WATCHDOG REPORT Vol.25 No.13 July 27, 2025: ET: 05.05.00 – A free community education resource for 25 years: I cover when you cannot
WATCHDOG REPORT
Miami-Dade, Fla.
Vol. 25 No. 13, July, 27, 2025, Celebrating May 5th, 2000: 25-years of free weekly publishing! www.watchdogreport.net & Daniel A. Ricker: Editor-in Chief: Former Miami Herald featured, news reporter & free: community education resource & news service, without the attitude.
>>> I was financially saved by a long-time supporter and friend. I still need help still need money since Spotlight story sad; form at bottom: I understand with all the economic uncertainty why, people are hesitant to support local county news sources, but hopeful if a few can, thank you from bottom of my heart.
>>> This is an unusual edition focused on AG Pam Bondi and the Epstein documents failed roll-out, & eruption of MAGA World over lack of names, by Bondi.
Editor’s note: With the death of Roy Black who helped negotiate the Epstein plea deal along with former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida Alex Acosta, now a board member on Newsmax board. Acosta wasn’t on the list of past office attorneys on a Cuban American Bar association panel from past Attorneys from Roberto Martinez, and all the others all known to the Watchdog report, with Acosta saying south Florida is the “graduate school of fraud and [we] export it around the nation, “at a press conference ears ago. The former labor secretary also said ‘he was told Epstein ‘Was intelligence,’ and drop the case, he claimed but modified the statement later, in media reports.
The Miami Dade County investigation of the charity A3, and an aide of Anthony Rodriguez, on the board for the $1million organization funding request with no backup, but is an aide to Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez on the board. Further the I.G. still has no contract and Rodriguez has the ability to hold up the item for months now.
>>> ALERT: AS a recovering audiophile since I built my first Dynaco pre amp as a teen. The prices for vintage audio, has taken off and people with Mcintosh, Krell, Mark Levinson or Marantz units from the past are getting top dollar, as I found when I sold my system, that traveled the world with me and college where I sold high-end audio in Washington D.C. In a part time job while studying Chinese studies at the Sino-soviet institute at GWU. IF any of my readers want an audio advice just contact me for free especially vintage gear.
>>> Context: I want to thank The Coconut Grove SPOTLIGHT: FOR the profile: 25th anniversary of the Watchdog Report, done by Mike Clary, someone I met long ago in 2000 at county hall during the Gore Bush 2000 election, when he was with the L.A. Times.: To read the story click here: https://coconutgrovespotlight.com/2025/04/14/still-barking-a-watchdog-at-25/
>>> Local art show museum open https://www.margulieswarehouse.com/
CITY OF MIAMI
July 1, 2025 brings new financial disclosures for are elected leaders in Miami and termed out mayor Francis Suarez is doing well net worth of $5.38 million (up from $1.33 million on 12/2021), through July 2025, for the mayor.
The commissioners net worth was $4.83 for Gabela, a neg $63 million for Carollo. Pardo has $3,545,083. Chair King had $1.199million and Ralph Rosado hasn’t filed net worth yet given his short time on the body. But the young Suarez’s father deciding to run for mayor keeps the continuation of the current dysfunctional system.
>>>> Here is a list of all the Miami Commissioners removed or suspended from office since 1997.They are Miller Dawkins, Humberto Hernandez(twice), Art Teele, Angel Gonzalez, Johnny Winton, Michelle Spence Jones (later reinstated), Alex Diaz de la Portilla, most recently. The public is wondering if others will be charged as well since Miami has the so called “friends and family plan” often referred to at city boards where people get a break at the boards on their fines or punishment. Forced out police chief Art Acevedo mentioned the interference and use of government against political enemies by commissioners and interfering with police operations like code enforcement. Campaign:
>>>> University of Miami has raised $2.5-2.65 billon in the schools Ever Brighter Campaign: Next Century. A university dean once said to me the Miami “was a health system that happened to have a university, he said.
OBITUARY/Coconut Grove
Sailer publisher Jack King, 80, passed and a celebration of life is at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, Thursday. He published the free monthly Coconut Grover paper and loved a good loud argument. He will be missed by his many friends in the sailing community RIP Jack. And prayers for Heather his wife family, daughter.
