Friday, September 24, 2010

DAY 313 - ARROGANCE!

SHUT THE FUCK UP, AND PAY YOUR TAXES!
It's not often we deviate from the fun over at the City of Miami, but this is too important to ignore.

With the unemployment rate over 12%, amidst the worst recession since the Great Depression, and no end in sight...

Mayor Alvarez says "Let's raise taxes!"

Last night, taking a page out of the Third World economic development manual, our County Mayor and Commission voted to increase taxes so they can raise their already greedy bloated six figure salaries.

Miami Dade Commission approves budget with tax rate hikes.

At 3:20 A.M., in the dark of night, a time when most of us with real jobs were sound asleep, the County Commission was busy jacking up our taxes.

Call any of their offices bright and early this morning, none of them are there.

According to Haggman, the County budget "calls for hiking property tax rates 14 percent to offset the drastic plunge in property values and increases in various county fees.  County parks will get new parking fees.  Water bills will go up, too."

What happens in your home or business when you make less money?  You cut back expenses

Not in government!

They just tax more.

"Meanwhile, salary and benefit increases will cost $132 million. "
The bureaucrats get their raises.  We get stuck with the bill.
 
The commissioners voting in favor: 
 
Dennis Moss
Katy Sorenson
Barbara Jordan
Sally Heyman
Bruno Barreiro
Dorrin Rolle
Audrey Edmonson
Natacha Seijas.

Thanks a lot ASSHOLES! 
 
Miami Dade County private sector employment is suffering from layoffs, wage freezes and reductions, double digit unemployment, and great uncertainty.
 
But the public sector is feeling no pain...
 
Yet.
 

64 comments:

The Straw Buyer said...

14% increase no less. Mr Braman, where do I sign up?

Anonymous said...

County Commissioners, for a part time job "about $50,000 a year in perks, a nice car allowance of $800 a month and free gas" with the close to $1 million slush fund that they can give to their "friends."

Marty Kohn said...

These motherfuckers need to be in jail.

Anonymous said...

Worse than jail, let them get booted out of office and have to go find REAL jobs.

Anonymous said...

Public workers and our Commissioners have become a privileged new class, a new elite, who live better than their private sector counterparts. Public servants have become the public's masters.

Marty Kohn said...

Come to think of it, did anyone notice that the Mayors BMW came from South motors BMW and not Braman BMW?

Anonymous said...

Is that why Braman is pissed? Where is Bockweg's BMW from? Betcha it's Braman.

Anonymous said...

These County Commisioners needs to be sent a message. Norman I'm counting on you to start the recall process and you coun't on me on finishing it!

MIAM-DADE COUNTY MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY MANAGER, AND NO GOOD FOR NOTHING EMPLOYEES WHO WILL BE RECEIVING A RAISE CAN KISS MY ASS! THIS IS NOTHING BUT DAYLIGHT ROBERRY!

TIME TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH said...

Carlos Alvarez
Dennis Moss
Katy Sorenson
Barbara Jordan
Sally Heyman
Bruno Barreiro
Dorrin Rolle
Audrey Edmonson
Natacha Seijas

Tomas Regalado
Marc Sarnoff
Richard Dunn

YOUR DAYS IN OFFICE ARE NUMBERED!

Anonymous said...

Poster Boy for Greed, Pieter Bockweg, is driving a new BMW X6 worth $95,000. Irony. The new BMW has a silver license plate frame advertising BRAMAN Motors.

Billboard Bockweg advertising for Norman Braman. Since Braman wants to recall sleazy elected officials what is his position on greedy Bockweg?

Anonymous said...

No wonder Braman is silent on all the CRA shenanigans!

Anonymous said...

All of these people are continually re-elected with little or no opposition, that is why they are free to act against the voter's best interests. Elections matter, and it's time to vote them all out of office now.

Anonymous said...

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/09/in-bell-calif-residents-of-the-relatively-poor-mostly-hispanic-city-staged-a-near-riot-after-discovering-that-their-city.html

Regalado said...

"We are supposed to be a fun city. We are supposed to have big parties. I still think that Miami deserves a party." $500,000 in redevelopment money. Suck it Overtown.

Sarnoff said...

Smear me more Peter and Pieter.

Alvarez said...

I drive a BMW 550i Gran Turismo YOU pay for. Suck it Miami!

Chairman Marc David "I love spending CRA money" Sarnoff, Esquire said...

America is the land of opportunity not the land of the guarantee. What do we do to enhance the opportunity given to us by Micky Arison? He gave us three great basketball players and 52 games a year that allows Miami to shine. That is like having 52 Super Bowls in Miami...I support this. I think we should spend the money...It seems we should be doing everything we can to put our best face.

Sarnoff said...

"Its a game changer." (The good using Lebron to justify Mega Billboards.)

Anonymous said...

Maby Dunn could google Overtown for directions on how to get there.

The Reverend Commissioner Richard Dunn said...

I know where Overtown is, that's where I steal money from!

Elvis Cruz said...

At least Sarnoff drives a Ford, an American made automobile. He is green.

Anonymous said...

Sarnoff, Dunn, and Regalado, this heat guy is worth 4.1 Billion dollars and we need to throw him a party? What, didn't Jorge Perez want the money?

Anonymous said...

He only drives the Ford to photo op's.

Anonymous said...

Dunn only steals from his church.

