Watchdog Report Vol.16 No.13 Aug. 16, 2015 EST.05.05.00 – I go when you cannot- Celebrating 16 Years of weekly publishing

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ARGUS REPORT: Heard and Seen on the streets

>>> “I don’t need people’s money,” says Trump and he is tapping into voter’s disillusion- ment of politicians, but will the Mo last?

“ I don’t need people’s money,” said GOP front runner Donald Trump and since the Republican debate that he insists he “won” and he is still showing consistent support  in polls while only giving vague clues what  his policies might be regarding a host of issues, but are being fleshed  out on Sunday news talk shows like Face The Nation with Chuck Todd but the man knows how to work the media and he is becoming a streaming celebrity reality show as he lands at the Iowa State fair Saturday in his blue helicopter emblazoned TRUMP, and includes a chase campaign bus and he is setting up campaign infrastructure, and with  Texas Gov. Rick Perry stopping paying staff because of the lack of money. The winnowing of the Republican field of 19 has begun and Ohio Gov. John Kasich is still in the primary race. And Trump while at the fair in Iowa is offering children a ride in his helicopter landing on a distant field next to the Fair and reporters will be flocking to see what the man will say on the campaign stump while he gets the obligatory photo shoot with a cow carved and sculptured out of butter.

And his Democratic Party rival Hillary Clinton got the endorsement at the fair of former popular Democratic Senator Tom Harkin but she is still being dogged by questions of her email sever (Now turned over to the FBI) that she says had no “classified,” emails on it and she joked in Iowa how she loves her new “Snap Chat, [account] because disappear all by themselves,” and while funny, between her husband Bill, there is always something, that they are having to deal with and since a Democratic Obama administration is doing the investigation. Party loyalists are talking about Vice President Joe Biden or even Al Gore jumping into the race in case the investigation has legs.

And Carly Fiorina since the debate is still in the field. However, Trump continues to stir the GOP establishment pot by saying last week,  “I think we are ruled by stupid people,” and “I am not going to be controlled,” he said Friday on CNN, where he was taking questions, and he insists there has to be “transparency,” in elections when it comes to the numerous PACS the candidates have taking a shot at JEB for his PAC with over $100 million in it and “He knows these people, because he was one of them,” giving the money, said the developer who has a major hotel deal in the nation’s capital at the old post office. In Washington. Trump consistently says his strength is as a “negotiator,” who wrote a book called “The Art of the Deal,” that did well in book sales and the candidate insists he would take on past trade deals like NAFTA is a “terrible,” agreement and Americas lopsided  trade with China. And his blend of showmanship, with a dash of nationalism and independence is playing well with some of the Republican faithful. Since he is willing to invest some $1 billion of his money for the campaign and he wants to run as a “Republican,” but will not rule out an independent bid since the man just wants to be “treated with respect,” by the GOP and given a fair chance to be the party’s champion but the man is not going away anytime soon.

What about the other GOP field of candidates?

All week insurgent candidate Donald Trump was on the airwaves and the blunt talking developer worth around some $5 billion is drawing a bigger entourage than Mitt Romney did running up to the election in 2012 and he has tapped into a vein of discontent with the political status quo that does not seem to ebb with voters and a recent ABC poll has Trump leading in the run up to the Aug.6 FOX run Republican debate. And the developer has called  former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush “terrible,” in a variety of policies including “immigration,” where the governor actually wrote a book, called Immigration Wars, on the subject and the Watchdog Report once joked with Bush, after  a funeral service for a passing dear friend. I said to the governor that he had “more guts than I did,” and he replied “looking puzzled, what do you mean?” and I said over the last 16 years I had only written one story concerning immigration, because of the intensity of the emails I received at the time, and “he had written a whole book on the subject.” And he admitted some of the correspondence he got was also very intense on the subject. And the issue for many Republicans is a third rail subject that Trump has brought to the forefront of the debate.

>>> Press release: Zogby report card: Vacation doesn’t hide fiscal, tax and ISIS troubles

John Zogby’s Obama Weekly Report Card is Featured in Paul Bedard’s “Washington Secrets” Published weekly in The Washington Examiner In his weekly presidential report card, pollster John Zogby finds that President Obama is finally getting a break, 16 days on Martha’s Vineyard, giving him time to consider how to handle major problems facing his presidency like the growth of Islamic State and the national debt. “We all get a vacation, right? And to quote his immediate predecessor, the ‘job is hard.’ Mr. Obama goes to Martha’s Vineyard this year with a sense of having revived his presidency and learned how to deal (and not deal) with his opposition.Please click on the link below to view the full release: http://zogbyanalytics.com/news/630-zogby-report-card-vacation-doesn-t-hide-fiscal-tax-and-isis-troubles

Miami gets a new scam

The arrest of some local police officers for filing false papers claiming people’s credit ratings were terrible because of identity theft has people shaking their heads as South Florida creates another scam. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article21123588.html and police sign off on false identity theft reports clearing a person’s bad credit history and it won’t be long until residents start exporting this new way of skirting the system around the nation if Medicare scams are any indication and had U.S. Atty. Wilfredo Ferrer  saying once,  yes we do “export fraud,” at a big Medicare bust press conference a few years ago and this new identity theft scam is the latest permutation of a way to work the system and with identity theft rampant, this could be a new up and coming industry whether people had their bad credit repaired and a natural side industry would to use this enhanced credit rating to mortgage homes and with flipping homes coming back this could be a vehicle for the scammers to take advantage of this like was done years ago when it came to mortgage fraud and people were  qualifying for loans based on income but were not legitimate.

