Watchdog Report Vol.20 No.01 December 30, 2018 EST: 05.05.00 Happy New Year Issue – I go when you cannot – Celebrating almost 20 years of weekly publishing
See you next week and hope you will consider supporting a reliable news service and keeping me in the field and I think over the years I have done my best work covering Jackson health System and the school board and these still need to be monitored and hope you will help. If you are no longer getting the WDR please send me an email after my internet service earth link account was hacked by a foreign actor a few months ago and the cost for the IT was not cheap. Thanks for all the past support!
>>>>Further today is my Vol.20, 01 weekly edition since 05.05.00 of publishing the Watchdog Report and while I have had a variety issues over the past years, I thank my supporters again for the privilege of doing this free news service along with the internet.
May you and your family have a great, safe New Year in 2019 and let us pray we learn to have a civil discourse in the nation’s political universe in this coming year.
>>> This national story ran in all the Tribune papers around the nation and covers the early years of the WDR: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-01-20/news/0301190045_1_ricker-miami-watchdog and here is a different versionhttp://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-01-20/news/0301190341_1_ricker-school-board-president-miami-s-first-cuban-american
Further, if this works the WDR will go back to my original schedule over the last 18 years. bailed me out of this IT nightmare that coincided with my 18th anniversary of weekly publishing since May 5, 2000. However, this hack has deleted several my email addresses and hope those readers just go to the web page to see the latest issue
>>> And to support the WDR go to my Pay Pal account that is easy to use and right now would be a great time:http://paypal.me/WatchdogReport Further, if you would rather send a check send it made out to Daniel Ricker and mail it to 3109 Grand Ave., #125 Miami, Fla. 33133. Thank you, Dan
>>>And having a member of the press at public meetings gives teeth to the Florida Sunshine Law (and why you get a Flu Shot) and open meetings tape recorded keeps good governance in place and reduces waste fraud and abuse, and public corruption, and is why you don’t speed in front of a state trooper for example. And hope you can support the WDR efforts to have informed residents to public institutions issues, in our community.
>>> Further thewww.watchdogreport.net in South Florida is an established news service presence, because most people are too busy to go to these important meetings, and all the information comes through me as a central point allowing me to see things at a 100-mile altitude and being an early warning system when projects have overruns or other issues. But my job is to sound the alarm and I have done so many times over the past years in a host of ways.
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ARGUS REPORT: Rear Admiral Peter J. Brown Commander of Coast Guard District Seven was the key note speaker at Chambers 31st Annual Awards Program and Salute to the Military last July11 sprawling U.S. Dist., is 1.8 million square miles, one of the largest in nation, Guard not getting paid during U.S. Gov. shut down – The super bowl is not the big enchilada of upcoming events, but the 2020 Census, undercount costs millions, maybe even a new future house seat like in 2000, the worse count ever after Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez sent fear through the Cuban community of the federal government, some $800 billion at stake for some counties around the nation.
STATE of FLORIDA: Gov. Scott leaving with a bang signing a host of bills for economic development and infrastructure in state’s 67 counties—16 states have strong cyber stalking laws but not Florida, Legislators, like state Sen Book, should look at this before it happens to them!
