BTU SCANDAL: Pat Santeramo Was “Event Chair” For May 2009 Alex Sink Fundraiser - Red Broward Article
If you notice in the Event Chairs and Host Committee Names, There is a close relationship between Mayor Frank Ortis and CCA Atty Sam Poole and Diana Wasserman Rubin if they are working on a Host Committee to Re-Elect Alex Sink... They have been socializing together and have planned events together... you can't tell me that this wasn't discussed on how to get this Prison put past "THE TAXPAYERS" during any of their time together???
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Event Chairs
Mitchell Berger, Tom Cornish, Austin Forman, Fred Karlinsky, Steve Jackman
Alan Levy, Commissioner Ilene Lieberman, Hon. Fred Lippman, Mike Moskowitz
Tom Panza, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter & Russ Klenet, Bill Rubin,
Pat Santeramo, Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler, Wayne Spath, Judy Stern,
Jim Stork, Stephanie Toothaker, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Host Committee
(Committee in Formation)
Pamela Adams, Michael Albetta, Gale Butler, Mitch Ceasar, Susan Delegal
Sheryl Dickey, Hon. George Firestone, Katie Gustafon Foster, Gabe Imperato
Hon. Ken Keechl, Ben Lap, Ruchel Louis, Pat Maloy, Dennis Mele, Stephen Moss
Bill Murphy, Hon. Frank Ortis, Hon. Lori Parrish, Sam Poole, Dan Reynolds
Hon. Nan Rich, Hon. Tim Ryan, Lenny Samuels, Adele Stone
Hon. Larry Smith, Charles Thayer, Dean Trantalis, Hon. Diana Wasserman-Rubin
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The Town of Southwest Ranches, Corrections Corporation of American (CCA), and DHS / ICE want to build one of the largest immigration detention centers in the nation within walking distance of thousands of homes; thus, reducing the quality of our life and our community. We do not agree with the federal government privatizing our immigration detention centers throughout the nation when there is clear evidence that privatizing our prisons creates a clear public safety threat. For ICE to continue to privatize these institutions and bring this safety threat through their "secure communities Initiative" to our community is unacceptable. Depriving someone of their liberty is a non-delegable governmental function and privatizing of such a function is infecting our nation like a virus.
The Town of Southwest Ranches has now entered into it's THIRD Fire Contract within the last year now with the Town of Davie, costing taxpayers $120,000 in ramp up fees. They are now closing several roads in western Southwest Ranches charging the tax payers $80,000 for the gates. They have paid an unknown amount of money for lobbying with ICE regarding this prison. They have several lawsuits against the Town, 1- Involving Open Meeting Violations on a November 5th meeting concerning the ICE Detention Center, 2- Open Records Violations, and 3- The Town is putting together a lawsuit to sue Pembroke Pines for breach of contract because the City utilized their exit clause and cancelled for convenience their Fire/EMS contract which included water and sewer at the last minute for the CCA prison. In the contract it states that there should be no third party beneficiaries. CCA would be a third party in this instance.
CCA has also filed suit in Federal court against the City of Pembroke Pines saying they are denying them water however the City had never seen a water application. The City did file for a Declaratory Judgement in State Court but that has been put on hold until the Federal Court hears the suit from CCA.
Is ANYONE CONFUSED as to why the Pembroke Pines/Southwest Ranches Fire Agreement was cancelled? The Town Attorney Keith Poliakoff attempted to "slip" into the agreement a portion that guaranteed water for the prison at CCA's request. This is something that should have been brought up separately. CCA should have brought it forward on their own in a water application. This is sleight of hand that CCA and the Town attempted to do because they were so afraid of CCA being on the Pembroke Pines agenda.
As of June 2012, ICE put out a statement that the site selection was no longer needed due to the fact that the extra bedspace was no longer needed. READ UPDATE HERE!
The Town of Southwest Ranches has now entered into it's THIRD Fire Contract within the last year now with the Town of Davie, costing taxpayers $120,000 in ramp up fees. They are now closing several roads in western Southwest Ranches charging the tax payers $80,000 for the gates. They have paid an unknown amount of money for lobbying with ICE regarding this prison. They have several lawsuits against the Town, 1- Involving Open Meeting Violations on a November 5th meeting concerning the ICE Detention Center, 2- Open Records Violations, and 3- The Town is putting together a lawsuit to sue Pembroke Pines for breach of contract because the City utilized their exit clause and cancelled for convenience their Fire/EMS contract which included water and sewer at the last minute for the CCA prison. In the contract it states that there should be no third party beneficiaries. CCA would be a third party in this instance.
CCA has also filed suit in Federal court against the City of Pembroke Pines saying they are denying them water however the City had never seen a water application. The City did file for a Declaratory Judgement in State Court but that has been put on hold until the Federal Court hears the suit from CCA.
Is ANYONE CONFUSED as to why the Pembroke Pines/Southwest Ranches Fire Agreement was cancelled? The Town Attorney Keith Poliakoff attempted to "slip" into the agreement a portion that guaranteed water for the prison at CCA's request. This is something that should have been brought up separately. CCA should have brought it forward on their own in a water application. This is sleight of hand that CCA and the Town attempted to do because they were so afraid of CCA being on the Pembroke Pines agenda.
As of June 2012, ICE put out a statement that the site selection was no longer needed due to the fact that the extra bedspace was no longer needed. READ UPDATE HERE!
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