What about FL D Congressional Dist. 26?

The Florida Legislature is trying to find a redistricting solution for the state’s 27 Congressional Districts that can withstand a court challenge that has had past maps thrown out by the Florida Supreme Court and Congressional District 26 continues having a turbulent history that had former school board Member Carlos Curbello, R-Miami in the seat after he defeated incumbent Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Miami in a nasty campaign back in 2014 and in 2016. He is facing failed Democratic Party lieutenant governor candidate Annette Taddeo. The former chair of the Party in Miami-Dade County, and the campaign is expected to be spirited and given the district’s diversity one of the maps suggested includes, a significant percentage of what are considered Democratic Party voters into the District and Curbello followed Garcia and former Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami into the Congress but Rivera ran into trouble with the feds and lost the office in the previous years back in 2012 and Rivera’s life has only become a strange walk into the political wilderness that yet had him attending the Fox GOP debate and shown with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio after it was over and the men shared a house in Tallahassee when they were both in the Florida legislature. And his former girlfriend a political operative, ended up serving time for being part of a scheme that had a bogus candidate run in the Democratic Party primary for the seat, and to attack his expected opponent Congressman Garcia prior to the General Election back in 2010. And for more on the whole scandal go to http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article9132944.html

STATE OF FLORIDA

>>> Gov. Scott and Sunshine law violation legal fee’s tops $1 million, is outrageous cost for many Floridians, but Scott termed out

Gov. Rick Scott agreeing to pay $700,000, and now $1 million settlement to resolve a Sunshine violation complaint filed in the courts by multiple media groups just continues the governor’s pattern of Scott not being able to accept in Florida. And that legal bill has now soared to $1 million with new attorney costs (and the money to pay for this is coming from a state department involved with the environment and that is sending critics through the roof that $1 million in public money is being spent on this Sunshine Law violation and the legal fees) http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article30964605.html

And The people of Florida have the Sunshine Law and public records are open to the public and Floridians should not have to go to court to get emails or documents for the law is very clear and errs on the side of the public and the thought that public money is being used to pay for the settlement is outrageous and local County and municipal leaders should take note for in many places like Miami or other municipalities.

Because getting public records can become a chore and all should take notice of this deal for only by the Grace of God, do many leaders avoid such a fiscal fate and Scott has to get with the program. For since he took office there have been a number of public records retention gaffs and that should end, but likely will not. Since he is term limited in office and may not care about these infractions of the Sunshine Law anymore. (And is one of the flaws of term limits.)

>>> And the first new redistricting maps are being shown to the public and lawmakers and for more go to http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article28647970.html and for state or your county’s elected leaders disclosures financial disclosure forms for the year go to the Florida Ethics Commission go to and type in the name, it’s that simple: 24%2016:50:15%27} CFID=1258734&CFTOKEN=cb30f60057724e8a-920B6A15-AB65-CB1F-8B3A3006F08D1C0D

>>> And state lawmakers have figured out ways to avoid term limits that have fattened up their pensions significantly and includes lawmakers in Miami-Dade, and Broward Counties. For more go http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article28644853.html .

On the well-being of our children. Visit The Children’s Movement website to read their stories and share your own. >>> I find it unacceptable, as all of us should, that at least a half-million children in Florida – all citizens — have no health insurance. How could this be in our beloved country that seeks to be a beacon to the world? Health insurance for all children is one of the five major planks of The Children’s Movement. With the support of Florida Covering Kids and Families, The Children’s Movement is working with dozens of local partners to help build a meaningful signing-up initiative in more than a dozen Florida communities. Already we have: Completed 18 KidCare trainings around the state. Signed up, trained and deployed more than a hundred volunteers. Begun to build a growing collaboration between local school districts and KidCare outreach coalitions. It’s a good start, but only the start. If you’d like to become a volunteer, just click here. Another way to help is to make a contribution – of any size – to help support this work. It is easy. Just click here. A real movement isn’t possible without your helping in some meaningful way. Dave Lawrence, Jr., Chair the Children’s Movement. >>> Update: Two encouraging meetings… The first, a visit from the Governor to the Rainbow Intergenerational Child Care center in Little Havana where he discussed his early learning priorities. That includes his support for “Help Me Grow,” a statewide parent resource system where parents would be able — via phone and online — to get and she thought answers to questions about their child’s development and connected with the proper resources. The second, a meeting with future House Speaker, Rep. Jose Oliva from Hialeah. He’s a father of three, a real reader of history and student of policy, and committed to better understanding early learning. Dave Lawrence, Chair The Children’s Movement. The shortest message you might see this week:

Click here to read a meaningful piece that ran in The Miami Herald this morning. It’s by Vance Aloupis, The Movement’s splendid state director. Have a nice weekend…
Dave Lawrence
Chair

