013	JOSE L ACOSTA 6027 SW 14 STREET WEST MIAMI, FL 33144	Individual	CIVILENGINEER	Check			$250.00
10	5/1/2013	JACQUELYN MUNILLA 7231 SUNSET DRIVE MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	HOUSEWIFE	Check			$500.00
11	5/1/2013	ERICK A VALDERRAMA 11225 SW 133 TERRACE MIAMI, FL 33176	Individual	CONTRACTOR	Check			$500.00
12	5/1/2013	THOMAS GENE PRESCOTT 1200 ANASTACIA AVENUE CORAL GALBES, FL 33134	Individual	HOTELOWNER	Check			$500.00
13	5/1/2013	BF HOLDINGS LLC 4533 PONCE DE LEON BLVD. CORAL GABLES , FL 33146	Business	INVESTMENTCOMPANY	Check			$500.00
14	4/26/2013	JACOB SHAHAM 9540 OLD CUTLER ROAD CORAL GALBES, FL 33156	Individual	CHAIRMAN/CEO	Check			$500.00
15	5/1/2013	CITIZENS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH 4601 SHERIDAN STREET SUITE 401 HOLLYWOOD, FL 33021	Business	NONPROFITORGNIZATION	Check			$500.00
16	5/1/2013	CHRISTOPHER J HODGKINS 1717 N. BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1031 MIAMI, FL 33132	Individual	Consultant	Check			$500.00
17	4/30/2013	EDWARD P MACDOUGALL 7955 SW 201 TERRACE CUTLER BAY, FL 33189	Individual	REALESTATE	Check			$250.00
18	5/1/2013	CARLOS R LAGO 5440 SW 59 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33155	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$250.00
19	4/26/2013	ELLIOT H SCHERKER 3700 HIBISCUS STREET COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$100.00
20	5/1/2013	KERRY LEW BARSH 9 ISLAND AVENUE APT. 1101 MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
21	5/1/2013	MARIO J GARCIA-SIERRA 600 GRAPETREE DRIVE APT 8ES KEY BISCAYNE, FL 33149	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
22	5/1/2013	ROBERT L GARNER 157 PALOMA DRIVE CORAL GABLES, FL 33143	Individual	CEO	Check			$500.00
23	5/1/2013	JORGE ARRIZURIETA 1118 PLACETAS AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Individual	GOVERMENTRELATIONS	Check			$500.00
24	5/1/2013	ARRIZURIETA & ASSOCIATES LLC 1200 ANASTACIA AVENUE SUITE 500 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	GOVT.CONSULTINGFIRM	Check			$500.00
25	4/29/2013	GILBERTO NEVES 8488 SW 94 STREET MIAMI, FL 33156	Individual	ENGINEER	Check			$500.00
26	5/1/2013	ANTONIO PINTO 1500 OCEAN DRIVE APT. 503 MIAMI, FL 33139	Individual	ENGINEER	Check			$500.00
27	5/1/2013	LUIZ SIMON 15351 SW 77 AVENUE PALMETTO BAY, FL 33157	Individual	ENGINEER	Check			$500.00
28	4/30/2013	OSAB CONSULTING LLC 133 SW 121 STREET WAY CORAL SPRINGS , FL 33071	Business	REHABCONSULTING	Check			$500.00
29	4/30/2013	KRISTIAN BASO 133 SW 121 STREET WAY CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33071	Individual	REHABCONSULTANT	Check			$500.00
30	4/29/2013	SUSAN KNAPP-PINNAS 1140 ALFONSO AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Individual	HEALTHCAREREP.	Check			$250.00
31	5/1/2013	WINSTON H LONSDALE 11361 SW 123 STREET MIAMI, FL 33176	Individual	HEALTHCAREREP.	Check			$250.00
32	4/30/2013	2201 INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, INC 3663 SW 8 STREET 3RD FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	INVESTMENTCOMPANY	Check			$500.00
33	4/29/2013	JAMIE ALAN COLE 12462 BROOKWOOD COURT DAVIE, FL 33330	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
34	4/30/2013	GILBERTO PASTORIZA 1876 SOUTH MIAMI AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33129	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
35	5/1/2013	MITCHELL BIERMAN, PA 2525 PONCE DE LEON BLVD. STE. 700 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
36	4/29/2013	MITCHELL J. BURNSTEIN 3190 NORTH 34 STREET HOLLYWOOD , FL 33021	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
37	4/30/2013	DAVID M. WOLPIN 2850 LA PAZ AVENUE COOPER CITY, FL 33026	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
38	5/1/2013	ALEX LASTRA 4041 COLLINS AVENUE APT. 421 MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140	Individual	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
39	5/1/2013	JACK R CASAGRANDE 6800 GLENEAGLE DRIVE HIALEAH, FL 33014	Individual	TRUSTCONSULTANT	Check			$300.00
40	5/1/2013	JOSE NESSI 16313 SW 44 STREET MIAMI, FL 33185	Individual	ENGINEER	Check			$250.00
41	5/1/2013	RICHARD A WATERS 12820 SW 69 COURT MIAMI, FL 33156	Individual	ENGINEER	Check			$250.00
42	5/1/2013	CARTER N MCDOWELL 1000 VENETIAN WAY APT. 111 MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$250.00