Anonymous said...

What kind of cars do the Sarnoff and Bayer families drive?

Anonymous said...

Dunn has hired experts on how to steal from the people, himself and Koteles Alexander.

Anonymous said...

Sarnoff says...don't forget about me. I'm your Master Dunn and Koteles. I know we all know how to lie, cheat and steal, but I'm the white man that you have to answer to.

Eddie Long said...

Dunn and Koteles...Sarnoff's boys?

MasterCard Says said...

Just saw the new car billboard bockweg bought or leased. It's good to be a city employee. Get a new job, get 200k a year, get 6 weeks vacay, get 6 weeks sick, get 6 months severance, get free quasi-legal advice from asst-city attorney Ninoshkha Perez. The icing on the cake: Get ninoshkha for fun and games.


it's good to be billboard bockweg.

MasterCard Says said...

Just saw the new car billboard bockweg bought or leased. It's good to be a city employee. Get a new job, get 200k a year, get 6 weeks vacay, get 6 weeks sick, get 6 months severance, get free quasi-legal advice from asst-city attorney Ninoshkha Perez. The icing on the cake: Get ninoshkha for fun and games.


it's good to be billboard bockweg.

MRC slave said...

MasterCard, she ain't all that. Saw her and she was Fofa!
Fofa is a fat chick that tries to lose weight and is flabby.

Anyways, petter will drop her soon enough.

Anonymous said...

Carlos Alvarez is the same guy who demanded the taxpayers build a new stadium and garage for the privately owned Marlins. Now he wants to divert $135 mil from the taxpayers to give raises to County employees.

Anonymous said...

Tomas Regalado is the man who diverted 10 million in CRA funds to plug a hole in the City Budget and had his friend Armando Gutierrez install red light cameras so that city workers like Larry Spring can keep making six figure salaries.

Anonymous said...

Who is the bigger asshole Carlos Alvarez, Tomas Regalado, and Marc Sarnoff? Come to think of it. It's really hard to tell.

Anonymous said...

Who is the bigger asshole Carlos Alvarez, Tomas Regalado, and Marc Sarnoff? Come to think of it. It's really hard to tell.

Anonymous said...

Who is the bigger asshole Carlos Alvarez, Tomas Regalado, and Marc Sarnoff? Come to think of it. It's really hard to tell.

Anonymous said...

Sarnoff is the biggest ASSHOLE!

Anonymous said...

Regalado and Sarnoff are slimy. Sarnoff and Alvarez are arrogant. Alvarez and Regalado are idiots.

All three suck!

Elvis Cruz said...

Sarnoff does NOT suck!

The Honorable Tomas Regalado said...

I do suck

Anonymous said...

Where is CRA Agenda for this Monday's 3:00 pm meeting?????

Anonymous said...

transparency and accountability

Anonymous said...

For $200,000 a year this guy should work weekends to get the agenda to the public.

CBS Fuel Viacom said...

The agenda is posted on a digital billboard along I-95

Anonymous said...

Carollo's 5 day rule: b.s. Except when you want to steal.

Dunn's new direction: take the money and run (Koteles can drive).

Sarnoff's prayer: People will criticize if you hire my golfer, gofer and flack and give them 100% raises. HIRE THEM ANYWAY!!!

Suarez: How does Sarnoff and Marin want me to vote?

Gort: Have Armando wake me when the toady needs my vote.

Regalado: Hire my firends, please.

Anonymous said...

Where is the legal opinion justifying the $10,000,000 raid on the CRA?

Anonymous said...

Where is the legal opinion justifying the $10,000,000 raid on the CRA?

Anonymous said...

5 day rule.
5 day rule.
5 day rule.
Not really.

Anonymous said...

They are all arrogant bastards that don't care about the people, starting with both Alvarez and Regalado.

Anonymous said...

Where is the CRA Agenda?

Anonymous said...

They raised taxes, fees and fines just so they could take care of their friends.

100% raises? No problem.

Novice managers...

F**k the taxpayers.

Dance Team of Spring&Gomez have a new two-step! said...

http://investigationmiami.blogspot.com/2010/09/does-something-smell-fishy-here.html
Go over the I.M. and read the latest from the dance team of Spring&Gomez. Interesting to say the least. Illegal to say the most.

Charlie the Tuna said...

Red-Snapper,Halibut or Cod.

Anonymous said...

Sharks, all of them!

Anonymous said...

Criminals never want light shinning on their criminal activities.

Criminals stealing will try to keep the public in the dark.

Anonymous said...

Our Mayor and Castro have something in common,they both govern over cities and a country that are both broke. Does this fault run in the Latin blood line??

Anonymous said...

Commission Carollo are you listening?

Anonymous said...

Tomorrow's the day that the SHIT hits the fan. Carollo is not a happy camper!

Anonymous said...

CRA. Billboard Bockweg writes his own contract? $220,000 package.

City and CRA budgets still smoke and mirrors?

Anonymous said...

CRA agenda items are still not online.

Marky Mark said...

Trust me. I am hiding nothing from you.

Marc

Anonymous said...

Does anyone other that Bockweg and Sarnoff have a copy of the CRA Agenda?

CRA Staff said...

Yes, the CRA attorney.
Ninoshke Peres

Anonymous said...

I want my new BMW.

Looks good on the golf course, I mean Overtown.

Pieter Bockweg