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

>>> With surging property values Mayor Gimenez’s public budget hearings staid affairs, robust 9 percent property tax surge, this year cures many community ills, but CBOs are still in funding trouble when it comes to funding

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s, (net worth through June 2015 is $1.4 million) and his income for the year was $150,000 as mayor and another $132,000 came in from the City of Miami Fire Fighter pension fund and the retired Miami manager is holding public budget hearings around the County with the public discussing his proposed $ 6.8 billion budget for 2015-2016 that is up nine percent since the previous year’s property values .That are bouncing back in South Florida and the mayor up for reelection in 2016 has yet to file he is running for reelection and he will likely face school board member Raquel Regalado who is trying to unseat the incumbent next year. And since she works in the media she gets to interview her competitor and the tone of these exchanges are heating up, but with the economy bouncing back locally. She is facing a massive fundraising deficit in comparison to the sitting mayor and his PAC whose coffers are filling for the expected brutal race for mayor next year. http://public.ethics.state.fl.us/Forms/2014/97170-Form6.pdf And at a budget hearing in Florida City the municipalities long serving Mayor Otis Wallace attended along with County Commissioner Dennis Moss and it was a calm affair said one attendee on the meeting and more are scheduled but these meetings are sparsely attended and some 50 plus people generally make up the audience attending the event that in past years were contentious. Since property taxes tanked a few years ago and are only now recovering from the doldrums and for the first time in his 2011 administration and in the last five years there is banking of some general fund money that had the County low in critical reserves that will now be added some $5 million ( and County budget reserves if you include the Library and Fire Rescue Districts has $60 million in it) but is much less than the City of Miami’s $120 million in reserves that are booked in the budget for the year. And to read the Gimenez’s budget message go to http://www.miamidade.gov/budget/FY2015-16/proposed/mayors-message.asp

What did Gimenez say about the culture at the County with over 25, 0000 employees?

In 2011 after Mayor Carlos Gimenez was elected to office the Watchdog Report asked him how he planned to change the culture at Miami-Dade County with some 25,000 employees. And he responded “how do you eat a elephant? “One bite at a time,” he said and changing that attitude was like “turning an aircraft carrier,” and through “leadership you drive down, into the “organization.” Emphasizing “why we are here,” and under his leadership “employees will get it,” he believed and it “won’t be too long,” from now, he believed back then. He also observed when he was a Miami Firefighter he learned that “what I wanted [was] stability and security “as a firefighter, he said back then.  But critics say some employees spend more time on their “retirement, then their jobs,” said one county employee years ago in front of the Watchdog Report, and I thought how you can change this attitude just a little. For ultimately the tax payer gets the brunt and this culture shift and it is the biggest challenge facing the strong mayor who is looking for a seat at the table regarding transportation boards including the County’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) a large member board and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX), he told The Miami Herald recently. www.miamiherald.com

Press release Ethics Commission: The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust (COE) today adopted a resolution declaring Thursday, October 22^nd as “Ethical Governance Day 2015,” and called on public and private institutions, along with Miami-Dade residents, to participate in civic and education programs on that day.  For the fourth year, the Ethics Commission will place hundreds of community leaders and volunteers in 12^th grade government classrooms to address students on the importance of civic involvement and ethics in government.  Last week, the Miami-Dade County School Board unanimously endorsed Ethical Governance Day and encouraged community leaders, elected officials, academic and political professionals, attorneys and other public servants to serve as guest speakers in the classroom.  Volunteer registration will begin shortly.

>>> In other action today, the COE approved a Letter of Instruction for administrators in the Miami-Dade Transit Department (MDT) who were accused by a Metromover technician of preventing him from receiving time cards and other documents he sought in a public records request.  While the COE dismissed the complaint (C 15-15) because the investigation did not find any violations of the Citizens’ Bill of Rights, it did reveal that the Transit agency took 113 days to respond to the January 2015 request and sought more than $5,900 in reproduction costs – an amount deemed excessive by COE staff.   The Letter instructs MDT staff to develop and maintain a standard operating procedure to respond to public records requests to avoid undue delays, contact the Ethics Commission to arrange for training in public records law, and report within 90 days on the training and procedures implemented by the agency regarding records requests.

>>>> Ethics Commission press release: A complaint (C 15-21) filed against the director of the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department for her handling of a fight between inmates and officers in December 2013 was deemed Not Legally Sufficient by the COE.  The incident was referred to Miami-Dade Police, the Office of the Inspector General and the State Attorney’s Office, all of which found no wrong-doing.  Because the allegations did not identify any violations under the jurisdiction of the Ethics Commission, the complaint was dismissed.