FLORIDA/USA
>>> Will A.G. Bondi get the heave-ho, over Epstein nothing burger release, has MAGA World wanting her head, net worth in 2018 only $1.86 million. Her only income was her salary income $128,971, Some suggest she might try running for president: but MAGA Feels betrayed Trump has become the establishment, after all the past hype and promises to release all the Epstein files, further clouded by suicide, or murder, former A.G. Bill Barr’s father was headmaster of Dalton school that hired the pedophile with more coming out.
With Bondi, getting so much negative scrutiny by the president’s base, it had the WDR realizing I did not close out her time in office.
Bondi in 2018 had a net worth of $1.86 million On 1/8/19 it was $1.86 million. Bondi an attorney who defeated former Miami Beach mayor Dan Gelber in the statewide race in 2010 and got some fundraising support from members of Scientology. The race, was an easy victory, with north/central Florida for her against the beach attorney, and later mayor. Bondi is being skewered by her apparent lie, “that the client list is sitting on my desk.” Later videos not being released because “child porn,” after saying the videos can’t be released. She also had said that there were “250, victims,” in media clips, plus a two-minute gap is rocket fuel to the emerging new conspiracy of Washington Elites, and Bondi is one of them, saying she was “bamboozled,” herself after the close out memo saying little just how Epstein died by suicide and no list, and described by a pod host, “A nothing sandwich,” is how host described the report that had people believing there was a giant pedophile ring by the elites and other powerful people, besides Epstein and people wanted names in MAGA World. I want to thank Julie K. Brown for the award-winning investigation and sweetheart deal from a past FIU Law school dean Alex Acosta, who has suggested he might have been asked to go easy on Epstein when he was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. For more and other takes see below:
>>> Bondi’s home in 2018 was worth $1.159, and there was only $4,185.00 in the local bank, and a third interest in a condo is worth $375,000.
What about any unusual debts?
She owes Sun Coast Federal Credit Union $208,098. and another is for $54,000.00 in loans, state her disclosures for the year.
However, the nation’s Attorney General Bondi is being hammered by Trump’s base, for “saying the Jeffrey Epstein [Client list of elites and powerful are now baseless and a hoax] and the list was on her desk,” and later not producing the list and has critics calling for her to be fired, as FBI Director Kash Patel, and his number two Dan Bongino.
After leaving office in Florida. She was a registered agent for Qatar, working on human trafficking she claimed. She even asked the governor to delay a state execution while at a fund raiser. She also hosted a FOX show for a number of days, claiming she got ethics clearance but was never confirmed by the commission.
>>> What about insider trading of events? See below
I write further on the subject down below. I don’t know if it was the spotlights headline making my health worse than it is, while still publishing and covering all the major public institutions.
And South Florida in the early 2000s saw this impact with Jackson Health System giving some $500 million in 2004 in charity care that impacted our local not-for-profit health systems as well.
>>> Alert WLRN is losing $460,000 in state funding vetoed by Gov. Ron De Santis. The stations CEO John Le Bonia, sent out an email on the lost funding. I was fortunate to do over 100 Topical Currents shows over a 13-year period. However, I apparently made a mistake on air and Peter Maerz, banned me from show since 2013, and to help the station in these tough times go to. https://www.givemiamiday.org/organization/wlrn >>> Further the federal government is trying to claw back two-years of past funding said a message on WLRN Sunday. Further PBS is being cut $1billion and a claw back may be attempted.
>>> Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean politics will not take an interest in you. –Pericles (430 B.C.)
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>>> Miami Mayoral race jampacked with past candidates, Rosado & Bermello photographed in Oval Office with Trump, Rosado with a Ph.D. from UPenn, casual about degree WDR is contacting Penn’s register just in case, like Sarnoff did regarding his relative being Gen. David Sarnoff and grandson not confirmed by his foundation as accurate.
Miami candidates for mayor are going back in time with past colorful mayor Xavier Suarez joining the fray. Along with past commissioner Ken Russell, and county commissioner Eileen Higgins and former city manager Emillio Gonzalez, a retired army colonel who ran afoul of Joe Carollo when he was Miami manager years ago, with elder Suarez in: Gonzalez gets a boost for voters looking for change since Gonzalez a new political face.