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY: PA Garcia using office’s Facebook webpage to support GOP candidates, from Mimi-Lakes to Hialeah
Miami-Dade County Public Schools: Arsht CEO Richard honored at county and school board, some 200,000 children have seen free educational performances, Rock Odyssey, Kitty Hawk, Ailey Camp, the man took PAC to higher community involvement level, says Supt. Carvalho
PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST: Cerner IT pilot program at Jackson north app “brings the voice of the customer alive with just a click,” says JHS staff a couple of months ago — JHS like a phoenix rebuilds itself, Bariatric and transplants two areas for growth girders rising on the campus
CITY OF MIAMI: Commissioner Reyes wants to overturn Miami’s tree ordinance, commissioner Russell says ordinance should be, “strengthened and enforced,” item on Jan. 10 commission agenda — Questions arise with UM needle exchange pilot program in Miami that sunsets next year, homeless trust chair Book questions if it works, or creates “open opiate sex den,” after past encampment cleaned up and “825 syringes were found and “thousands of yellow caps,” that the syringes come with, was a public health problem, to reduce communicable diseases
EDITORIALS: Mayor Suarez’s strong mayor proposal flawed should not allow outside income for either mayor or manager, not about him but future mayors – Politicians don’t realize voter’s frustration is they are such hypocrites, many times (like now when congress gets paid but no other federal departments with a gov. shut-down) in their own actions Florida Constitutional commission should insist on transparency, not darkness as Sunshine law gets diluted — Most politicians hate the press- Florida needs Sunshine Amendment many municipalities out of control and get little press coverage or oversight, legislators are on wrong side of this one
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>>> And here is the story done by Miami New Times when they named the publisher as the community’s Best of Miami and Best Citizen and to read the story go to: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of/2003/people-and-places/best-citizen-6399517
>> Given his dedication and perseverance, this new honor, Best Citizen, is well deserved. Ricker goes to 2500 mind-melting meetings annually, from the Public Health Trust’s purchasing subcommittee to the Efficiency and Competition Commission to the Alliance for Human Services’ nominating council to the school board’s audit committee. Sometimes he’s the only public observe
Object: to be the Public Citizen for all those out there who can’t attend, and to connect and serve as an information bridge[electrolyte] among the special-interest-dominated Miami-Dade governmental institutions that seem newsletter, The Watchdog Report, celebrates its [18h] Anniversary. In a former life Ricker made a handsome living as an international salesman of heart pacemakers. As the hard-working publisher of Watchdog, though, he’s struggling financially — this even though his weekly compendium of meeting summaries, analysis, interviews, and commentary has become essential reading for anyone involved in public affairs. What his written work may lack in polish, it more than makes up for in comprehensiveness. So, raise a toast to the man whose official slogan says it all: “A community education resource — I go when you cannot!”
ARGUS REPORT: Heard Seen on the Street
>>>> Rear Admiral Peter J. Brown Commander of Coast Guard District Seven was the key note speaker at Chambers 31st annual Awards Program and Salute to the Military last July sprawling Dist. is 1.8 million square miles, one of the largest in nation
Since the world is such a dangerous place the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce held July11, its 31st Annual Awards Program and a Military Salute to the military, honoring Rear Admiral Peter J. Brown, Commander, seventh Coast Guard District one of the largest in the nation that stretches from the Southeast United States and the Caribbean Basin and encompasses some 1.8 million square miles and shares “operational borders with 34 Foreign nations and territories.” Admiral Brown was the keynote speaker and presenter at the Chamber’s monthly Trustee luncheon. The coast Guard Academy graduate in chemistry also got a master’s at UM in the subject and has held a variety of positions in his career. Further, the Guard’s base is on Miami Beach and has. The Chamber also honored a host of other members of the nation’s military branches.
I write about this because the seven district is so large and includes drug interdiction, human trafficking nd a host, natural disasters of other ills of the criminal nature and the coast Guard also interdicts Cuban rafters fleeing the communist country.
What about FIU President Dr. Marc Rosenberg?
FIU President Rosenberg signed a memorandum agreement with Brown and to see more on this go to:https://www.dvidshub.net/image/3095886/rear-adm-peter-brown-and-mark-rosenburg-shake-hands-after-signing-memorandum-agreement
>> The super bowl is not the big enchilada of upcoming events, but the 2020 Census is, undercount costs millions, maybe even a new house seat like in 2000, the worse count after Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez sent fear through the Cuban community of federal government
While Miami-Dade county is preparing for the Super Bowl next year a bigger event is coming in the 2020U.S. Census that in Miami the count has been generally a flawed process and the worst count was the 2000 Census after the young boy Elian Gonzalez was extracted from Little Havana and the community erupted in ethnic tensions and fear for many residents since even though the count is done by the commerce department many saw a “federally,” and would not participate and years later the numbers had to be revised and south Florida got an extra congressional seat that was later filled by U.S> Rep. Mario Diaz Ballart, R-Miami and the census count per person back then brought some $23,000 in federal funding and was in stark contrast to other counties around the nation where very high count was achieved. Further for some counties the undercount could result in some communities losing some $800 billion in lost federal funding that includes Medicare funding and a host of other programs.
