Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Great quote...
An ironic twist...
The funny thing is Rod Blagojevich offers a Senate seat up for sale and the nation goes into an apoplectic fit. Rodney Barretto is appointed as the chairman of the Fish and Wildlife Commission for his fund raising abilities and people don't bat an eyelash!
Onward Parkland! Bring on the destruction of South Florida for the benefit of the landed gentry!
Onward Parkland! Bring on the destruction of South Florida for the benefit of the landed gentry!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Please bail out the developers! My mind has been clouded by unimportant details!
The men who purchased the goodly land known as Parkland deserve to be bailed out.
For the past few months I've been spending my free time telling my friends and neighbors about the environmental destruction that building outside the UDB would bring. I've been talking about building within two miles of the Everglades and the precedent it would set. Flooding and inadequate roads have been mentioned. I've worried about traffic clogging Kendall Drive.
But I was missing the most important point of all! Miami's nobility: Patrick Gleber, Sergio Pino and Rodney Barreto, among others, are what really counts in all this! You see, they took a risk when they purchased land at inflated values outside of the area they were permitted to build on.
Are we going to let them lose some of their hard-earned millions just because of a real-estate crash? Are we going to give up on our esteemed Lords and Nobility just because the stock market has fallen? Bah!
I'm ashamed of myself. Just like our worthless forebearers from the Middle Ages, the serfs, we are nothing without the Lords of the Manor. In my ignorance, I have forgotten how petty and inconsequential I am. Since we don't have any crops to give to Sire Pino and Sire Barreto (we don't need agriculture when we can grow sub-divisions!), the least we can do is let them do whatever they want with their land.
In the spirit of forgiveness, I feel they should be able to deduct our tax money directly into their off-shore bank accounts.
For the past few months I've been spending my free time telling my friends and neighbors about the environmental destruction that building outside the UDB would bring. I've been talking about building within two miles of the Everglades and the precedent it would set. Flooding and inadequate roads have been mentioned. I've worried about traffic clogging Kendall Drive.
But I was missing the most important point of all! Miami's nobility: Patrick Gleber, Sergio Pino and Rodney Barreto, among others, are what really counts in all this! You see, they took a risk when they purchased land at inflated values outside of the area they were permitted to build on.
Are we going to let them lose some of their hard-earned millions just because of a real-estate crash? Are we going to give up on our esteemed Lords and Nobility just because the stock market has fallen? Bah!
I'm ashamed of myself. Just like our worthless forebearers from the Middle Ages, the serfs, we are nothing without the Lords of the Manor. In my ignorance, I have forgotten how petty and inconsequential I am. Since we don't have any crops to give to Sire Pino and Sire Barreto (we don't need agriculture when we can grow sub-divisions!), the least we can do is let them do whatever they want with their land.
In the spirit of forgiveness, I feel they should be able to deduct our tax money directly into their off-shore bank accounts.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Attack of the "free market"
You are going to love this :
Attack of the "Free Market". It consumed too many mortgage backed securities!
Attack of the "Free Market". It consumed too many mortgage backed securities!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Future generations will judge us...
...based on how we maintain the environment.
Thankfully Commissioner Sosa has agreed to meet with me next week. I am so excited to be able to speak with one of the people who will decide on Parkland.
Thankfully Commissioner Sosa has agreed to meet with me next week. I am so excited to be able to speak with one of the people who will decide on Parkland.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
If you think traffic on Kendall Drive is bad now...
...Wait until after we have 18,000 more vehicles coming from Parkland.
You might as well install parking meters because nobody is going to be moving....
You might as well install parking meters because nobody is going to be moving....
Predictable responses
When people hear of a plan to build 7,000 new homes outside of the urban development boundary their reaction follows a predictable plan.
First they are horrified. Then they remember where they live and how corrupt this city is and they accept it. Then they tell me how they are leaving Miami anyways.
It's a fairly regular pattern. But we'd have a chance to defeat Parkland if we had more exposure.
I'd guess that today, December 4th, 2008, 3 out of 100 people know about the proposal. If we could increase recognition, we'd be able to win!
Last night I purchased www.notoparkland.org. I'm going to print out flyers and put them around town.
First they are horrified. Then they remember where they live and how corrupt this city is and they accept it. Then they tell me how they are leaving Miami anyways.
It's a fairly regular pattern. But we'd have a chance to defeat Parkland if we had more exposure.
I'd guess that today, December 4th, 2008, 3 out of 100 people know about the proposal. If we could increase recognition, we'd be able to win!
Last night I purchased www.notoparkland.org. I'm going to print out flyers and put them around town.
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