43	5/1/2013	RICHARD GOLDSTEIN 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE SUITE 2300 MIAMI, FL 33131	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
44	4/30/2013	JOHN C SUMBERG 7407 SW 53 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
45	4/30/2013	STANLEY PRICE 6000 ISLAND BLVD UNIT 807 AVENTURA, FL 33160	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
46	4/30/2013	ALAN AXELROD 20900 NE 21 COURT NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL 33179	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
47	4/30/2013	BRIAN L BILZIN 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE SUITE 2300 MIAMI, FL 33131	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
48	5/1/2013	EILEEN BALL-MEHTA 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE SUITE 2300 MIAMI, FL 33131	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$250.00
49	5/1/2013	RAUL L SMITH 14321 SABAL DRIVE MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014	Individual	TRUCKING	Check			$500.00
50	4/22/2013	PATRICIA MARIE CAPARROS 3501 N. OCEAN DRIVE VILLA-8 HOLLYWOOD, FL 33019	Individual	HOUSEWIFE	Check			$500.00
51	5/1/2013	JEFFRET L HORTSMYER, MD 3661 S. MIAMI AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33134	Individual	NEUROLOGIST	Check			$500.00
52	5/1/2013	BEATRIZ CARMONA-GONZALEZ 3271 SW 16 LANE MIAMI, FL 33145	Individual	AVIATION	Check			$125.00
53	5/1/2013	AL MALOOF 7726 SW 54 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	CONSULTING	Check			$500.00
54	5/1/2013	MARIA R MALOOF 7726 SW 54 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	EVENTPLANNER	Check			$500.00
55	5/1/2013	GREDEL OPTIZ DEL TORO 10990 SW 91 STREET MIAMI, FL 33176	Individual	PROJECTMANAGER	Check			$500.00
56	5/1/2013	VAN WADDILL 27 BAY ROAD KEY LARGO, FL 33037	Individual	RETIREDPROFFESOR	Check			$400.00
57	4/12/2013	STUART WYLLIE 8541 GLENCAIRN LANE MIAMI LAKES, FL 33016	Individual	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
58	4/22/2013	GARY NADER CORPORATION 62 NE 27 STREET MIAMI, FL 33137	Business	ARTGALLERY	Check			$500.00
59	5/1/2013	LSN PARTNERS LLC 801 W 41 STREET SUITE 401 MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140	Business	GOVT.CONSULTING	Check			$500.00
60	5/1/2013	HELLINGER & PENABAD, PA 235 ALTARA AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Business	LAW FIRM	Check			$250.00
61	5/1/2013	NOPETRO MANAGEMENT LLC 2625 PONCE DE LEOM BLVD. SUITE 101 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	NATURALGASMANAGEMENT	Check			$500.00
62	4/29/2013	THE DE MONTOYA GROUP, INC 14600 SW 136 STREET MIAMI, FL 33186	Business	CONSTRUCTION	Check			$500.00
63	5/1/2013	CHRISTOPHER O'NEIL 400 AMALFI CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Individual	BUSINESSDEVELOPER	Check			$200.00
64	4/30/2013	P3 MANAGEMENT NA LLC 1221 BRICKELL AVENUE SUITE 900 MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	PUBLICAFFAIRS	Check			$500.00
65	5/1/2013	LINCOLN CENTER ASSOCIATES LLC 1300 COLLINS AVENUE SUITE 100 MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139	Business	PARKINGMANAGEMENT	Check			$250.00
66	5/1/2013	1300 COLLINS LLC 1300 COLLINS AVENUE SUITE 100 MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$250.00
67	5/1/2013	BERSIN DEVELPMENT CORP 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
68	5/1/2013	DADELAND DEPOT, INC. 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE STE. 1200 COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
69	5/1/2013	AVENTURA COMMONS INC 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 COCONUT GROVE, Fl 33133	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
70	5/1/2013	1401 PROFESSIONAL CENTER LLC 6201 SW 70 STREET 2ND FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33143	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
71	5/1/2013	MCM 6201 SW 70 STREET SECOND FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33143	Business	CONSTRUCTION	Check			$500.00
72	5/1/2013	CALICO TRAVEL 1200 ANASTASIA AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	TRAVELAGENCY	Check			$500.00
73	5/1/2013	DW HOTEL GROUP 1200 ANASTACIA AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	HOSPITALITYCOMPANY	Check			$500.00
74	4/19/2013	MICHAEL P LATTERNER 13 SW 7 STREET MIAMI, FL 33130	Individual	REALTOR	Check			$500.00
