Archive for December, 2009
You know what’s fun about Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer at this point? No one likes him. We could call him “a fat, pompous windbag whose skills at leading his party is only…
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CocoWalk, the crown jewel of downtown Coconut Grove, has been hit with a $98 million foreclosure lawsuit filed by Bank of America, putting the future of the shopping, dining, and entertain…
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Chris Brown has done things he's not proud of, but it was deleting his Twitter account that stung like a slap on the faces of all his fans. Luckily his fans are forgiving because Brown still sells out shows, as he did earlier this month at the Nokia Theater in NYC. But we wonder who will show up to Club Play on New Year's Day, where Brown is set to perform around midnight, isn't performing, he's only hosting, although the organizers keep giving us conflicting information so we wonder if he will even show up in the first place. For the privilege of seeing him and maybe hearing him, you can expect to pay a cover charge upwards of $50. We'd rather see him pick up garbage on the side of the road for free, frankly.
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This may be the biggest shoe to drop yet against Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer: A host of the most veteran and accomplished GOP bundlers in Florida are calling on Greer to resign now or be ousted. One might try to brush off these names as Jeb Bush allies, but we can't understate the significance for Charlie Crist of the name MEL SEMBLER on the following letter. No prediction yet for what will happen Jan 8-9 in Orlando, but at this moment it looks hard to see how Greer keeps his job:
LETTER TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA
We, the undersigned, constitute a geographically diverse group of professional, civic, and business leaders from all regions of Florida. Nonetheless, we have been over the years, and more so now, singularly united in our firm conviction and support for the principles and values of the Republican Party here in our Great State of Florida.Each one of us has spent many years and many election cycles helping candidates at the local, county and state levels in elections, raising money and doing whatever was needed for the election of Republican candidates in Florida as well as across our country. Our success to date is of course testament to the hard work and dedication of the thousands of workers and generous donors who made possible the incredible successes over the past twelve (12) years.
But, more importantly, our success could not have been possible without the highest ethical principles of not only our candidates for whom we have all supported and worked — but also our Party Leadership— holding to the values that make our Florida Republican Party relevant.
If any part of this essential triad relationship—–the Candidate, the Party Leadership and equally, if not most important, the volunteer army of donors at all levels along with campaign workers who give of their time, energy and largesse to willingly support a cause/candidate they believe in for the good of our state and country—does not meet these standards in an integrated and harmonious way so as to provide strong and trusting support of each other—-then we have an unstable alignment, and the chances of success are greatly diminished.
Based on the current state of affairs of the Republican Party of Florida today—first, the continued inability to raise the necessary resources to fund its budget; second, its inability to adjust its budget to eliminate unnecessary expenses; and third, its inability to motivate and unite all Republicans in a common effort for our collective benefit–it is evident that one of the elements of that essential triad relationship has fallen short.
This has resulted in a crisis of confidence in our Party with widespread uneasiness, lack of trust, lack of motivation, and raises questions about the leadership of Jim Greer, Chairman of the Party, among the grass roots active members of the Party, elected Leadership and those of us who have historically rallied financial support around the state of Florida.
Thus we can only come to the conclusion that there must be an immediate change of chairmanship of the Republican Party of Florida.
There must be a change in order to restore total confidence in our Party's ability to conserve its assets, save and protect them for the specific purpose of electing Republicans in their campaigns; not only in 2010 election cycle but also to not carry forward debt if possible for the next 2012 election cycle.
There must be a change in leadership to successfully execute the strategic plan for victory in 2010 election cycle for Republicans on the ballot in both federal and non-federal races.
There must be a change to reinvigorate, restore confidence and restart all elements of our Republican base so the Party can successfully raise the necessary financial resources to achieve these objectives.
We do not take this Call for Action lightly. It is even more agonizing to publically call for this plan of action but it would not have come to this had Jim Greer heeded warning calls and implemented a strategic plan of action for our Republican candidates as a competent State Chairman should and would.
Many months have passed with no response from Mr. Greer to private appeals for a change in course of action, and now with less than a year until the primary elections, we must set our internal house in order straight away to achieve victory in November.
The best interests of the Party would be for Mr. Greer to resign now. Failing this, he should be removed as quickly as possible.
Thank you for your attention to this very serious situation.
Mr. Richard Beard, Tampa Mr. William Becker, Vero Beach
Mr. Seth Bernstein, Orlando Ambassador Charles E. Cobb, Miami
Mr. J.C. Demetree, Jacksonville Mr. Earl Durden, Panama City
Mr. Ed Easton, Miami Mr. Mark Guzetta, Boca Raton
Mr. Charles Hilton, Panama City
Ambassador Al Hoffman, Ft. Myers,
Ambassador Mel Sembler, St. Petersburg
Ambassador Ned Siegel, Boca Raton, Palm Beach
For the first time in history, Arizona will host as many Major League Baseball teams as Florida this spring.
It's
a trend that concerns Florida tourism officials and lawmakers, who are
determined to keep the Grapefruit League's 15 teams, if not entice
others to join. Earlier this month, Gov. Charlie Crist met with
owners of the Chicago Cubs and promised to "do whatever it takes" to
lure them to the Naples area for spring training. Lawmakers are talking
about giving the Florida Sports Foundation more power to negotiate
deals and grant the agency a dedicated funding source for incentives.
"The
Legislature is starting to realize that we must protect our remaining
spring training industry and become more aggressive in recruiting some
of the teams back from Arizona that we have lost over the years," said Rep. Rob Schenck, R-Spring Hill. Read more here.
Loose Cannons 2 Year Anniversary Race
Thursday, January 7th 2010
10pm
Revolution Bicycle Services
3444 Main HWY #16
Miami, FL 33133
This race is 9 miles.
Winner gets $50 bar tab.
$2 beers for all cyclists.
Prize will be split between 1st road bike & 1st fixed gear bike. If overall 1st is fixed gear they win full $50 bar tab.
*Lights & helmets encouraged.
I’d like to know what Charlie really thinks. In The Miami Herald oped page this morning, Michael Putney takes aim at off-course Charlie, running for US Senate in a tight primary race against Miamian, Marco Rubio. The Herald reported a recent editorial board meeting where Charlie (that would be Florida Governor Charlie Crist) appeared distracted and lackluster. Putney’s editorial concentrates on a
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The County is desperately seeking your input on the first part of their community-wide sustainability plan for Miami-Dade (not just for County operations). This first step, a draft Sustainability Assessment Report, can be accessed via this link. According to the County, the purpose of the Green Print Assessment Report is not to set goals or prioritize initiatives (that will come later), but
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What other DJ can speak it into existence like Khaled does? Maybe none.For a guy whose job it is to play records, he makes it seem like the most important job on the planet, like the entire …
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Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. The Isle Casino & Racing in Pompano has its own universe of bars and restaurants to explor…
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