Russell has been a perpetual candidate having tried to run for the federal house and senate seats and losing or withdrawing and now a lobbyist for the Sierra Club, which is fine but being Cuban in Miami is a big deal for candidates, seeking Miami voters, who still go with candidates they know. The new face is Gonzalez, versus odd Suarez who after his first speech at the county inauguration in 2011 and I dubbed him “the rambling man,” he went well over the time limit asked of speakers and he inhaled the microphone after so many ears out of office and a number of monikers. However, his son’s midas touch could blunt his support.
>>> Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia, (net worth 04 $2.111million, with many rentals) spent July Fourth in Panama celebrating Americas 249th anniversary of Independence, with the local new ambassador to Panama Keven Cabrera’s celebration (his net worth $820,497 April 25,), along with county commissioner Keon Hardeman, (who hasn’t filed a financial disclosure yet,) along with county tax collector Dariel Fernandez, (net worth $660,715.00), and Garcia. I celebrated July Fourth in Shanghai. China at the old Consulate, and it is a great celebration I was honored to attend.
Garcia told the WDR on the phone Wednesday, “that she paid for her own trip,” but didn’t know about the others she said.” She said it is appearing the trip, is of media interest and is a “witch hunt,” and that Panama has, “a large amount of Miami residents, state department numbers state 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. citizens [reside there unknown how many from Miami]” and how many county residents there was one of the reasons, she went Garcia said on the phone.
>>> Miami-Dade County Wednesday had its second Miami-Dade County Charter Review Task Force, chaired by Akerman land use attorney Dennis Kerbel, appointed to the task force by county commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, (net worth $2.7 million, June 25) The vice-chair is Rep Mike Redondo, R-Miami, along with GT attorney Iris Escarra, Sen Alex Calatayud, R-Miami, (Also a PHT Board trustee) and former county commissioner Dennis Moss, Rebecca Wakefield. The groups charge is to create legislation that includes the five new constitutional offices created in 2018 by a statewide vote, declined in Miami-Dade voters but supported statewide, and we are living the financial results with over $400 million projected needed for these new office’s needing definition and legislation in the county charter. Moss asked for info on other new situations of new officers, into a county. The termed-out commissioner Moss, suggested “nothing be controversial.”
>>> MIA $9 billion investment is not county money (a past MIA dir., said to commissioners, its “its free money,” said, water & sewer Dir. Jose Garcia told commissioners last week at appropriations committee, because of federal grant funding, but attitude problem, in past MIA Dir. Gary De Lappa, used to say “It’s not county money,” (was high landing fee money) when it came to billions in overruns at MIA back in 2021.
>>> The County Commission Chambers are being redone, but done last year, chambers need better mikes a lot is getting lost chamber in past red chamber, now grey seats etc. I bring this up because of the budget crisis.
>>> I’ve been wanting to write about philanthropist, healthcare magnate Michael “Mike” Fernandez, a former GOP finance chair turned independent in 2016. He has spoken up about the erosion of immigrant’s rights and authoritarian regimes outside America and here, and he has written a profound love for America that has given him so much and his family and the man quite a GOP campaign after a DeSantis campaign worker made disparaging remarks against Hispanics and immigrants.
The man a community leader has the guts to speak up for these unfortunate Cubans and community Hispanics in general. The WDR gives the man a Tip of the Hat for speaking up when others are not during this troubling time in America, where a detention center is becoming a tourist attraction in the Everglades. That says it all, and new sign made in bureaucratic record time.
More on Miami-Dade County below
>>> ALERT: This is the first time the sergeant-of-arms are now under the new Sheriffs Office of Rosie Cordero-Stutz, that seems to be following the Trump playbook of being rough in these situations rather than in the past calmly but firmly asking someone to finish up, she is asking for a lot more money for officers but 5 new Constitutional Offices means new signage, along with a host of other requirements.
The removal of a women from last week’s Miami-Dade County board of county commissioners’ meeting is a windfall for Cuban propaganda, and ironically not one Cuban commissioner stood up and asked them to be more gentile with the young lady dragged across the chambers carpet. I was expecting former senator Rene Garcia to intervene or suggest something in regard to the tough take down but silence to strong arm tactics of sergeants of arms now under the county’s new sheriff. Never in the past 25 years have I seen such a heavy-handed removal by the new sheriff’s sergeant’s and was a terrible example of civic engagement. For more and the actual video go to:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-group-of-residents-wants-answers-from-county-elected-officials/vi-AA1Hz7Af?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=048e577c2c594cd8b096baa3d8ac7fc6&ei=27#details
>>>> The ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ with its long runway able to land a Space Shuttle in distress if needed, created under the county’s aviation director back then Richard Judy. The lawsuits are flying when it comes to the new detention center for ICE, under a year-old Emergency. Disasters generally for hurricanes remains to be seen. It’s now a national news story as the terrible hype and new merchandise, hits the market and environmentalist have filed a suit.