75	4/19/2013	SHORES@PALMETTO BAY LLC 13 SW 7 STREET MIAMI, FL 33130	Business	DEVELOPMENTCO.	Check			$500.00
76	4/19/2013	SHORES LAND DEVELOPMENT, INC. 13 SW 7 STREET MIAMI, FL 33130	Business	DEVELOPMENTCO.	Check			$500.00
77	5/1/2013	KENDALLGATE LLC 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 COCONUT GROVE, FL 33157	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
78	5/1/2013	BERKOWITZ DEVELOPMENT GROUP, I 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
79	5/1/2013	GABLES STATION LLC 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
80	5/1/2013	BERKOWITZ REALTY GROUP INC 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
81	5/1/2013	KALM AVIATION LLC 2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133	Business	AVIATION	Check			$500.00
82	5/1/2013	JEFFREY L BERKOWITZ TRUST 2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133	Business	TRUST	Check			$500.00
83	5/1/2013	ASTON AVIATION 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 1200 MIAMI, FL 33133	Business	AVIATION	Check			$500.00
84	5/1/2013	ROAM FOOD GROUP, INC. 8900 NW 77 COURT MIAMI, FL 33166	Business	FOODDISTRIBUTIONS	Check			$500.00
85	5/1/2013	CUMA DISTRIBUTING, INC. 8900 SW 77 COURT MIAMI, FL 33166	Business	FOODDISTRIBUTING	Check			$500.00
86	4/30/2013	ALBERTO R. CARDENAS PA 1441 BRICKELL AVENUE 15TH FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	LAW FIRM	Check			$250.00
87	5/1/2013	CUNNINGHAM GROUP, INC. 10873 SW 59 COURT PINECREST, FL 33156	Business	MGMT.CONSULTING	Check			$500.00
88	5/1/2013	A.D.A. ENGINEERING, INC. 8550 NW 33 STREET SUITE 101 DORAL, FL 33122	Business	ENGINEERINGFIRM	Check			$500.00
89	5/1/2013	AVINO & ASSOCIATES 1350 SW 57 AVENUE SUITE 2027 MIAMI, FL 33144	Business	ENGINEERINGFIRM	Check			$200.00
90	5/1/2013	MIACHAEL D WOHL 9400 S. DADELAND BLVD. SUITE 100 MIAMI, FL 33156	Business	R/EDEVELOPER	Check			$500.00
91	5/1/2013	BEHAR FONT HOLDINGS LLC 135 SAN LORENZO AVENUE SUITE 610 CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Business	INVESTMENTCO.	Check			$500.00
92	5/1/2013	READY WINDOW SALES & SERVICE, 745 W. 18 STREET HIALEAH, FL 33010	Business	WONDOWSALES/SERVICES	Check			$500.00
93	4/22/2013	SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ONE HARVARD CIRCLE WEST PALM BEACH , FL 33409	Business	CONSTRUCTIOCO.	Check			$500.00
94	4/23/2013	GREENBERG TRAURIG 8400 NW 36 STREET SUITE 400 MIAMI, FL 33166	Business	LAW FIRM	Check			$500.00
95	5/1/2013	LINK COSTRUCTION GROUP, INC, 7300 N. WATERWAY DRIVE SUITE 218 MIAMI, FL 33155	Business	COSNTRUCTIONCO.	Check			$500.00
96	5/1/2013	JOSEPH W. BOBER, ESQ., PA PO BOX 562767 MIAMI, FL 33256	Business	ATTORNEYS	Check			$500.00
97	5/1/2013	VADIA DEVELOPMENT INC 3211 PONCE DE LEON BLVD., STE. 202 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
98	5/1/2013	FLORDIA NATIONAL INDUSTRIES, I 1125 NE 125 STREET NORTH MIAMI , FL 33161	Business	SECURITYCOMPANY	Check			$500.00
99	5/1/2013	MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP PO Box 331990 MIAMI, FL 33133	Business	GOVERNMENTRELATIONS	Check			$500.00
100	5/1/2013	COMMUNITEL BAGGAGE SERVICES, I 6955 NW 77 AVENUE SUITE 204 MIAMI, FL 33166	Business	BAGGAGESTORAGE	Check			$500.00
101	4/25/2013	OKEECHOBEE LANDFILL, INC. 2700 NW 48 STREET POMPANO BEACH, FL 33073	Business	SOLIDWASTEMANAGEMENT	Check			$500.00
102	4/25/2013	HARRIS SANITATION, INC. 2700 NW 48 STREET POMPANO BEACH, FL 33073	Business	SOLIDWASTEMANAGEMENT	Check			$500.00
103	4/25/2013	WASTE MGMT INC of FLORIDA 2700 NW 48 STREET POMPANO BEACH, FL 33073	Business	SOLIDWASTE MGMT	Check			$500.00
104	5/1/2013	MIAMI EAST SIDE SPORT CORP 14350 NW 56 STREET CT STE 118 OPA LOCKA, FL 33054	Business	RECREATIONGROUP	Check			$500.00
105	5/1/2013	CPF INVESTMENT GROUP LLC 14350 NW 56 COURT STREET STE. 118 OPA LOCKA , FL 33054	Business	DEVELOPMENTGROUP	Check			$500.00
106	4/26/2013	FLORIDA CDM SMITH INC , POLITI 6365 NW 6 WAY, STE. 200 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309	Political Party	PAC	Check			$500.00
107	4/30/2013	GOCAGO INC 3663 SW 8 STREET PENTHOUSE MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	COMMUNICATIONS	Check			$500.00
108	4/30/2013	CALLE 8 HOLDINGS INC 3663 SW 8 STREET PENTHOUSE MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