What is the cost of studies at the MPO? Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre at the MPO meeting after a discussion on the need for a study of a route to South Dade. He said that the cost of these studies is around “$1,000,000 to $200,0000 a study” and “$1 million,” a year is budgeted by the MPO for such reports and over the years it adds up to real money, he said especially if all the members of the large over 20 member board each asked for studies And past studies have been one of the criticisms of the slow pace and that things at the County get “studied,” to death but the public sees no end results as far as reduced congestion in the County, and has leaders sensitive to the issue that they tried to defuse through a Transportation Summit where the public essentially vented their anger about the lack of progress, and insufficient funding when it comes to new public transportation options. Moss said the new word in transportation circles is “lasagna,” when it comes to transportation funding and that you use multiple funding sources aggregately to fund the large mass transits projects he said at a recent MPO meeting.  Suarez Moss What about affordable housing in Miami-Dade? PAST WDR: County Commissioner Xavier Suarez (Net worth $303,000 in 2014) who owns multiple rental condominiums on Brickell says, when it comes to windstorm property insurance on the units, “It is a crime against humanity,” he says since “1992,” after Hurricane Andrew and he suggested that the County offer a form of catastrophic insurance. Since all condominiums “have shutters,” and it would not put the county at risk he suggested on the average $200,0000 valued condominium, he considered and the attorney noted Andrew was “the last catastrophic storm,” to hit Miami and with the current 20 percent deductible for property insurance, “We have never got a single penny, back” and if the “County would subsidize this,” program it could open up more affordable housing in the condominiums dotting the landscape, but are out of reach  for most renters looking to live downtown he thought. And to read Suarez’s June 2014 financial disclosure form go to http://public.ethics.state.fl.us/Forms/2014/241635-Form6.pdf And County staff later at a Affordable Housing Workshop said there could be some 12,000 low cost units coming on line next year. And there is a need to update developers on how to build housing but at the lowest costs using tax credits etc and other incentives that are used extensively in Atlanta, but rarely used here said Housing Director Michael Liu, the County’s new director, a Stanford University graduate and attorney who is trying to shake things up in the public housing world in South Florida. Liu >>> And to see which elected county state and federal offices candidates are running for office in 2016 go to http://www.miamidade.gov/elections/library/reports/elected-officials.pdf GMCVB press release: During the months of Jan. – June 2015, domestic passenger arrivals into Miami International Airport (MIA) increased by 7.2% compared to 2014. International passenger arrivals increased 5.1% compared to the same time last year, while total passenger arrivals increased by 6.2% compared to the same time in 2014.

Record MIA Passenger Arrivals Domestic Arrivals Jan. – June 2015 Jan. – June 2014 % Change vs. 2014 5,732,473 5,345,258 +7.2% International Arrivals Jan. – June 2015 Jan. – June 2014 % Change vs. 2014 5,318,786 5,062,490 +5.1% Total Arrivals Jan. – June 2015 Jan. – June 2014 % Change vs. 2014 11,051,259 10,407,748 +6.2%

What did former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz spend on legal fees defending his County Ethics complaint years ago?

Miami Mayor Manny Diaz caught the Miami-Dade County Ethics and Public Trust Commission’s eye years ago. When he was in office and the attorney left the post in 2009, and we now find out what his legal fees added up to back then. Robert Thompson, the outreach coordinator for the Ethics Commission told Miami employees and staff that ethics violations legal costs can become considerable and employees should follow the rules and avoid drawing these investigations, and in the case of Diaz (His legal fees came to “$1,000,000), said Thompson.

The issue at the time was Diaz and Miami Commissioner Johnny Winton and Miami Manager Joe Arriola buying a house in the South Grove with Arriola putting up the around  $400,000 deposit and resulted in the quick closing of the investment and when Diaz’s attorney Richard Lydecker argued the case in front of the Ethics Commission. He told ethics commissioners that Diaz had given the best years of his life to public service, and the residents of Miami should be grateful of his sacrifice, but the commission could only listen to so much of this line of thought, when Ethics Commissioner retired judge Seymour Gelber, clearly blurts out at the hearing, “this is outrageous,” and the commission slapped a fine on Diaz, but more seriously was a devastating, “Letter of Instruction,” stating that contrary to what Diaz believed. There was a conflict as soon as the deal was consummated since Arriola worked for the mayor, and the Miami commission including Winton approved his appointment as manager. And Thompson said these legal fee costs were considerable, and Diaz’s law partner Richard Lydecker was passionate in his defense of Diaz, but to no avail.

What about outside employment and the Ethics commission?

>>> PAST WDR: Commissioner there are “emergencies,” he considered. Zapata noted the commissioner’s job was part time Juan Zapata at a committee meeting asked what the County policy was for “outside employment” and how many county employees had outside employment. Zapata asked. Staff said some 1,000 employees file the required outside income forms to the Miami-Dade Elections Department. However, Zapata said he was concerned about the “distraction” of an outside job and if you own a business and they needed outside income and his concern was tax payers are not getting their money worth since the County pays “fair wages and salaries,’ he considered and working for the county “ was a privilege,” he said. However, Joe Centorino the Executive Director of the Miami-Dade County Ethics and Public Trust Commission noted the commission does review some conflict of interest cases, but only after first the employee gets approval from his department director but the former state prosecutor said “there is a disconnect,” and it is “unknown” how many employees might have outside employment but just don’t notify the administration.

Centorino said there is “no countywide standard,” for how outside employment is treated and he believes there should be a “uniform standard. “Zapata gave one example saying he had a “meeting with a Chinese Delegation,” and he was “given two cards.” One was for a local real estate company and the other was the “card of a county employee,” and the lawmaker did not know what the man’s relationship was with the delegation.