School Board member Lubby Navarro is part of the 2020 census taskforce being assembled an she spoke in front of the county commission about the important matter and noted residents will get a form with a number on it and they can file online using that number. She also noted there will be Major outreach at schools’ libraries and other sites with NGOs to get an accurate count and the community’s fair share of representation and federal funding. She also noted we might get a new house seat if the census is done accurately.
Back in 2000 I watched and wrote a lot about the undercount and how it starts and then stops, though the county did get an extension back then but that is no longer assured.
https://www.naco.org/articles/2020-census-what-counties-need-do-now-prepare
>>> PBS needs to keep track of Gigantea’s outside gigs, seen reaping UM Health in an ad
Pam Gigantea the host of “This Week in South Florida,” is moonlighting and doing ads for the Miami Health system and one appeared on WPLG channel 10 last week and continues a troubling trend such as when Helen Ferré was said to be inconsideration as a Republican Lt. governor candidate when Charlie Crist ran. She later became the Hispanic outreach coordinator for the Trump campaign. I write about this because WPBT is the last bastion of what should be objective reporting and having a host hawking the healthcare system just seems tacky.
>>> The Miami Foundation is starting a program where people can tell their Miami story and to tell your story go to :https://miamifoundation.org/mymiamistory/https:
Give Miami Day was a rousing success with donations topping a new record and Camillus House did very well and shows that Miami is a very giving city something that was always not the case.
What about the internet back in 2000?
Back then everyone was using e-mail and would say to people at the time “my email is on the card,” very proudly and even then, there was a question if this would stay around but later exploded to what it is today. Further the community’s major public institutions were like giant ships in the night not knowing what each was doing in an aggregate way. Wasting millions in public tax dollars since they operate in a discrete fashion.
>>> I also pushed to have schoolboard committees taped. Since I had the only tapes of these and contained what was said about a variety of land purchases sold by politically connected individuals with one piece needing some $49 million in demucking given the containments.
During the 1990s one trick in Miami was to sell contaminated land to a public entity which would in one deal involve some $44 million to demuck and clean up the site but the land was owned by a politically connected man. Now deceased school member Betsy Kaplan once said to me “Dan your trying to keep us out of jail,” she said. I responded, “no kidding.” And to read the early years go to Maya Bell’s long profile in the Orlando Sentinel and she spent weeks with me in an old BMW without air and it captured my journey in this endeavor and to read the national story go to:http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-01-20/news/0301190341_1_ricker-school-board-president-miami-s-first-cuban-american
>>> Connect Miami is a new program trying to get residents to engage with their neighbors and friends to broaden community interaction something that at times may be difficult to do. And for more go to www.connectmiami.org And Many of the events are free.in the future.
STATE OF FLORIDA
>>> Gov. Scott leaving with a bang signing a host of bills for economic development and infrastructure in state’s 67 counties
Lame duck Gov. Rick Scott is signing a host of bills in his last few days in the office and leaves for the U.S. senate as the junior senator from Florida. Many of the bills give money to economic developmentary for infrastructure in many of the state’s 67 counties as the clock winds down
>>> DeSantis in course of term will make 4,000 board appointments, not happy with a few water district board members and some of their deals
Florida Tax Watch has estimated that an incoming governor in the course of one four year term will appoint some 4,000 people to a host of boards around the state and incoming Gov. Ron De Santos is said to be looking closely at a number of people especially in the water management districts that have done some unusual land deals and the man is softening some of his past rhetoric since winning the close race.
>>> 16 states have strong cyber stalking laws but not Florida, Legislators should look at this before it happens to them
The upcoming Florida legislature must pass legislation strengthen laws regarding cyber stalking and such laws are common in 16 states and with cameras in dorms and many other sites even a home is capable of being hacked Floridians need greater protections. For it is clear this threat is not going away. Here is what some states are using re legal laws and the Florida legislature should beef up the statutes. For more go to http://www.ncsl.org/
What about the Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade County?
What about the United Ways new program?
United Way of Miami-Dade County has several programs for-not for-profits with good ideas fostering their growth for more go to: https://unitedwaymiami.org/contact-us/media-kit/
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
>>> PA Garcia using office’s Facebook webpage supports GOP candidates, from Mimi-Lakes to Hialeah
Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia on the organization’s Facebook web page has links to the Republican Party of Miami Lakes and Hialeah and the man is a big supporter of incoming governor Ron DeSantis and I was just surprised that a county web page would have a political link. I know if it had been a Democrat party link eyebrows would be raised in the press and with leaders. However, his elected office falls under the community radar and while there is a new office, no longer in the Stephen p. Clark center the offices new digs are across the street from government Center.