OPINION
>>> The Great Experiment: is under a stress test and the nation is waiting for the legislative branches to do their job. The recent Supreme Court Rulings are a double edge sword since if a Democrate is in power the same exceptions will apply to the office. Also, the denial of science and vaccines is profoundly dangerous and RFK, Jr., as secretary of HUD is a tragedy… and unknown how devastating in the future.
>>> What would you do if you were the only one that knew a profitable secret, such as a major event, Super Bowl for example coming to Miami-Dade County. Would you book blocks of hotel rooms in high-end hotels, book high end restaurant reservations or just keep, the info to yourself with no action. That’s legal but I avoided it because I thought wrong and I just wrote about it, instead of using the info now publicly known after I attended a Super Bowl committee meeting at the county’s mayor’s office Alex Penelas, and BCC Chair Gwen Margolis, along with Rodney Barreto.
The irony by not doing that and playing it straight up. With still little income coming in, citizen journalist still at it while older but still functioning. I have had just $1300., recently after paying my rent. And with local news outlets in the same predicative, our local government with 5 new constitutional offices, an extra$400 million in cost. We have a new celebrity group all over social media photos with lobbyist etc., having a good old time.
Miami-Dade County 60% foreign born and 70% Hispanics, and ICE doing roundups at man new locations like Home Depot, and has many immigrants legal now carrying their papers. I had to carry my passport living in both Japan and Australia, and was checked on after having been fingerprinted and checked out in Coral Gables, by Australian authorities before I got my two-ear working Visa. No easy task in Australia and a national ad for my job ran.
National politicians being targeted by threats is a bad new problem and contrary to America’s concept of We the People and self-governance and many times an official’s family may also be a target. I once had someone outside my door calling Watchdog, and you don’t know if friend or foe.
>>> State attorney what are our thinking putting a prison at the old airport sit in the Florida Everglades (Alligator Alcatraz) as billions of state & federal monies being spent to preserve this rich environmental treasure, supported from Jeb Bush and most other governors also Gov. DeSantis tourist revenue in the past state budgets there must be a better place since River of Grass brings in $30 billion in tourist revenue.
I made the decision to not do that, but others, might pass it on so many can benefit from the monetary bonanza, coming South Florida’s way over the decades. I mention this because South Florida is known as the fraud capital in the nation and insider info is not fraud but a legal scheme.
CITY OF MIAMI
>>> BayFront Park Trust $5 million in reserves, had 2000 scandal, city used to send $450,000 in subsidy to trust, (under 29-year Miami commissioner J.L. Plummer,) Carollo’s long term chair leadership in question, commission votes to abolish trust, mixed bag with residents.
>>> Thursdays commission meeting agenda items, dissolve Bayfront Park Trust, term limits, homeless funding, term limits, Jungle Island lease, another city failure receiving delayed favor payments during Regalado administration, that talked big with few results, Marine Stadium one example.
The commission Thursday voted to abolish The BayFront Park Trust, created decades ago and prone to scandals back in 2000. The Director Ira Katz, was charged and had an accountant hide a computer in a bathroom ceiling, when authorities arrived in the office from FBI, FDLE and state attorney’s office, unfortunately the files were misplaced and no charges were ever brought.
>>> Alez Diaz de la Portilla, sent out a campaign piece wishing President Trump a happy birthday. The controversial commissioner is hinting he will run for mayor in the future, with past Miami commissioner Ken Russell, and county commissioner Eileen Higgins. Russell recently got the endorsement of Dr. Marvin Dunn, a respected professor of black affairs at FIU.
>>> Ralph Rosado, in all the public documents he filed with the Miami Clerk the last few years has n/a, on most of the boxes asking about income and July1 we will see his first financial disclosure as a commissioner.