109	4/30/2013	V&M ENTERPRISES INC 3663 SW 8 STREET 3RD FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	INVESTMENTCO.	Check			$500.00
110	4/30/2013	F.E.C. INVESTMENTS, INC 3663 SW 8 STREET PENTHOUSE MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	INVESTMENTCOMPANY	Check			$500.00
111	5/1/2013	PATRICK GLEBER, INC. 1717 N. BAYSHORE DRIVE UNIT 1134 MIAMI, FL 33132	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
112	4/24/2013	BAYFRONT 2011 DEVELOPMENT LLC 1501 BISCAYNE B;VD, STE. 107 MIAMI, FL 33132	Business	DEVELOPMENTCO.	Check			$500.00
113	5/1/2013	SIMON FALIC 150 HARBOUR WAY BAL HARBOUR, FL 33154	Individual	VP	Check			$500.00
114	5/1/2013	JEROME FALIC 209 BAL BAY DRIVE BAL HARBOUR, FL 33154	Business	CFO	Check			$500.00
115	4/30/2013	LOCAL NO. 349 ELECTRO PAC FUND 1657 NW 17 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33125	Business	PAC	Check			$500.00
116	4/30/2013	MIAMI TEHC AIRCRAFT MAINTENANC 5200 NW 36 STREET MIAMI, FL 33166	Business	AVIATIONMAINTENANCE	Check			$500.00
117	5/1/2013	CARLOS DIAZ & ASSOC. 1526 NW 89 COURT DORAL , FL 33172	Business	ARCHITECTS	Check			$500.00
118	5/1/2013	H.J. ROSS ASSOCIATES, INC. 201 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE SUITE 900 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	ENGINNERINGFIRM	Check			$500.00
119	5/1/2013	ATLANTIC & PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT 1025 KANE CONCOURSE SUITE 2145 BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, FL 33154	Business	DEVELOPINGGROUP	Check			$500.00
120	5/1/2013	FLORIDIAN PARTNERS LLC 108 S. MONROE STREET TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301	Business	PUBLICAFFAIRS	Check			$500.00
121	5/1/2013	STRATEGIC EDGE INC 235 CATALONIA AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	PUBLICAFFAIRS	Check			$300.00
122	5/1/2013	CARIBBEAN SUN AIRLINES INC PO BOX 660479 MIAMI SPRINGS, FL 33266	Business	AVIATIONS	Check			$500.00
123	5/1/2013	EILEEN BALL MEHTA PA 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE STE. 2300 MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$250.00
124	5/1/2013	SCOTT BAENA PA 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
125	5/1/2013	ALBERT E. DOTSON, JR, PA 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE ste. 2300 MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
126	5/1/2013	MICHAEL N. KREITZER, PA 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, STE. 2300 MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
127	5/1/2013	HOWARD E. NELSON PA 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE SUITE 2300 MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$250.00
128	5/1/2013	S&A HOLDINGS, INC. 4701 SW 35 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33142	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
129	5/1/2013	TRI-GROUP HOLDINGS LLC 3500 NW 51 STREET MIAMI, FL 33142	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
130	5/1/2013	WORLD WASTE RECYCLING INC 3500 NW 51 STREET MIAMI, FL 33142	Business	RECYCLINGCO.	Check			$500.00
131	5/1/2013	CLASIC WASTE SERVICES 3500 NW 51 STREET MIAMI, FL 33142	Business	SOLIDWASTECONSULT.	Check			$200.00
132	5/1/2013	RESORT WORLD OMNI LLC 1601 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI, FL 33132	Business	RESORTCOMPANY	Check			$500.00
133	5/1/2013	50 STATE SECURITY SERVICE, INC PO BOX 611118 NORTH MIAMI, FL 33161	Business	SECURITYSERVICES	Check			$500.00
134	5/1/2013	CH MANAGEMENT SERVICES 2200 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI, FL 33137	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
135	4/30/2013	SOUTH BEACH HEIGHTS I LLC 2200 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD MIAMI, FL 33137	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
136	4/30/2013	CRESSENT HEIGHT OF AMERICA 2200 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI, FL 33137	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
137	4/30/2013	CH SERVICE CO. HOLDINGS LLC 2200 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI, FL 33137	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
138	4/30/2013	CH ACQUISITIONS 2 LLC 2200 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI, FL 33137	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
139	4/24/2013	LCN INC 80 NE 29 STREET SITE B MIAMI, FL 33137	Business	PARKINGSEVICES	Check			$500.00