Centorino

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

>>> Having access to internet will not solve digital divide, how students use internet key ingredient to being successful in decades to come

The Watchdog Report over the  years has written extensively about the digital divide that exists in Miami-Dade County for many residents and  students and the fact that people using computers at County libraries many times run over the allotted time (30 minutes) and students while being connected don’t have the sophistication and knowledge on how to use this technology that cuts across all people’s lives from paying their electric bill on line or ordering a product and many people and students using the free public technology go on social media websites instead of searching a topic for a research paper for school.  And The Miami Herald has a great story on this issue and with the district arming thousands of students with new computers and wireless capability after County voters approved a $1.2 billion bond in 2012 to renovate school and update IT technology. However, it is not as simple as that seems for educators and the world that is opening up is not the enriching one most people think it is for a student’s education. And for more on the additional challenge facing the digital divide go to http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article29241490.html And while the district along with Comcast are increasing the availability of internet access there is still a gap between the rich and poor students ability to navigate and do routine functions on the internet and that is posing another challenge in the realm of leveling the technology playing field for all 350,000 District schools students that I had not factored in in the past stories on the need to have our students wired for them to succeed at the level of being competitive on the global education standard that students must have to be successful in the decades to come.

>>> Press release: M-DCPS’ 2015-2016 ‘BACK-TO-SCHOOL TOOL KIT’ NOW ONLINE

Miami-Dade County Public Schools will open its doors on Monday, August 24, 2015, to approximately 355,900 students to begin the 2015-2016 school year.

In order to help parents and students have a smooth transition back to school, a tool kit has been created with information regarding registration, vaccination requirements, school hours, important dates, and school safety. The kit is available online at www.dadeschools.net in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. Students can benefit from the tool kit’s information about various Choice schools and diploma options, and parents may use it to find out about important dates; the school district’s free app for phone or mobile device; free lunch service; and policies regarding their child’s education.

>>> Aug. 24 kicks off 355,900 students going to public schools, causes traffic congestion to double — The nation’s fourth largest public schools System is opening Aug.24^th and 355,900 students will be going to one of the almost 400 public schools around Dade County and the opening of schools impacts traffic by almost double when it comes to getting around the County. And while the District has a $2.9 billion budget, the District’s debt load is not for the “Faint of heart,” said Dr. Richard Hines the now retired District CFO and has done an amazing job saving the district money by refinancing and his replacement will be filling some large shoes and to read the schools budget go to http://financialaffairs.dadeschools.net/ES15-16/ES15_16.pdf

CITY OF MIAMI

>>> After Commissioner Carollo hammers Mayor Regalado, regarding new soccer stadium and residents’ concerns the “soccer dad,” softens up after meeting with MLS leaders, says Regalado

“We’re best of friends,” now said Mayor Tomas Regalado on how his relationship was with Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo after he verbally went after mayor Regalado during a commission discussion on a resolution of support for Major League Soccer’s push by David Beckham and a group of investors for a MLS combo, a new team and a stadium next to the Miami Marlins Baseball Stadium is the packages and would include potentially the displacement “of 22 [renters and home] owners” some that are elderly,” and Carollo also wanted “Imminent Domain,” not to be on the table during the discussion at a July commission meeting.

Carollo also questioned if the mayor cared about the people in Little Havana that will be affected and Regalado countered in his “30 years in office,” he has never “betrayed,” or forgotten about the Little Havana residents, he said. I also had a phone call from the University of Miami to talk about their interest to have a football field at the stadium, he told The Watchdog Report last Thursday.

Regalado

Carollo

But Regalado noted the University’s presidency was changing on Aug 16., and with that passing of the torch, to new University of Miami President Julio Frank, M.D., Ph.D., he will be the one to resolve the football stadium dilemma since the University has a long term lease at the Miami Dolphins stadium where the stadium is being remodeled with significant upgrades including being able to make it smaller when Miami plays football there versus the NFL. And for more on Dr. Frank go to http://president-search.miami.edu/

Further Michael Lewis the publisher of Miami Today was on Helen Ferre’s weekend show Issues discussing the Marlins baseball team stadium deal with the county and how it has a variety of restrictions the baseball team must accept when it came to any adjoining stadium. And to see the show go to http://wpbt2.typepad.com/issues/ and he is one of the few people that actually read the contract before the county commission voted for the stadium for the Marlins, that when financed out costs over $2 billion over the 30 year life of the bonds.

What about the leadership change at UM?

Dean Dr. Julio Frank recruited from the Harvard T.H Chan School of public health, and a Member of the Cabinet of Mexican President Vincente Fox is taking office Aug. 16

And his predecessor.  President Donna Shalaya, who concluded a Master Plan agreement with Coral Gables, was a powerhouse during her tenure and the former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services for two terms under President Bill Clinton has left her mark on the university, many times described as a University that has a health system attached to it, is how many people regard the University that includes the Stuart Miller Medical School and during two fundraising  campaigns called Momentum 1 and 2 Campaigns Shalala and her staff raised some $1. 6 billion in record time and new projects are dotting the Coral Gables Campus.  And for more on Dr. Frank go to http://www.themiamihurricane.com/2015/04/13/video-um-names-julio-frenk-as-its-new-president/

What about City of Miami volunteer boards?