Rosado defeated Jose Regalado a marine photographer, later in the Miami building apartment and late in the race got former commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla’s support but that may have hurt more than help, given past controversies, that seem to follow him. For more go to: https://www.wlrn.org/government-politics/2025-06-04/ralph-rosado-winner-miami-district-4-election
>>> Rosado will soon get to know things the public doesn’t, and it remains to be seen. If he will take financial advantage of this information that so many do book hotel rooms in advance like Super Bowl and now World Cup, and sell on web.
This is one of the many legal ways the special ones do a side hustle not noticed in documents.
>>> Miami HEP Chair Gersten, owner of tony Gramps, with city contract, on Virginia key, maybe Wynwood
Miami Planning advisory board, property lot splitting on dangerous Poinciana Av., has board chair Adam Gersten, thinking okay after pleas otherwise as groves lush canape, decimated one cut a time avenue has no sidewalk, peacocks and baby carriages, cut through avenue.
At the Miami Planning and zoning board meeting Wednesday lot splitting was the conversation of the day along treelined Poinciana Ave., in south Coconut Grove. The appeal was the city’s denial of three lots in a small property and neighbors turned up in mass to object the already cut through traffic avenue. Adam Gersten, a District 5 appointee and chair felt the denial could be lifted which was what the board did at the end. The board has two vacancies, one from Dist. 1 and the other Dist. 2, state agenda documents.
The Grove’s lush canopy is being destroyed and residents want some protections. The loose regulations re trees are 3 trees per lot. These dense homes are further causing more local flooding as natural surface area is being reduced. Also, Francisco Garcia, the former Miami building director was in audience with appealing attorney and the circle closes, on past employees, becoming lobbyist.
>>> Further a Braham Special Area Plan (SAP) was presented by the city planning board. Mr. Norman Braham is a community icon for some after funding the recall of former Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez. Braman also funded the Institute of Comtempary Art /Miami https://icamiami.org/art-programs/
The philanthropist, arts supporter’s project still has to go in front of commission in the future
>>> What about the Coconut Grove Playhouse community meeting with county commissioner Raquel Regalado, that has been widely panned for lack of answers from the county, after the third-floor collapse, after questionable demolitions permits and is a classic example of destruction through neglect by the county.
Her brother Jose was beaten by Ralph Rosado for a Miami city district seat empty after Manolo Reyes passed. Her brother on Instagram got support from controversial removed commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, later found innocent, but checkered past. Since I attended his state elections fines trial with county Judge Ed Newman. And I watched how two sharp defense attorneys just clubbed an obscure county state attorneys facing such a group could do.
>>> Here’s the county’s press release on the meeting almost a joke some residents feel like Melissa Mayer on Facebook?
>>> Unedited press release: Miami-Dade County Commissioner Raquel Regalado reaffirmed her commitment to restoring the beloved Coconut Grove Playhouse following a demolition accident involving the nearly century-old structure.
“I remain steadfast in my commitment to preserving the history and beauty of Coconut Grove’s beloved playhouse,” said Commissioner Regalado. “We are grateful for the safety of everyone involved and for the preservation of the playhouse’s historical elements. Every effort is being made to stabilize the structure, safeguard its historic elements, and continue moving forward with restoring and reopening the Coconut Grove Playhouse for its centennial celebration in the Spring of 2027.”
The Coconut Grove Playhouse, an iconic landmark with deep cultural significance in Miami-Dade County, is undergoing long awaited renovations.
To provide an update on the restoration efforts, Commissioner Regalado and City of Miami Commissioner Pardo will host a virtual community meeting to discuss timelines and progress of the long-awaited renovation project. Also attending will be representatives from the Miami Parking Authority who will discuss parking options during the restoration and an update on their parking structure and construction timeline.
>>> President Donald Trump pardoning some Medicare felons, in Miami- Dade County “the graduate school for fraud,” said former U.S. Atty, Alex Acosta (Now involved in the Epstein conspiracy), of the Southern District of Florida, is a travesty since we also “export fraud,” said Acosta at a press conference. Further U.S. District Judge Patracia Seitz, noted “when paying all your taxes, and stopping at a sign was an aspirational act,” when sentencing Medicare fraudsters, the De Cepeda’s brothers to nine-years.
>>> Further, with the Coconut Grove Playhouse side crashing to the street by contractor John Bell Construction a local county firm doing the work. Bell a FIU grad was featured in the schools Panther Newspaper. The County picked the firm probable on price, under Michael Spring who I have mixed feelings about after he wasn’t truthful on construction of The Frost Science Museum, that later ran over.