140	4/30/2013	LA CARRETA ENTERPRISES RE HOLD 3663 SW 8TH STREET PENTHOUSE MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	RESTAURANT	Check			$500.00
141	4/30/2013	LA CARRETA HOLDINGS LLC 3663 SW 8 STREET THIRD FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	RESTAURANT	Check			$500.00
142	4/30/2013	LA PALMA RE HOLDINGS LLC 3663 SW 8 STREET PENTHOUSE MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	RESTAURANT	Check			$500.00
143	4/30/2013	CASA JUANCHO RE HOLDINGS LLC 3663 SW 8 STREET PENTHOUSE MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	RESTAURANT	Check			$500.00
144	4/30/2013	CAFE ESPRESSO OF MIAMI INC 3663 SW 8 STREET MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	RESTAURANT	Check			$500.00
145	5/1/2013	HAVANA FLORDIA CIGAR COMPANY 45 SW 35 AVENUE SUITE 205 MIAMI, FL 33135	Business	CIGARMANUFACTURER	Check			$500.00
146	5/3/2013	SIBONEY WINE AND SPIRITS, INC 10892 SW 75 TERRACE MIAMI, FL 33175	Business	WINEDISTRIBUTER	Check			$500.00
147	5/3/2013	US RETAIL, INC. 230 PALERMO AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	RETAIL	Check			$500.00
148	5/8/2013	NEWSLINK MAV LLC 690 NW 12 STREET MIAMI, FL 33126	Business	RETAIL	Check			$500.00
149	5/2/2013	NEWSLINK OF MIAMI AIR VENTURES 6910 NW 12 STREET MIAMI, FL 33126	Business	RETAIL	Check			$500.00
150	4/22/2013	DANIEL ESPINO 289 LAVEL WAY MIAMI SPRINGS, FL 33166	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$150.00
151	5/1/2013	GARY FEICK 8869 SW 131 STREET MIAMI, FL 33176	Individual	SECURITY	Check			$500.00
152	5/2/2013	EDWARD ENIS 10100 CORAL CREEK RD CORAL GABLES, FL 33156	Individual	OWNER	Check			$250.00
153	5/3/2013	RAMON CREGO 12340 SW 98 STREET MIAMI, FL 33186	Individual	TOWINGSERVICES	Check			$500.00
154	5/3/2013	DANA LEIBOWITZ 15111 NW 6 COURT PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33028	Individual	RESORTSERVICES	Check			$250.00
155	5/3/2013	MILLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 614 S. FEDERAL HIGHWAY FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301	Business	GENERALCONTRACTING	Check			$500.00
156	5/3/2013	THE TROLEM GROUP, INC. 7000 SW 97 AVENUE # 2 MIAMI, FL 33173	Business	DEVELOPMENT	Check			$500.00
157	5/3/2013	OLIVER GIBSON 7000 SW 97 AVENUE # 2 MIAMI, FL 33173	Individual	CEO	Check			$500.00
158	5/7/2013	ERNESTO AVINO 3500 NW 79 AVENUE DORAL , FL 33122	Individual	EXPORTSERVICES	Check			$500.00
159	5/23/2013	DANIEL DOMINGUEZ 8291 SW 91 STREET MIAMI, FL 33156	Individual	GOVERMENTAFFAIRS	Check			$500.00
160	5/23/2013	JESSE MANZANO PO BOX 348068 CORAL GABLES, FL 33234	Individual	GOVERMENTAFFAIRS	Check			$500.00
161	5/16/2013	FAROOQ M REHMATWALA 5025 COLLINS AVENUE APT. 1404 MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140	Individual	HOTELOPERATIONS	Check			$500.00
162	5/11/2013	LINCOLN RAFAEL DIAZ-BALART 6920 SW 94 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33173	Individual	GOVERMENTAFFAIRS	Check			$500.00
163	5/5/2013	CHRISTIAN P GOODE 103-11 68TH DRIVE FORREST HILLS, NY 11375	Individual	EXECUTIVE	Check			$500.00
164	5/16/2013	SARAH REBECCA SMITH PO BOX 370632 MIAMI, FL 33137-0632	Individual	SPECIALEVENTSMANAGER	Check			$500.00
165	5/2/2013	BT SUNDANCE LLC 175 SW 7 STREET SUITE 1202 MIAMI, FL 33130	Business	CONSULTINGSERVICES	Check			$500.00
166	5/22/2013	TURNBERRY MANAGEMENT III INC 4200 NW 145 STREET OPA-LOCKA, FL 33054-2308	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
167	5/22/2013	TURNBERRY DEVELOPMENT LLC 19501 BISCAYNE BLVD SUITE 400 AVENTURA, FL 33180-2342	Business	DEVELOPERS	Check			$500.00
168	5/13/2013	CAPITOL GAINS CORP. 150 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE SUITE 715 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	INVESTMENTFIRM	Check			$500.00
169	5/2/2013	MCCI GROUP HOLDINGS LLC 4960 SW 72 AVENUE SUITE 406 MIAMI, FL 33155	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
170	5/22/2013	JS IP LLC 19501 BISCAYNE BLVD. SUITE 400 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	HOSPITALITY	Check			$500.00
171	5/22/2013	TURNBERRY MARKETING GROUP LLC 19501 BISCAYNE BLVD. SUITE 400 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
172	5/22/2013	TURNBERRY ASSOCIATES 19501 BISCAYNE BLVD. STE. 400 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	CONSTRUCTION	Check			$500.00
