People Who Want Honest Government, Inc. appears to be the PAC to recall the Mayor, it was registered October 7th. Norman Braman is the President/Chairman. The other officers took me off guard:
Stanley Krieger - Secretary
Marty Margulies - Director (Art Collector/Developer)
David Dermer - Director (Former Mayor Miami Beach)
Charles Flowers - Director (Retired Pilot/Overtown Activist)
Graciela Solares - Director (Neighborhood's United President)
There isn't any money recorded in the county records yet for this PAC.
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Florida Senate Polling Numbers. By Geniusofdespair
Here is a comparison of some of the polls on the Senate Race. If some of you are holding onto to your absentee ballots waiting for Meek's polling numbers to pass up Crist's...you might miss the election. If you add Meek's numbers to Crist's you get some pretty competitive polling, with the Mason Dixon poll, Rubio would be a loser by 6 points. President Obama, please see if you can find a job for Kendrick Meek to entice him out of this race so the Tea Party Candidate, Marco Rubio, doesn't win. Meek was so insulted by the Sierra Club's double endorsement of he and Crist, that he refused to accept it. In this case, I am afraid, the Meek will not inherit the earth.On Growth Management: Florida can't afford Rick Scott ... by gimleteye
Rick Scott, the GOP candidate for governor in Florida, wants to eliminate the state agency charged with the orderly management of growth in one of the nation's most sprawl-ridden states. As such, he represents special interests who have seized on the collapse of the economy, spurred by more speculative development than taxpayers could afford, to gain an even tighter reign on political levers in Tallahassee.
Scott's naked grab for power is not so different from the ways health care insurers, such as the one that made Mr. Scott a centimillionaire, sowed confusion as health care expenses for citizens skyrocketed raining billions in profits to a small group of insiders and shareholders, who do not face financial ruin the way middle class families with catastrophic illnesses do. Like the greedy developers to whom Scott is now pandering, calling for the abolishment of the DCA, owners of the nation's health care insurers don't care how their profit models are wrecking the economy. They argue the reverse.
While one is tempted to succumb to anger at the way invention of reality continues to play out according to the Karl Rove playbook-- that organized Republican majorities in Congress around the failed terms of George W. Bush-- the bright fact is that Florida Republicans did a fair job implementing growth management in the first place. Growth management, such as the one Rick Scott wants to ruin, was meant to match conservation and protection of the environment, with the needs of economic growth in a fiscally prudent way. These conservative values are the ones Florida conservatives now want to destroy.
Tom Pelham, DCA chief, knows what jeopardy is being inflicted on Floridians because he was the state's first DCA secretary. Pelham was called by GOP governor Bob Martinez in the 1980's to implement the agency. Pelham is smart, eloquent and dedicated to the original spirit of the Growth Management Act. Better than anyone, he knows how tattered and faded the Florida example has become that was once a model for the nation. And Pelham knows that the opposition to the purposes of growth management is from wealthy GOP donors who scorn the idea of communities and neighborhoods and the common good.
This theme dominates the American political landscape in the 2010 mid-term elections: how a tidal wave of special interest money has been unleashed, thanks to Bush choices for the US Supreme Court, swamping the public interest. Somehow, the anger of the Tea Party has failed to identify its true enemies; likely, because its purposes and candidates have been usurped by the same set of secret GOP donors whose purpose is to wreck government. Period. Under Jeb Bush, Florida was to become a test tube for policies that would hollow out government from within. Under this banner, The Florida Department of Community Affairs was Number One on the hit list of big campaign contributors who propelled Jeb Bush forward, and Rick Scott-- who is filling in right behind-- has signaled that if he is elected, the Dark Ages return.
For all his flaws, Governor Charlie Crist kept his commitment to the original organizing principle of growth management in Florida by retaining a Republican, Tom Pelham, as secretary of this important agency. During this time, Pelham has not only comported with dignity while absorbing repetitive attacks by Republican legislators/developers, he has also retained the spirit of bipartisan cooperation that caused growth management to be an important purpose in the first place.