And to see what I am writing about go to: https://www.facebook.com/MiamiDadePA
>>> Dr Frost settles civil SEC case with $100,000 penalty, legal bill at museum continues to rise
Dr. Philip Frost the benefactor of the Dr. Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science settled with the security exchange commission for a stock pump and dump scheme with a few men and is paying a $100,000 fine in the civil case and he still must deal with investors who lost money. For more go to: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article223637625.html
What about legal bills mounting at the Frost?
Extensive litigation is going on with the many vendors after then CEO Gillian Thomas fired abruptly the lead construction company Suffolk Construction and legal costs are coming into the $5 million range and still climbing said a reliable source. The only reason I write abut this was during the construction the county IG nor the press could cover the meetings and the public had to rely on Michael spring the cultural director at Miami-Dade County. At a time when it was suddenly announced the organization would run out of money.
Will elections and sheriff be political patronage havens, or repositories for termed out elected officials to land?
This highlights the problem when offices r e political like a supervisor of elections, sheriff and a host of others recently created by statewide voters and create political patronage rather than competency is one of the reasons Broward elections supervisor Brenda Snipes had problems in November’s elections
What about the 2009 IG report?
Years ago the county’s OIG office checked some 30,000 water meters on residences and in the fields where fire hydrants were supplying free water to farmers and in homes investigators found 15,000 private meters had been bypassed and was a local cottage industry costing the county “$35 million,” the report found in loss revenue an these smart meters will be introduced in the coming years.
What is the new elderly crisis coming?
Homeless seniors are becoming the biggest threat facing the county in the future and it is a “Crisis, said Ron Book,” the Miami-Dade County Homeless trust chair. At past trust meeting and the need for permanent housing for this emerging group is critical and he is on a crusade to find permanent housing the trust can buy but in Miami the inventory is small an expensive he has said in the past. And to review the task force recommendations:
Ron Book has been making the political rounds speaking at a Miami commission meeting about a new encampment in the inner city that has been blocked off by the health department after open sexual acts and drug dealing has resulted in a spike of AIDs cases and the finding of drug paraphernalia around the local schools and the trust has gone into emergency mode to get these people into rehabilitation and other programs and those coming back are being addressed where one Women had “black lips,” gangrene and was “spotted having a rat eating the food in her mouth,” in her stupor condition said Book to city commissioners and she was taken into rehabilitation but this is the challenge the county’s homeless trust faces. For more go to https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/downtown-miami/article219921130.html
What about shot spotter technology 80% of shots residents hear do not call 9/11? Going to be combined with license plate readers in Miami and Miami Gardens, along with Ring security systems helping
A presentation by a regional rep of shot spotter which employs sensors around the county and the facts show only a small number 80 percent of people who hear shots” will not call 9/11 when they hear shots and many families have a “protocol,” when they hear shots and the rep believes they are afraid of being known as a “snitch,” and residents why call after hearing shots and no police coming. Commissioner Dennis Moss suggested they think “the police just don’t care.” One thing the shot spotters is good at is recovering shell casings which helps law enforcement on who the shooter might be. Further county police will soon be equipped with “license plate readers’ already in use in a variety of municipalities. And for more on the technology go to: http://www.shotspotter.com/ Update: In Miami Gardens which along with Miami are getting license plate readers one resident said large number of residents are using Ring security systems as well and hope all these efforts will reduce the violence facing the two municipalities.