Miami has numerous boards, served on by residents but some of them are functioning better than others and the Miami Planning Zoning Appeals Board is one of them and a couple of Miami-Dade County staffers are on it and they bring an information cross pollination to the dais and  one member is a former County Judge David Young. And during a discussion on a project said when it came to developer’s “traffic studies,” in his experience these reports were “all hooey,” and were always favorable to the presenter and developer, said Young, appointed by Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff.

And another board had an extensive discussion when prominent Miami architect Bernard Zyscovich, who frequently designs public schools made a presentation, in front of the Urban Development Review Board committee.  And Willie Bermello an architect criticized the lack of definition of Zyscovich’s project and said they were being asked to sign off on something that was not in the usual format and these are “diagrams and drawings, not a plan,” the politically connected developer said. He also said “the architectural delineation [was] not there,” for the project to his satisfaction and this type of criticism is what residents want from these review board people that help craft what is built in Miami and is different from a decade ago. When I had a headline in a WDR saying a zoning board meeting ended early and “shut down,” some zoning attorneys because zoning board leadership at the time wanted to go to a Miami Heat game around 2003 and that has not been the attitude for years and it is refreshing to see. And here is a list of the members on the Miami Zoning board and who appointed them to the body.

	Chris Collins	Alternate Member	11/10/2012 – 11/15/2017	Mayor Tomas Regalado
	Charles Garavaglia	Member	3/9/2012 – 11/11/2015	Francis Suarez
	Charles Gibson	Member	7/27/2012 – 12/31/2015	Michelle Spence-Jones
	Maria Beatriz Gutierrez	Member	5/28/2010 – 11/15/2017	Frank Carollo
	Maria Lievano-Cruz	Member	10/26/2012 – 11/15/2017	Frank Carollo
	Ernest Martin	Member	4/10/2015 – 11/15/2017	Keon Hardemon
	Daniel Alexander Milian	Member	11/17/2011 – 11/15/2017	Mayor Tomas Regalado
	Jennifer Ocana Barnes	Member	10/12/2012 – 11/11/2015	Marc David Sarnoff
	Juvenal Pina	Member	12/16/2011 – 11/11/2015	Wifredo (Willy) Gort
	Melody Torrens	Member	7/27/2012 – 11/11/2015	Wifredo (Willy) Gort
	Manuel Vadillo	Member	9/12/2014 – 11/11/2015	Francis Suarez
	David Haris Young	Member	12/16/2011 – 11/11/2015	Marc David Sarnoff

>>> And to see candidates who are running for commission seats this November go to http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/City_Clerk/Pages/Elections/CampaignReports15.asp

CITY OF MIAMI BEACH

>>> Mayor Levine updates residents on storm water pollution and flooding pumps issues

Press release: We take the condition of our waterways very seriously and have numerous measures in place to minimize storm water pollution.  City Staff has been conducting daily visual inspections, deploying divers in the water to access conditions and utilizing an environmental services firm to collect water samples.

Turbidity samples collected from a sediment plume identified during visual inspection, showed elevated levels of turbidity. We have determined that the plume is caused by the velocity of pumped water at a nearby outfall, which stirs up sediments in the bay bottom much like a boat propeller.  We have installed a turbidity curtain around the outfalls to limit the extent of the plume until a more permanent solution can be identified.

The samples collected from inside the plume were also analyzed for Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons and compared to the results of a background sample taken approximately 1,500 feet south of the plume. The results from this analysis did not show elevated concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons. To date, the only items that have been documented coming out of the outfall are leaf litter and a few small plastic bags.

Yesterday, the City received reports of a sheen at the site. Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, who were onsite, confirmed that the minimal sheen was not a cause for concern. The U.S. Coast Guard and Miami-Dade County were also present and issued no violations. Our stormwater management program focuses on preventing pollutants from entering our stormwater system through public education, daily street sweeping, and other good housekeeping practice. Debris that does not enter the system is trapped and removed from the storm water via Vortex structures and other pollution control structures. We conduct regular cleaning and maintenance of our stormwater structures to remove pollutants from our system. It is our goal to clean the entire system at least once a year, and the Vortex structures at least quarterly.

It is important to recognize that the pump system continues to only discharge stormwater, as the gravity system has for 100 years. Our stormwater system is not discharging anything new. On the contrary, the pumped discharges are cleaner than the ones from the gravity system because they are filtered before reaching the bay as evidenced in our latest MBTV segment. These enhancements, in conjunction with our comprehensive stormwater management program, help us improve and preserve the quality of our waterways and vital marine resources.To maintain our high environmental standards, we will continue to aggressively monitor all of our pump stations throughout the City, says Levine. >> Voters need to engage and see what crop of new commission candidates are like, civic forums are one great way to see neophyte candidates in action with policy bark on and here is the list of people running for the commission. Here is the list of candidates running in November for the commission

Group 4:

Kristen Rosen Gonzalez

Isaiah Mosley

Elizabeth “Betsy” Perez

G. Scott Diffenderfer

Michael DiFilippi

Group 5:

Mark Weithorn (Whose wife is on the commission)

Jose Rickey Arriola ( Who chaired the Arsht Center board and his father José is vice Chair of the Public Health Trust that oversees Jackson Hospital)

Josef Jorzak

Group 6:

Jeff Cynamon

Mark Samuelian

John Elizabeth Aleman

BROWARD COUNTY

>>> Press release: Former Assistant Band Director Pled Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Former Students and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information

A former assistant band director pled guilty for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving former Broward County students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII).