Neither the influence of big money nor the wages of fear should deter Florida voters from the reasonable conclusion that any candidate for public office who would put a gun to the head of growth management-- like Rick Scott-- is off his rocker.
Scott's naked grab for power is not so different from the ways health care insurers, such as the one that made Mr. Scott a centimillionaire, sowed confusion as health care expenses for citizens skyrocketed raining billions in profits to a small group of insiders and shareholders, who do not face financial ruin the way middle class families with catastrophic illnesses do. Like the greedy developers to whom Scott is now pandering, calling for the abolishment of the DCA, owners of the nation's health care insurers don't care how their profit models are wrecking the economy. They argue the reverse.
While one is tempted to succumb to anger at the way invention of reality continues to play out according to the Karl Rove playbook-- that organized Republican majorities in Congress around the failed terms of George W. Bush-- the bright fact is that Florida Republicans did a fair job implementing growth management in the first place. Growth management, such as the one Rick Scott wants to ruin, was meant to match conservation and protection of the environment, with the needs of economic growth in a fiscally prudent way. These conservative values are the ones Florida conservatives now want to destroy.
Tom Pelham, DCA chief, knows what jeopardy is being inflicted on Floridians because he was the state's first DCA secretary. Pelham was called by GOP governor Bob Martinez in the 1980's to implement the agency. Pelham is smart, eloquent and dedicated to the original spirit of the Growth Management Act. Better than anyone, he knows how tattered and faded the Florida example has become that was once a model for the nation. And Pelham knows that the opposition to the purposes of growth management is from wealthy GOP donors who scorn the idea of communities and neighborhoods and the common good.
This theme dominates the American political landscape in the 2010 mid-term elections: how a tidal wave of special interest money has been unleashed, thanks to Bush choices for the US Supreme Court, swamping the public interest. Somehow, the anger of the Tea Party has failed to identify its true enemies; likely, because its purposes and candidates have been usurped by the same set of secret GOP donors whose purpose is to wreck government. Period. Under Jeb Bush, Florida was to become a test tube for policies that would hollow out government from within. Under this banner, The Florida Department of Community Affairs was Number One on the hit list of big campaign contributors who propelled Jeb Bush forward, and Rick Scott-- who is filling in right behind-- has signaled that if he is elected, the Dark Ages return.
For all his flaws, Governor Charlie Crist kept his commitment to the original organizing principle of growth management in Florida by retaining a Republican, Tom Pelham, as secretary of this important agency. During this time, Pelham has not only comported with dignity while absorbing repetitive attacks by Republican legislators/developers, he has also retained the spirit of bipartisan cooperation that caused growth management to be an important purpose in the first place.
Neither the influence of big money nor the wages of fear should deter Florida voters from the reasonable conclusion that any candidate for public office who would put a gun to the head of growth management-- like Rick Scott-- is off his rocker.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Someone Please Tell This Guy That Palmetto Bay Government Only Has Non-Partisan Races. By Geniusofdespair
Apparently he needs a Definition: Jim Arazia, running in Palmetto Bay, listen up -- NONPARTISAN (Webster's) free from party affiliation, bias, or designation.
I wrote all the stuff in YELLOW on his campaign literature. Who is he running against, Shelley Stanczyk? Met her, nice lady. Everything this Jim guy put on this flyer would make me NOT WANT TO VOTE FOR HIM.
With a Mayor Recall are Miami Dade County Residents Stepping into Deep Shit? By Geniusofdespair
Miami Today said that if the Mayor is recalled -- the COUNTY COMMISSION CAN APPOINT A REPLACEMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS. And, the appointment is by a simple majority. There is another option, a special election within 45 days: will never happen. I guarantee they will appoint (it doesn't have to be from the commission ranks) and that person will have a supreme advantage in the election in November 2012. So, in effect the Commission can hand-pick our next mayor. Boy, are we in for trouble. Do you realize we could be looking at Mayor Miguel DeGrandy...at least for a year, or Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina or Little Joe Martinez for up to 9 years? The thought of it makes me contemplate the blog knife (see blog below).