173	5/22/2013	MIAMI INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES 19501 BISCAYNE BLVD STE. 400 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	INVESTMENTCO.	Check			$500.00
174	5/22/2013	TURNBERRY FASHION ISLAND LP 19501 BISCAYNE BLVD. STE 400 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
175	5/22/2013	TURNBERRY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 19501 BISCAYNE BLVD. STE. 400 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
176	5/22/2013	MB ASSET ADVISORS LLC 19501 SW BISCAYNE BLVD STE. 400 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
177	5/22/2013	TACOM II COMPANY LTD 1972 S. UNIVERSITY DRIVE DAVIE, FL 33324	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
178	5/3/2013	AIR TRANSPORT IT SERVICE 5950 HAZELTINE NATIONAL DR ORLANDO, FL 32822	Business	TRANSPORTATIONSERVICES	Check			$500.00
179	5/2/2013	GREEN BIOFUELS LLC 3123 NW 73 STREET STE A MIAMI, FL 33147	Business	ENERGYCONSUT.FIRM	Check			$500.00
180	5/6/2013	TATE ENTERPRISES 1175 NE 125 STREET STE. 102 NORTH MIAMI, FL 33161	Business	FINANCE	Check			$250.00
181	5/28/2013	DIEGO FELICIANO 61 CALLE KINGS COURT APT. 9F SAN JUAN, PR 00911	Individual	TRANSPORTATIONSERVICES	Check			$200.00
182	5/28/2013	SUSAN FRIED 1875 NE 197 TERRACE N. MIAMI BEACH, FL 33179	Individual	PUBLICRELATIONS	Check			$500.00
183	5/28/2013	YELLOW CAB 3775 NW 36 STREET MIAMI, FL 33142	Business	TAXISERVICES	Check			$500.00
184	5/28/2013	GUTIERREZ PROPERTIES LLC 1201 BRICKELL AVENUE SUITE 320 MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	DEVELOPERS	Check			$250.00
185	5/28/2013	MOSKOCAB OF DADE, INC. 2284 NW 36 STREET MIAMI, FL 33142	Business	TAXISERVICES	Check			$300.00
186	5/28/2013	TAXI INSURANCE COLLECTIONS COM 740 ALTON ROAD MIAMI BEACH, FL 300	Business	TRANSPORTATIONSERVICES	Check			$300.00
187	5/28/2013	YOCA RADIO COMMUNICATION SERVI 3111 NW 27 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33142	Business	COMMUNICATIONS	Check			$500.00
188	6/20/2013	GIFT SCENARIO INC 18851 NE 29 AVENUE STE 1010 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	GIFT SHOP	Check			$500.00
189	6/1/2013	CONFECTION CONNECTION INC 18851 NE 29 AVENUE STE 1010 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	CANDYSTORE	Check			$500.00
190	6/23/2013	RONALD L BOOK 491 COCONUT PALM TERRACE PLANTATION, FL 33324	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
191	6/13/2013	RONAL L BOOK PA 18851 NE 29 AVENUE STE 1010 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	LAW FIRM	Check			$500.00
192	6/23/2013	CAPITAL ADVOCACY GROUP 18851 NE 29 AVENUE STE 1010 AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	GOVERMENTALCONSULTING	Check			$500.00
193	5/29/2013	REX A NEALIS 603 SW 10 STREET FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33315	Individual	CEMENTCOMPANYEXEC.	Check			$500.00
194	5/27/2013	EDDIE ALLSOPP III 122 SSTINWOOD LANE PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL 33410	Individual	CEMENTCOMPANYEXEC.	Check			$500.00
195	5/10/2013	SAMUEL E POOLE 702 N. RIO VISTA BLVD. FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$100.00
196	5/17/2013	ETAN MARK 4515 ROYAL PALM AVENUE MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$100.00
197	5/15/2013	S. DANIEL PONCE 7117 NW 20 PLACE GAINESVILLE, FL 32605	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$100.00
198	5/18/2013	WHITE ROCK QUARRIES PO BOX 15065 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33416	Business	LIMEROCKPRODUCER	Check			$500.00
199	5/3/2013	MIAMI DADE LIMESTONE PRODUCTS 13292 NW 118 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33178	Business	LIMESTONESUPPLIER	Check			$500.00
200	5/14/2013	RAFULS & ASSOC. CONSTRUCTION 7901 W 25 AVENUE BAY 3 HIALEAH, FL 33016	Business	COSNTRUCTION	Check			$250.00
201	4/22/2013	LILLIAM ANJELA ZULUETA 2140 S. DIXIE HIGHWAY MIAMI, FL 33133	Individual	LEGALASSISTANT	Check			$500.00
202	4/21/2013	LAND BARON LLC 1371 SAWGRASS CORPORATE PARKWAY FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33323	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
203	4/21/2013	ROSEN MATERIALS LLC 1371 SAWGRASS CORPORATE PARKWAY SUNRISE, FL 33323	Business	BUILDINGSUPPLIES	Check			$500.00
204	4/21/2013	DREW C ROSEN 1371 SAWGRASS CORPORATE PARKWAY SUNRISE, FL 33323	Individual	ENTREPENEUR	Check			$500.00