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Neil Melofchik, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, made the announcement.

Delvis Demaine Rogers, 27, of Hollywood, Florida, pled guilty to one count of possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3), and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A(a)(1). As part of his plea agreement, the defendant agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $129,321. At sentencing, the defendant faces a maximum statutory sentence of ten years in prison for the unauthorized access devices charge, and a mandatory term of two years in prison, consecutive to any other term of imprisonment, for the aggravated identity theft charge.

According to court documents, IRS-CI investigators noticed that 419 suspicious tax returns claiming refunds totaling $754,470 were filed from Rogers’ residential address from January 25, 2014 to April 20, 2014.  Based on this information, a search warrant was executed at Rogers’ residence and agents discovered and seized papers, notes, and documents containing thousands of PII (including names, dates of birth, and social security numbers) including PII contained in records of more than a dozen Broward County School District students, some dating back to the late 1990s and others into the late 2000s. Agents also seized numerous printed 2013 tax returns.

Agents interviewed Rogers during the execution of the search warrant and he admitted to having prepared and filed hundreds of fraudulent tax returns without the permission of the people in whose names they were filed.  Rogers further admitted that he electronically submitted the filings from his apartment. Rogers advised that he was employed as the band director at a school in Opa Locka, Florida, and that he previously was the assistant band director at a high school in Plantation, Florida.

Rogers is scheduled to be sentenced on October 23, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. before United States District Judge James I. Cohn.

Mr. Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of IRS-CI and the USSS.  This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brooke C. Watson and Daya Nathan.

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or n http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.

USAO – Florida, Southern District Identity Theft

COMMUNITY EVENTS

LETTERS

>>> Press release: Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava and Mayor Carlos Gimenez Hold Homes For All Pets Summit, Identify Solutions to Animal Well-Being Challenges Miami, FL- Today, Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava and Mayor Carlos Gimenez hosted the Homes for All Pets Summit at PortMiami to discuss challenges and find creative ways to continue working towards the County’s no-kill goal and to find homes for all our pets. 200 participants, including animal rescue and protection groups, community leaders, concerned citizens and elected officials, discussed the following topics: the progress we have made on animal welfare, the health and safety of animals in Miami-Dade and strategies to increase public awareness on this issue. Dr. Julie Levy, Director of Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida was the keynote speaker…

“500 animals are abandoned at the Animal Services Department every week. Much progress has been made; we have a terrific plan and we have made additional investments in programs and partnerships. But we cannot fully implement our plan without more volunteers, more partners, more funds for our programming We are here today to work together to find solutions,” Commissioner Levine Cava said during her opening remarks…. Mayor Gimenez spoke about the many inroads made at the Animal Services Department and thanked the Department for their help in organizing the summit: “I thank Commissioner Levine Cava and Animal Services Director Alex Muñoz for their hard work in putting this important event for Miami-Dade together.”

The ideas discussed at the summit will be consolidated and sent to the event attendees. Commissioner Levine Cava spoke of the many ways that residents could get involved and stay engaged in constructive solutions. “It gives me much hope that so many concerned residents are interested and engaged in finding solutions. I urge all community members to contact their Commissioner and find ways that they can get involved through volunteering. The Animal Services Department offers several volunteering programs at www.miamidade.gov/animals<http://www.miamidade.gov/animals>. I also encourage all residents to attend the County budget hearings on September 3rd and 17th at 5:01 p.m. at the Stephen P. Clark Center so that they can express their budgetary priorities to the Commission and the Administration,” explained the Commissioner. Broadcasts from the summit are available on Periscope through @dlcava and highlights can be seen on Twitter (@dlcava), Facebook (/CommissionerCava) and Instagram (@dlcava).Sponsors: PortMiami, City of Miami Beach, Village of Pinecrest, City of Coral Gables, City of Doral, City of South Miami, City of Sunny Isles Beach, City of Hialeah, North Bay Village, City of Homestead, City of Miami Springs, Village of Virginia Gardens, City of Miami, City of North Miami, Town of Cutler Bay, Town of Bay Harbor Islands, City of Opa-Locka, Village of Palmetto Bay and Village of El Portal. Special thanks to Fare to Remember Creative Catering for providing an animal friendly, no meat meal.[cid:image003.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510] Commissioner Levine Cava greets attendees at the Homes for All Pets Summit [cid:image005.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510]Mayor Gimenez spoke of the advances in the Animal Service Department and his rescue dog, Beemer  cid:image007.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510]

Dr. Julie Levy of the University of Florida presented on best practices and possible solutions [cid:image009.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510] Participants discussed two major topics: animal safety and increasing public awareness     cid:image016.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510] an idea bank gave attendees the opportunity to brainstorm and make last minute recommendations.