Next, to add icing on the cake, there is another recall afoot to unseat 5 County Commissioners: Barbara J. Jordan (District 1), Audrey M. Edmonson (District 3), Bruno A. Barreiro (District 5), Dennis C. Moss (District 9), and Natacha Seijas (District 13). This recall is unrelated to Norman Braman, "Miami Voice's" ballot language is at the clerk's office waiting on approval.
Good on Natacha. Only trouble is, some, if not all, will not be recalled because when the election happens the people will vote NOT to recall them. They are too popular to be recalled in their district, unlike the Mayor Recall which is countywide. The recall for Commissioners is only within the district. Term limits would be a better strategy. I called Vanessa Brito, chairman of the recall PAC, Miami Voice, to ask why they didn't go with term limits. She said this is a first step, her group didn't want to confuse voters since one recall was already going on. One last sad thing: Dorrin Rolle can not be recalled because the charter states you cannot be recalled within one year of an election. That is why he and Heyman have to be left out of the Brito group's recall. They are recalling all who voted for the tax increase that they legally can.
Here is the charter language on the appointment/replacement of the Mayor:
Any vacancy in the office of Mayor or the members of the
Board shall be filled by majority vote of the remaining mem-
bers of the Board within 30 days, or the Board shall call an
election to be held not more than 45 days thereafter to fill the
vacancy. The person chosen to fill the office vacated must
at the time of appointment meet the residence requirements
for the office to which such person is appointed. A person
appointed shall serve only until the next county-wide elec-
tion. A person elected shall serve for the remainder of the
unexpired term of office. If a majority of the members of the
Board should become appointed rather than elected to of-
fice, then the Board shall call an election to be held not more
than 45 days thereafter to permit the registered electors to
elect commissioners to succeed the appointed commission-
ers; appointed commissioners may succeed themselves un-
less otherwise prohibited by the Charter. If a county-wide
election is scheduled to be held within 180 days from the
date on which the majority of the members of the Board be-
come appointive, the Board may elect to defer the required
election until the scheduled county-wide election.
Next, to add icing on the cake, there is another recall afoot to unseat 5 County Commissioners: Barbara J. Jordan (District 1), Audrey M. Edmonson (District 3), Bruno A. Barreiro (District 5), Dennis C. Moss (District 9), and Natacha Seijas (District 13). This recall is unrelated to Norman Braman, "Miami Voice's" ballot language is at the clerk's office waiting on approval.
Good on Natacha. Only trouble is, some, if not all, will not be recalled because when the election happens the people will vote NOT to recall them. They are too popular to be recalled in their district, unlike the Mayor Recall which is countywide. The recall for Commissioners is only within the district. Term limits would be a better strategy. I called Vanessa Brito, chairman of the recall PAC, Miami Voice, to ask why they didn't go with term limits. She said this is a first step, her group didn't want to confuse voters since one recall was already going on. One last sad thing: Dorrin Rolle can not be recalled because the charter states you cannot be recalled within one year of an election. That is why he and Heyman have to be left out of the Brito group's recall. They are recalling all who voted for the tax increase that they legally can.
Here is the charter language on the appointment/replacement of the Mayor:
Any vacancy in the office of Mayor or the members of the
Board shall be filled by majority vote of the remaining mem-
bers of the Board within 30 days, or the Board shall call an
election to be held not more than 45 days thereafter to fill the
vacancy. The person chosen to fill the office vacated must
at the time of appointment meet the residence requirements
for the office to which such person is appointed. A person
appointed shall serve only until the next county-wide elec-
tion. A person elected shall serve for the remainder of the
unexpired term of office. If a majority of the members of the
Board should become appointed rather than elected to of-
fice, then the Board shall call an election to be held not more
than 45 days thereafter to permit the registered electors to
elect commissioners to succeed the appointed commission-
ers; appointed commissioners may succeed themselves un-
less otherwise prohibited by the Charter. If a county-wide
election is scheduled to be held within 180 days from the
date on which the majority of the members of the Board be-
come appointive, the Board may elect to defer the required
election until the scheduled county-wide election.
