Senator Bill Nelson may have held out for a few months longer than Debbie and then was given twice as much. His endorsement, apparently was worth $2000.
Did CCA consider Bill Nelson's endorsement twice as valuable as Debbie's? It's possible, as Bill is a senator and is a much rarer commodity than a congressperson. There are only 100 senators for Prison, Inc. to buy off, while there are 435 congresspeople that need to be bought by Prison, Inc.. Simple math tells us that if Prison Inc. has a limited pool of money they obtained by profiting off the taxpayer, they have to spread around that limited money to more people in the House of Representatives, so the bribe that each congress person will receive is less. Also, the joint endorsement did appear on Senate letter head. So, even though the taxpayer paid for the supplies to produce the lobbying letter for CCA, it did come from Nelson and not Wasserman Schultz.
Our group has respectfully reached out to both Nelson and Wasserman Schultz and asked them to withdraw their letter of support for the facility. Wasserman Schultz has been unrepentant and steadfastly REFUSED to withdraw her support. She told Jimmy Cefalo that it was the best thing for Southwest Ranches and Pembroke Pines residents.
Bill Nelson who CLAIMS he's a staunch environmentalist and deeply concerned with Everglades protection; likewise, has simply refused to address our requests to withdraw his support for the prison project. This project is situated just behind the levy wall separating the Everglades from developed Florida.
The site will consume up to 500,000 gallons a day of Biscayne Aquifer water AND potentially have processed sewage pumped back into the aquifer. How committed is Senator Nelson to environmentalism and Everglades protection if he can ENDORSE this immense resource pig and what would be the largest construction adjacent to ANY Everglades water? How committed is a person if they will give up all their deeply held beliefs for $2000 from a predatory bunch of crony capitalists at Prison Inc. who do nothing but suck up taxpayer dollars as they have no product the free market wants and rely solely on your tax dollars for their profit?
He supports a ban on the importation of the Burmese Python which has wreaked havoc on the Glades, but have ALL the snakes really been banned from the Everglades?
It says alot about Wassermann Schultz when she sells our her constituents for $1000. Who knew Debbie was so cheap and easy? As for astronaut/environmentalist Senator Nelson...what man sells out his ideals for $2000? They're both shameful wh***s.
ReplyDeleteIf you can get a $100 million facility built for a $1000 contribution, do you think that a $10 contribution might get us a new computer to do our blogging? How about it Bill? Debbie?
ReplyDeleteWhat's most disturbing is that these two are the best politicians that money can buy, i.e, a former astronaut and senior senator from one of the largest and most influential states in the nation, or a chairperson in charge of the entire Democratic National Committee. Looking at how they behave, them being the best is really not saying much about the rest of them.
We wish they both would simple say, "We apologize, should not have taken money from CCA or offended our residents/voters, and we remove our endorsement of the project." Doesn't that sound pretty easy and painless? They'd rather battle us at the polls in November, instead.
Cowboy up.
For an alternative to Senator Nelson check out this outsider:
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