>> JHS Foundation oversight, and brought inside and does not tolerate embezzlement and JHS worked closely with law enforcement, said a COO David Zambrana, to trustees Wednesday. Further treasurer Carmen M. Sabater, “stated trust is 4 percent above budget and a pretty good cash position,” she said. Here is the Foundations criminal accusations FOR more:https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/jackson-health-foundation-executive-charged-pocketing-over-1-million-kickbacks
Context: I want to thank The Coconut Grove SPOTLIGHT: FOR the profile: 25th anniversary of the Watchdog Report, done by Mike Clary, someone I met long ago in 2000 at county hall during the Gore Bush 2000 election, when he was with the L.A. Times.: To read the story click here: https://coconutgrovespotlight.com/2025/04/14/still-barking-a-watchdog-at-25/
>>> I seem to have a curse in my life If I get profiled, over the years my life only gets harder as four weeks now with no support money has come in.
Further, I do not use a walker, yes, a cane, for long distances and my health is semi-OK (no colon or lung cancer after tests), and I’m not that feeble, and will be going to Miami lower-level meetings like the never scheduled Finance Committee, on public no meeting notices, for months now. Also, after multiple requests asking how much spent on attorney’s fees for Carollo to both manager A
Art Noriega, and CFO Larry Spring have not responded not asking for launch codes here and the public has a right to know. >>> Now we know “it’s $10 million,” but I bet more depending on reason classification in expenditure, Commissioner Gabela told me outside city hall Thursday and an EXTRA was sent out.
>>> Will loss of elections Supt. Christine White, after 300 municipal elections, new Supt. Garcia Rolls dice, re accurate elections in the county, after years of efficient elections, Garcia no experience in detail, logistics 850 polls opening on time, she must bring her A game to job, less a social butterfly, to keep voters trust and is a Biden election denier? Local municipal elections first test of Garcia’s performance, before big tests general elections?
Miami- Dade County elections Supervisor Alina Garcia, is rolling the dice after a philosophy difference says the media. For prior supervisor of elections Christina White, a 19-year, county employee goes to the county’s Park & Recreation Department. I have known White for years and watched her operation for years, calm, efficient a detail person with 850 polls opening on time, no easy task given the county’s past election performance over the ears. Garcia a former state representative is a Trump fan versus White a Democrat. ON social media Garcia is a social butterfly being photographed with a host of lawmakers and joined the county commissioners DC, fly in recently, but elections are also a detail job very different from being a state rep., and the loss of white while turning over a very well-organized elections dept it is not a static job and Garcia better bring her A game to the job, or voters could be in the national spotlight again when it comes elections. I could not see get disclosure info filed at state.
>>> City of Miami has “spent $10 million in legal fees defending commissioner Joe Carollo, in court cases,” said Miami Commissioner Miguel A. Gabela, to the WDR Thursday afternoon outside city hall after an explosive commission meeting out of control. With Fridays commission meeting being only the same chaotic meeting ending in a shouting match, about numerous boats at a home he owns, a code violation, Carollo contends, so stay tuned.
Gabela & the WDR had been asking how much the city had spent on legal fees, but this is the first conformation by Gabela and he will show me the spread
>>> We will “no more [use] sticky notes,” said the county’s IT director Margaret Brisbane, MBA, and she had grim news when it came to the age of the existing systems at the county, noting, there are 2,500 dashboards in the IT system 38 years old,
County facing a $400 million shortfall county has $22 billion in debt. However, a Crisis in years developing, after years and $6.14 billion in federal funding and now going away with HUD cutting $26 billion in federal funding, key to the county’s Homeless Trust, as well as affordable housing stated county staff last week.
How could it be worse?
The county has $2billion in receivables debt from Jackson Health Systems to Animal Services and $24 million in growth for the public hospital system, explained staff, last week.
>>> Yearly 2025-2026 AOA between UM Medical school &JHS approved, $84.9 million in 2025: 2026 $85.6 million trust documents, state.
The yearly Annual Operating agreement between Jackson Health System and the University of Miami Miller Medical School was approved on recently. The mutual agreement between the Miller Medical School has been going on since 1952 and allows the medical school intern slots at Jackson facilities. This year’s agreements were $84.9 million and next year is projected at $85.6 million. This funding is further enhanced by intergovernmental transfer of government funds. The trust hired a company Chartis, to create mythology to track to fully account for UM services, texted Esther Caravia-Abolila, CEO Migoya’s chief of staff.
