Pages

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!


Friday, March 23, 2012

Pro Prison Wasserman-Schultz Makes Her Constituents Unhappy


Congresswoman FL-20 and Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz is criticized by a constituent at the last Pembroke Pines commission meeting. Wasserman-Schultz earned the ire of her constituents when she and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) went on record endorsing the proposed 2200 bed immigrant prison and deportation processing center in Southwest Ranches last year.


Wasserman-Schultz has taken money from the operator of the proposed prison, Corrections Corporation of America, LLC.  Wasserman-Schultz has steadfastly refused to meet with her constituents regarding her endorsement, has resolutely affirmed her continued support for the prison, and now has gone radio silent.



Feeling betrayed by Wasserman-Schultz, there is a building demand that Pembroke Pines does not renew the lease for the office suite she occupies at Pines city hall.  In fact, Wasserman Schultz has reportedly requested that Pines residents provide her office space for free.

Please watch the video of a Pembroke Pines resident speaking on the topic of denying Wasserman Schultz her lease.

Wasserman Schultz is up for reelection in November.  We feel that denying her a lease is the least that can be done to show her how displeased we are for her endorsement of a prison 1.25 miles from our brand new state of the art, A rated, high school, West Broward High.

This follows a meeting where the Broward County Commission reaffirmed their position that prisons belong next to public schools such as West Broward High School and gated communities such as Laguna Isles in Pembroke Pines.

Is a prison in the heart of a vibrant section of two municipalities the best vision for our future that these present leaders have for us?  What a sad state of affairs if Wasserman-Schultz, Nelson, SWR Council and Broward County Commission are the best that we can muster for leadership.

6 comments:

  1. She is the poster child of corruption and dishonesty!!!!!!!!! We will never forget that she is the one supporting / endorsing the building of a prison next to schools and homes!!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. She sold us out for $1,000 that CCA gave her..... $1,000 !!!!! Remember that people!!!!!!!!! She is working for lobbyists, NOT for the people!!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. The ultimate hypocrite - one hand touts immigration reform while the other hand is taking money from a private prison company to build a federal immigration detention center in her own district.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Unfortunately, it's not as mild as that. She agressively bashes Republicans such as Jim Sensenbrenner and Mitt Romney for a "round'em up and deport'em" mentality. Please review our two blog posting on the topic.

    http://www.noprisonswr.org/2011/11/wasserman-schultz-gingrich-has.html

    http://www.noprisonswr.org/2011/11/hipocracy-of-dnc-chair.html

    ReplyDelete
  5. DWS is 110% obsessed politician.

    She is a poster child and symbol of all that is wrong with modern politicians and politics.

    She is totally focused on her own growth inside the political machine of the Democratic Party and whatever special deals work best for her personal goals.

    Simply listen to any of her speeches or ideas and you can clearly see how unbelievable and out of touch she is.

    As stated at the beginning of this post .... almost all modern day politicians of both parties are pretty repulsive these days , but DWS is the lowest of the low.

    She needs to simply be sent packing never to be heard from again.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Wasserman Schultz is a hypocrite and lier, her only motivation in life is the Dollar. JLTV, Jewish Life TV, a channel available on Direct TV recently broadcast an interview of her, where she uttred a list of her achievements in support of her South Florida constituents, but always focused on her boss Obama, never failing to credit him for all the goodness on Planet Earth. When she was asked about the Obama administrations roles in the Libyan and Egyptian governmental overthrows, and the security of the Jewish State, she danced and shuffled, crediting Obama with making the region safer for Israel, and that Obama stands behind the safety and security of Israel. We all know that is a lie, as Obama has leaked Israeli military secrets, and is opposed to any self defense measures Israel must take in order for its survival. What this reveals about Wasserman Schultz is that she has no concern for the safety of Israel, as her telling lies and falsehoods only to build up Obama and her political status. But why would she, as a member of the Jewish Religion, turn against Israel ? Its the Dollar and her quest for power. Its doubtful we can throw her out of office, as the crowd of Century Village is on her birthday and Holiday list for presents and gifts, as are the community organizations that support Israel. My point is that Obama is an Islamic sympathyser and hates the Jewish people, and Wasserman Schultz is his evil doer. We must use all in our toolbox to insure Wasserman is not reelected.

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for your comments. Your comment will be posted by the moderator. Any threats of people are discouraged and as such those comments will be removed. Thank you for contributing to our conversation on the Southwest Ranches ICE/CCA Detention Center