>>> New continuum of care center coming for homeless with mental issues, JHS involved one stop center
The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust along with Jackson Health System is opening a one stop public facility for homeless who qualify for a new diversion program with a mental illness and includes many veterans on the streets and is an old facility previously used by the state, but it will offer a continuum of care and was briefly discussed at the trust board meeting Friday. The whole community has been seeking ways to resolve the mental health issues of the homeless now drawing in people with opioid addiction and a drop of fentanyl can kill and many times is cut with cheap yellow Mexican heroin that appeared years past and is causing thousands of overdoses and the city of Miami spent $150,000 in procuring the miracle drug Narcan that can revive a overdosed person almost immediately and these people cut across all ethnic lines and the issue was discussed Sunday on “This Week in South Florida,” and to see the show go to https://www.local10.com/this-week-in-south-florida/this-week-in-south-florida-oct-29 Chapman, Jr. partnership go to: https://www.chapmanpartnership.org/about-us/leadership/ https://www.chapmanpartnership.org/wpq_events/nextgen-gala-party/
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The trust has a new program where people with rental housing can register their rental units with the county and for more on the program go to: http://www.homelesstrust.org/rentconnect.asp
PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST
Former PHT Chair Daryl Sharpton, C.P.A has pled guilty to tax evasion in federal court and the man who ran a high-profile accounting firm and was an icon on a variety of oversight boards. The man a cousin to Rev. Al Sharpton historically has gotten audit contracts from a host of organizations including the now defunct JESCA ran by former county commissioner Dorrin Rolle.
However, the WDR was surprised with this development and in The Miami Times prominent attorney HT. Smith is quoted saying Sharpton was always at meetings and well prepared he tells the black newspaper and to read that go to: https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/indictment-catches-cpa-s-friends-off-guard/article_9f133c78-496f-11e8-a38f-5f858990bc1c.html
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
>>> Arsht CEO Richard honored at county and school board, some 200,000 children have seen free educational performances, Rock Odyssey, Kitty Hawk, Ailey camp, the man took PAC to higher community involvement level, says Supt. Carvalho
John Richard, the retiring CEO of the Adrianne Arsht Center of the Performing Arts after ten years in the job and the low key man and his board have created some great educational and community organizations and “some 200,000 fifth graders,” have seen free works of art with an educational bent including Rock Odyssey, said Supt Alberto Carvalho at Wednesday’s school board meeting where Richard was honored that details the story of Homer and includes Ailey Camp, Kitty Hawk and the performing arts center has risen to a new level. The Peacock program brings children with disabilities to the stage and a host of programming brings mentoring programs.
Richard has done a superb job with the Arsht and making performances available to a wide swath of Miami-Dade, many free and the PAC helped fuel the cultural renaissance being experienced in South Florida.
What about the history of the PAC?
Parker Thomson was the father of The PAC and he chaired the oversight board where. I back then never missed a construction committee meeting and was there since they held it on Wednesday and was only a block away from the school board in construction trailers and county trouble shooter Bill Johnson was brought in after the construction had already generated over $100 million in change orders and county commissioners were discussing what to do with “the big hole,” that was later finished but was 20 months late and needed some $480 million to complete the extraordinary facility and the local CRA has helped fund the fiscal hole back then and when it opened in 2006 it was the pride of South Florida and has proven to be a major economic developer with condos dotting the neighborhood..
CITY OF MIAMI
>>>> Commissioner Reyes wants too overturn Miami’s tree ordinance, commissioner Russell says it should be “strengthened and enforced,” item on Jan. 10 commission agenda
The Miami Commission is considering an ordinance that would nullify the city’s tree ordinance and is being sponsored by Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes, who after seven tries became a commissioner and this move will have major impact on the tree canopy in Coconut Grove and the meeting is expected to be contentious with Grovites up in arms. The WDR texted Miami Commissioner Ken Russell about this ordinance change and he texted back, “The tree ordinance is crucial to the preservation of Miami’s tree canopy, “It should not be removed but rather strengthened and enforced,” Russell responded over the weekend. The commission meting hearing this item is Jan 10th starting at 9a.m. at Miami city hall.
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>>> The Miami Herald and Orlando Sentinel & Sun-Sentinel articles on the Watchdog Report publisher over the years.
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MIAMI-DADE WATCHDOG WILL BE MISSED
Published on January 20, 2003, Page 1E, Orlando Sentinel, PAPERWORK TIGER, Miami’s citizen watchdog piles up government files in his quest to keep the “little people” informed. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-01-20/news/0301190045_1_ricker-miami-watchdog
>>>Watchdog Report publisher named ‘Best Citizen’ 2003 by the Miami New Times
The publisher would like to thank the weekly alternative paper Miami New Times for bestowing their 2003 Best of Miami, ‘Best Citizen’ award to me and I am honored. Thank you. To read the full story go to http://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of/2003/people-and-places/best-citizen-6399517
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