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>>>> Here is a list of all the Miami Commission removed or suspended from office since 1997. They are Miller Dawkins, Humberto Hernandez (twice), Art Teele, Angel Gonzalez, Johnny Winton, Michelle Spence Jones (later reinstated), Alex Diaz de la Portilla, most recently. The public is wondering if others will be charged as well since Miami has the so called “friends and family plan” often referred to at city boards where people get a break at the boards on their fines or punishment. Forced out police chief Art Acevedo mentioned the interference and use of government against political enemies by commissioners and interfering with police operations like code enforcement.
The authorities from the Broward state attorney’s office to Miami-Dade County state attorney working together have delved deep into the city and some wonder if years of corruption will finally be weeded out in this minority majority community. All the candidates running against DLP say they will fight the corruption at City Hall, where cozy relations with lobbyist is the rule of the day, with many sayings what’s the problem everyone is doing it, which is so true and blatant.
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Mr. ANGEL ESPINOSA – (Deceased) owner COCONUT GROVE DRY CLEANER’S, Allowed a $1,000. Dry cleaning bill, go slow payment plan
HUGH CULVERHOUSE, Jr (The first contributor to the WDR)
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT www.fpl.com .
THE MIAMI HERALD www.miamiherald.com (2000-2007)
ARTHUR HERTZ, deceased one of the first supporters
WILLIAM HUGGETT, Seamen Attorney (Deceased)
ALFRED NOVAK
LINDA E. RICKER (Deceased)
JOHN S. and JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION www.knightfoundation.org
THE HONORABLE STANLEY G. TATE
>>> Watchdog Report supporters – $2,000 a year
MARTIN MARGULIES margulieswarehouse.com
BADIA SPICES www.badiaspices.com
RONALD Hall
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY www.miamidade.gov
UNITED WAY OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
>>> Watchdog Report supporters – $1,000 to $5,000 a year
BADIA SPICES www.badiaspices.com
BERKOWITZ POLLACK BRANT Advisors and Accountants www.bpbcpa.com
JEFFREY L. BERKOWITZ TRUST
BERCOW RADELL FERNANDEZ & LARKIN & Tapanes www.brzoninglaw.com
RON BOOK, Esq. https://rlbookpa.com/team/
BENEDICT P. KUEHNE, Esq. http://www.kuehnelaw.com/
LINDA MURPHY: Gave a new laptop in Oct. 2001 to keep me going.
Rbb www.rbbcommmunications.com
SHUBIN & BASS www.shubinbass.com
WILLIAMSOM AUTOMOTIVE GROUP http://williamsonautomotivegroup.com/
>>> Public, Educational & Social institutions – subscribers at $1,000 or less
CITY OF MIAMI www.miamigov.com.
CITY OF CORAL GABLES www.coralgables.com
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH www.miamibeachfl.gov
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS www.chapmanpartnership.org
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY www.fiu.edu
THE STATE OF FLORIDA www.myflorida.gov
GREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE www.miamichamber.com
GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU www.miamiandbeaches.com
HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA www.hfsf.org
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION www.miamidade.gov
MIAMI-DADE COMMISSION OFFICE OF THE CHAIR www.miamidade.gov
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ETHICS & PUBLIC TRUST COMMISSION
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HOMELESS TRUST: www.miamidade.gov/homeless/
MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE www.mdc.edu
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INSPECTOR GENERAL www.miamidade.gov/ig
MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD www.dadeschools.net
MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPT. http://superintendent.dadeschools.net/
MIAMI DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY www.miamidda.com
PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST & JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM www.jhsmiami.org
THE CHILDREN’S TRUST www.thechildrenstrust.org
THE GOOD GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE http://goodgov.net/
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA http://www.firstgov.gov/
>>> Public, Educational & Social institutions – subscribers at $1,000 or less
CITY OF MIAMI www.miamigov.com.
CITY OF CORAL GABLES www.coralgables.com
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS www.chapmanpartnership.org
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY www.fiu.edu
THE STATE OF FLORIDA www.myflorida.gov
To contribute to the WDR send and make it payable to Daniel A. Ricker
Daniel A. Ricker
3109 Grand Ave.#125
Miami, Fla. 33133