205	4/22/2013	LAND BARON III LLC 1371 SAWGRASS CORPORATE PARKWAY SUNRISE, FL 33323	Business	LEASERENTALS	Check			$500.00
206	4/22/2013	VICTOR M BARROSO 475 BRICKELL AVENUE APT 3314 MIAMI, FL 33131	Individual	OPERATIONS	Check			$500.00
207	4/22/2013	FERNANDO J ZULUETA 1220 ALFONSO AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Individual	LAWYER	Check			$500.00
208	4/22/2013	ANNETTE M IRAOLA 216 ROMANO AVENUE CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Individual	OFFICEMANAGER	Check			$500.00
209	4/22/2013	MAGDALENA FRESSEN 1220 ALFONSO AVENUE CORAL GALBES, FL 33146	Individual	LAWYER	Check			$500.00
210	4/22/2013	MILLIE OHARRIS 57602 SW 57 TERRACE MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	EXECUTIVEASSISTANT	Check			$500.00
211	4/22/2013	JACKIE QUINTERO 6640 SW 99 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33173	Individual	OFFICEMANAGER	Check			$500.00
212	4/22/2013	ROLANDO LLANES 5910 SW 35 STREET MIAMI, FL 33155	Individual	ARCHITECT	Check			$500.00
213	4/22/2013	BARCO LLC 475 BRICKELL AVENUE APT 3314 MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	CONSULTANT	Check			$500.00
214	4/22/2013	MARIA V RIVES 6457 SUNSET DRIVE MIAMI, FL 33143.	Individual	LAWYER	Check			$500.00
215	4/22/2013	IGNACIO ZULUETA 6457 SUNSET DRIVE MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	LAWYER	Check			$500.00
216	4/20/2013	CIVICA LLC 8323 NW 12 STREET MIAMI, FL 33126	Business	ARCHITECTS	Check			$500.00
217	4/22/2013	SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT HC LLC 6340 SUNSET DRIVE MIAMI, FL 33143	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
218	4/22/2013	RICHARD CANDIA 8215 SW 160 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33193	Individual	GOVTRELATIONS	Check			$200.00
219	4/22/2013	ROGER C COOOLEY 42905 RIVER END DRIVE PLYMOUTH , MI 48270	Individual	ENGINEER	Check			$500.00
220	4/22/2013	JOSE K FUENTES 3050 SHIPPING AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33133	Individual	GOVTRELATIONS	Check			$250.00
221	4/22/2013	GROUP 5 LLC 2301 BW 87 AVENUE 6 FLOOR DORAL , FL 33172	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$250.00
222	4/22/2013	PRIVATE LENDING GROUP LLC 2301 NW 87 AVENUE 6 FLOOR DORAL, FL 33172	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$250.00
223	4/22/2013	CENTURY TOWER LLC 2301 NW 87 AVENUE 6 FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33172	Business	realestate	Check			$250.00
224	4/22/2013	ALEXANDRA PROPERTY HOLDINGS LL 2301 NW 87 AVENUE 6 FLOOR DORAL , FL 33172	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$250.00
225	4/22/2013	JORGE MUNILLA 7231 SUNSET DRIVE MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	CONSTRUCTION	Check			$500.00
226	4/22/2013	JORGE L NAVARRO 7450 SW 79 COURT MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	ATTORNEY	Check			$250.00
227	4/22/2013	FLORIDA MARKETING & RESEARCH 475 BILTMORE WAY STE 104-A, PMB 292 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	MARKETING	Check			$150.00
228	4/22/2013	GLORIA M. VELAQUEZ PA 8005 NW 155 STREET SUITE A MIAMI LAKES, FL 33016	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$200.00
229	4/22/2013	STEVEN J ALEXANDER 8605 SW 162 STREET MIAMI, FL 33157	Individual	CONSULTANT	Check			$100.00
230	4/22/2013	DANA A POLLIT 801 NE 18 CT # 103 FT LAUEDERDALE, FL 33305	Individual	ENGINEER	Check			$50.00
231	4/22/2013	ROGER C CUEVAS 12353 SW 104 LANE MIAMI, FL 33186	Individual	RETIRED	Check			$100.00
232	4/22/2013	DAMIAN R MARTINEZ 2708 SW 33 COURT MIAMI, FL 33133	Individual	LOANOFFICER	Check			$250.00
233	4/22/2013	ENIS FAMILY INVESTMENTS LTD 10100 CORAL CREEK ROAD CORAL GALBES, FL 33156	Business	INVESTMENTS	Check			$250.00
234	4/22/2013	SHORES DEVELOPMENT INC 277 GALEON COURT CORAL GALBES, FL 33143	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
235	4/22/2013	WEITZER COMMUNITIES LLC 3725 NE 214 STREET AVENTURA, FL 33180	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
236	4/22/2013	FORD, ARMENTEROS & MANUCY INC 1950 NW 94 AVENUE 2 FLOOR DORAL , FL 33172	Business	LANDSURVEYING	Check			$250.00
237	4/22/2013	FORD ENGINEERS, INC 1950 NW 94 AVENUE 2 FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33172	Business	CIVILENGINEER	Check			$250.00