>>> The Watchdog Report is going to hit 16 years of weekly publishing and while I have taken a licking over the years including some medical issues I have kept at thanks to my supporters who I thank so very much over the many years.

The Watchdog Report is Celebrating 16 years of weekly publishing since May 5^th 2000 and when I started back then I never thought I would be doing this so

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-01-20/news/0301190045_1_ricker-miami-watchdog

Editorials

>>> Drones and lasers not benign when it comes to impacting the flying public, lawmakers must beef up laws, to end this scourge before a tragic crash

The American flying public should not have to worry about a plane in flight hitting a drone or the pilot being blinded with a laser while flying the plane but incidents of this nature are happening and are on the increase and drones have even caused feuds, with neighbors and there needs to be more stringent guidelines on how these devices are used for it would be a tragedy if a plane had to crash before lawmakers took action for these new devices are not benign and can cause great harm and while people note it is people using them wrong and should not be regulated, but the pervasiveness of the reports is of concern and could cause a lack of confidence to the flying public that deserve better when it comes to their safety while flying in the nation’s crowded skies.

>>> Elected leaders do the public a favor and get to the point at public budget hearings rather than drone on, for audience as much fun as a root canal

With public budget meetings being held will these be a vocal marathons where elected leaders just drone on and repeat themselves and for the public listening to this dialogue, it is quite painful and voters would really appreciate if they got to the point for repetition by the public or the leaders gets old fast and lawmakers should spare the public some of their monologue that is as popular as a root canal.

LETTERS

>>> Press release: Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava and Mayor Carlos Gimenez Hold Homes For All Pets Summit, Identify Solutions to Animal Well-Being Challenges Miami, FL- Today, Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava and Mayor Carlos Gimenez hosted the Homes for All Pets Summit at PortMiami to discuss challenges and find creative ways to continue working towards the County’s no-kill goal and to find homes for all our pets. 200 participants, including animal rescue and protection groups, community leaders, concerned citizens and elected officials, discussed the following topics: the progress we have made on animal welfare, the health and safety of animals in Miami-Dade and strategies to increase public awareness on this issue. Dr. Julie Levy, Director of Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida was the keynote speaker…

“500 animals are abandoned at the Animal Services Department every week. Much progress has been made; we have a terrific plan and we have made additional investments in programs and partnerships. But we cannot fully implement our plan without more volunteers, more partners, more funds for our programming We are here today to work together to find solutions,” Commissioner Levine Cava said during her opening remarks…. Mayor Gimenez spoke about the many inroads made at the Animal Services Department and thanked the Department for their help in organizing the summit: “I thank Commissioner Levine Cava and Animal Services Director Alex Muñoz for their hard work in putting this important event for Miami-Dade together.”

The ideas discussed at the summit will be consolidated and sent to the event attendees. Commissioner Levine Cava spoke of the many ways that residents could get involved and stay engaged in constructive solutions. “It gives me much hope that so many concerned residents are interested and engaged in finding solutions. I urge all community members to contact their Commissioner and find ways that they can get involved through volunteering. The Animal Services Department offers several volunteering programs at www.miamidade.gov/animals<http://www.miamidade.gov/animals>. I also encourage all residents to attend the County budget hearings on September 3rd and 17th at 5:01 p.m. at the Stephen P. Clark Center so that they can express their budgetary priorities to the Commission and the Administration,” explained the Commissioner. Broadcasts from the summit are available on Periscope through @dlcava and highlights can be seen on Twitter (@dlcava), Facebook (/CommissionerCava) and Instagram (@dlcava).Sponsors: PortMiami, City of Miami Beach, Village of Pinecrest, City of Coral Gables, City of Doral, City of South Miami, City of Sunny Isles Beach, City of Hialeah, North Bay Village, City of Homestead, City of Miami Springs, Village of Virginia Gardens, City of Miami, City of North Miami, Town of Cutler Bay, Town of Bay Harbor Islands, City of Opa-Locka, Village of Palmetto Bay and Village of El Portal. Special thanks to Fare to Remember Creative Catering for providing an animal friendly, no meat meal.[cid:image003.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510] Commissioner Levine Cava greets attendees at the Homes for All Pets Summit [cid:image005.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510]Mayor Gimenez spoke of the advances in the Animal Service Department and his rescue dog, Beemer  cid:image007.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510]

Dr. Julie Levy of the University of Florida presented on best practices and possible solutions [cid:image009.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510]

Participants discussed two major topics: animal safety and increasing public awareness [cid:image016.jpg@01D0C790.02E51510] an idea bank gave attendees the opportunity to brainstorm and make last minute recommendations.

>>> The Watchdog Report  hit 16 years of weekly publishing since May 5, 2000,  and while I have taken a licking over the years including some medical issues I have kept at thanks to my supporters who I thank so very much over the many years. And the community’s public institutions are better when it comes to them knowing what the other is doing and why I have tried to be an information electrolyte for these giant institution’s leaders and things and here is a national story done on why I started to watch government back in 2000  http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-01-20/news/0301190045_1_ricker-miami-watchdog and to all the people along the way that have helped me I thank you from the bottom of  my heart.

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