Recall! by gimleteye
Bush-era Supreme Court justices permitted campaign money to swamp the US political landscape. But even without the Bush era choices, a wealthy individual like Norman Braman would have been able to self-fund a recall of Miami-Dade county office holders. Still, there is something out-of-whack with the diversion of attention away from the circumstances of the money-fueled permanent incumbency.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez is the focal point of vast dissatisfaction by voters. Although he is solely responsible for jeopardy to his office -- the truly awful Marlins stadium deal and unrestrained salaries of government employees are the most risible examples-- he is hardly the cause of public anger. As Alvarez knows, he will pay the price for the unreformable majority of the county commission: commissioners who voters should have turned out of office long, long ago.
Voters. It is regularly noted that voters bear the final responsibility for allowing government to paper-over realities that are obvious but unpopular to reveal. Consider, for example, how the rise in government salaries is a symptom of the deep crisis in America, how workers -- unless one works in government-- have been left exposed and vulnerable to structural changes in the world economy while our own shifted to service and financial sectors leading to serial asset bubbles that fleeced Americans of trillions of net worth. Who is responsible for this dismal scenario? Voters. Voters dumb and happy to follow charlatans home to the barn, willing to allow home equity lines of credit to substitute for change while net worth vanished to the wages of hidden inflation and cheap foreign labor.
Who allowed two terms of George W. Bush and Republican majorities that turned the US economy into a big pinata? Or, in Florida, where GOP majorities have done the work, for decades, of Growth Gone Wild? Voters. It appears, finally, that the sleep-walkers are awake. And what about the Democrats? The turn toward Tea Party candidates funded by the same corporate interests who depend on manipulation of the "free" market and suppression of regulation bodes poorly. Super high tides flood in along the lowest pathways first. But voters still can't find their way to differentiate between political fortunes above or below water. Voters may be awake, but no closer to being saved by choices at hand.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez is the focal point of vast dissatisfaction by voters. Although he is solely responsible for jeopardy to his office -- the truly awful Marlins stadium deal and unrestrained salaries of government employees are the most risible examples-- he is hardly the cause of public anger. As Alvarez knows, he will pay the price for the unreformable majority of the county commission: commissioners who voters should have turned out of office long, long ago.
Voters. It is regularly noted that voters bear the final responsibility for allowing government to paper-over realities that are obvious but unpopular to reveal. Consider, for example, how the rise in government salaries is a symptom of the deep crisis in America, how workers -- unless one works in government-- have been left exposed and vulnerable to structural changes in the world economy while our own shifted to service and financial sectors leading to serial asset bubbles that fleeced Americans of trillions of net worth. Who is responsible for this dismal scenario? Voters. Voters dumb and happy to follow charlatans home to the barn, willing to allow home equity lines of credit to substitute for change while net worth vanished to the wages of hidden inflation and cheap foreign labor.
Who allowed two terms of George W. Bush and Republican majorities that turned the US economy into a big pinata? Or, in Florida, where GOP majorities have done the work, for decades, of Growth Gone Wild? Voters. It appears, finally, that the sleep-walkers are awake. And what about the Democrats? The turn toward Tea Party candidates funded by the same corporate interests who depend on manipulation of the "free" market and suppression of regulation bodes poorly. Super high tides flood in along the lowest pathways first. But voters still can't find their way to differentiate between political fortunes above or below water. Voters may be awake, but no closer to being saved by choices at hand.
How to Write A Blog a.k.a. The Blogging Knife. By Geniusofdespair
Don't see video? Try this link.
This video is accurate of some of my days blogging. The blogging knife: Been there... thanks to Sarah Palin.
This video is accurate of some of my days blogging. The blogging knife: Been there... thanks to Sarah Palin.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
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:
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
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'
Monday, October 04, 2010
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?
Sunday, October 03, 2010
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?
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