238	4/22/2013	RS ENVIROMENTAL CONSULTING INC PO BOX 161158 MIAMI, FL 33116-3404	Business	ENV.CONSULTING	Check			$200.00
239	4/22/2013	BRAVO PARTNERS REALTY 2645 SW DOUGLAS ROAD STE. 301 MIAMI, FL 33133	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$200.00
240	4/22/2013	MALOOF ENTERPRISES 100 SE 2 STREET 44 FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	GOVTCONSULTING	Check			$500.00
241	4/22/2013	AL MALOOF 100 SE 2 STREET 44 FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33131	Individual	GOVTCONSULTING	Check			$500.00
242	4/22/2013	BARBARA GOMEZ 8510 NW 164 STREET MIAMI LAKES, FL 33016	Individual	PROFESSOR	Check			$500.00
243	4/22/2013	GUILLERMO FERNANDEZ 9051 SW 85 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33156	Individual	GENERALCONTRACTOR	Check			$500.00
244	4/22/2013	HORIZON TECHNOLOGY GROUP 80 NW 22 AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33125	Business	TECHNOLOGY	Check			$500.00
245	4/22/2013	SHORES AIR INC 277 GALEON COURT CORAL GABLES, FL 33143	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
246	4/22/2013	LAND BARON ii LLC 1371 SAWGRASS CORPORATE PARKEWAY SUNRISE, FL 33323	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
247	4/22/2013	ALFONZO J PEREZ PA 283 CATALONIA AVENUE 2ND FLOOR CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
248	4/22/2013	GAMBA & LOMBANA PA 2701 PONCE DE LEON BLVD MEZZANINE CORAL GABLES, FL 33134	Business	ATTORNEY	Check			$500.00
249	4/22/2013	BERCOW, RADELL & FERNANDEZ, PA 200 S. BISCAYNE BLVD STE. 850 MIAMI, FL 33131	Business	LAW FIRM	Check			$500.00
250	4/22/2013	GRANADA SHOPPING PLAZA INC 7785 NW 146 STREET MIAMI, FL 33016	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
251	4/22/2013	JORGE L REYES 2804 SW 142 PLACE MIAMI, FL 33175	Individual	CONSULTANT	Check			$200.00
252	4/19/2013	LEWIS SWEZY 7735 NW 146 STREET STE 306 MIAMI LAKES, FL 330169	Individual	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00
253	4/17/2013	SAYRA INFANTE 5920 GRANADA BLVD CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Individual	HOMEMAKER	Check			$500.00
254	4/19/2013	OONNA HUECK 8800 SW 150 PLACE CIRCLE MIAMI, FL 33196	Individual	SALES REP.	Check			$250.00
255	4/13/2013	TERESA LUACES 7812 SW 84 PLACE MIAMI, FL 33143	Individual	RETIRED	Check			$500.00
256	4/11/2013	LIZARDO E VEGA 5670 SW 88 PLACE MIAMI, FL 33176	Individual	RETIRED	Check			$500.00
257	4/11/2013	ORIOSA VEGA 5670 SW 88 PLACE MIAMI, FL 33173	Individual	HOMEMAKER	Check			$500.00
258	4/12/2013	CONCEPCION ALBERTI 15059 SW 33 TERRACE MIAMI, FL 33185	Individual	HOMEMAKER	Check			$500.00
259	4/12/2013	VICTOR R ALBERTI 15059 SW 33 TERRACE MIAMI, FL 33185	Individual	RETIRED	Check			$500.00
260	4/11/2013	JOSE RENE INFANTE 5900 GRANADA BLVD CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Individual	BAR OWNER	Check			$500.00
261	4/11/2013	EVARDO FERNANDEZ-DUPUY 13620 SW 74 AVENUE PALMETTO BAY, FL 33158	Individual	INVESTOR	Check			$500.00
262	4/11/2013	DORA IFANTE 5900 GRANADA BLVD CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	Individual	ACCOUNTANT	Check			$500.00
263	4/11/2013	LORIE DUPUY 13620 SW 74 AVENUE PALMETTO BAY, FL 33158	Individual	HOMEMAKER	Check			$500.00
264	4/16/2013	JENNIFER NADER 10185 LAKESIDE DRIVE CORAL GABLES, FL 33156	Individual	HOMEMAKER	Check			$500.00
265	4/10/2013	ROBERTO SARDINAS 23300 SW 122 SVENUE PRINCETON , FL 33032	Individual	PET SHOPOWNER	Check			$500.00
266	4/17/2013	RENE INFANTE 5920 GRANADA BLVD CORAL GALBES, FL 33146	Individual	MARKETOWNER	Check			$500.00
267	4/10/2013	REDLANDS 248 PLAZA INC 24420 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY PRINCETON, FL 33032	Business	RESTAURANT	Check			$500.00
268	4/10/2013	RED MARKET VILLAGE FARMERS MAR 24420 S DIXIE HWY PRINCETON, FL 33032	Business	FARMERSMARKET	Check			$500.00
269	4/10/2013	SARDINAS ROBERTO PO BOX 924821 HOMESTED, FL 33092	Business	PET SHOP	Check			$500.00
270	4/10/2013	BARGAIN TOWN INC 24420 SOUTH DIXIE HWY MIAMI, FL 33032	Business	STORE	Check			$500.00
271	4/10/2013	LARKIN COMMUNITY HOSPITL 7031 SW 62 AVENUE SOUTH MIAMI , FL 33143	Business	HOSPITAL	Check			$500.00
272	4/10/2013	REDLAND BEER CORP 24420 S DIXIE HWY PRINCETON, FL 33032	Business	BEERCOMPANY	Check			$500.00
273	4/10/2013	Q REDLAND PROPERTIES OF DADE COU 24420 SOUTH DIXIE HWY MIAMI, FL 33032	Business	REALESTATE	Check			$500.00