African American City Commission Votes to Remove 5100 of their own Citizens?
So..............., Lest this get's to confusing. Let's get the chronology down:
1) City of Riviera Beach City Florida wastes twenty one million Bucks and 10-15 years making a plan to improve their city.
2) Developers and corrupt politicians decide that middle class homes near the water constitute blight.
3) Riviera CRA decides that improving the community means getting rich white folks with money into the blighted neighborhood.
4) CRA votes to take 5100 homes of middle class and low-income citizens,tear them down and replace them with luxury condos.
5) CRA votes to sell the last public beach access in town to the Marriott to build 3 twenty seven story time shares and hotel rooms.
6) Citizens organize their homes and beaches.
7) CRA chastises citizens as listening to outsiders and misinformation specialists while they make a deal with a multi-national corporation based in New Jersey to sell their city. (Translated? The city utilizes outsiders and misinformation specialists to cash in on 2 billion dollars in development money)
8) Citizens fight to save their homes.
The story here is much the same all over the state of Florida in Black and minority communities. Keith Oberman of MSNBC nominated the Mayor of Riviera Beach, Michael Brown as "worst person in the world" for his efforts to remove his citizens just under FEMA for their treatment of the poor in New Orleans (can you believe his name is Michael Brown?). The Washington Times and even Laura Ingram (right wing zealot) have called the City's plan absolutely insane.
Meanwhile all the people who voted to do this besides one are?...... Democrats?
Yep.
Tonight plans to pull the Marriott away from the Beach were thrown out to hush citizens up. Nothing about the homes in the black community. Citizens have gotten 100 homes saved from the plan so far. The fight to save the other 1600 homes goes on.
What does all this mean?
It means Democrats who were so used to getting urban redevelopment money can't seem to turn it down no matter what it means to their own constituents. On the Laura Ingram show on the 5th Mayor Brown stated that "because of current CRA guidelines set forward by the government we have to partner for economic development to get redevelopment money".
So that must mean that even if it means ethnic cleansing we must get money. Isn't that what it means?
The biggest proponent of the plan of recent has been African American Republican and City Commission President Liz Wade. Liz is quite a character but at least she is living up to her chosen beliefs in big money over little people. Of course all the players in the foreground overshadow the true men behind the curtain. Catalfumo inc., Viking Marine, and various individuals from New Jersey who have a history in Waste Management (if you know what I mean?) The true outsiders who have "come into the community". They have bought up all the property they could from families at basement prices in the run up to the redevelopment. Foreclosures have made it easier. What is the redevelopment worth? 2 Billion dollars and the largest use of eminent domain in US history.
Amazing huh? Democrats voting to remove Democrats from their communities? African American elite voting to remove the African American underclass from their city. Meanwhile your's truly has been threatened by large men who look really out of place in leather coats in Florida for assisting folks in trying to stand up for themselves. Comes with the territory. Result. Families in South Florida are planning their exodus to paradise? No South Georgia. A palce where cheap property is available. Are their jobs there? Not many. A great educational system? No. Just a place where they won't be renters.
Gee, wonder why Dems keep losing Florida? We may have found the answer. So, now what? Well I have a thought. What happens when a glut of condos are built and the housing market tanks? A whole bunch of poor folks end up renting luxury condos? I doubt it. Lots of empty buildings with teh lights off? probably. Stay tuned.
1) City of Riviera Beach City Florida wastes twenty one million Bucks and 10-15 years making a plan to improve their city.
2) Developers and corrupt politicians decide that middle class homes near the water constitute blight.
3) Riviera CRA decides that improving the community means getting rich white folks with money into the blighted neighborhood.
4) CRA votes to take 5100 homes of middle class and low-income citizens,tear them down and replace them with luxury condos.
5) CRA votes to sell the last public beach access in town to the Marriott to build 3 twenty seven story time shares and hotel rooms.
6) Citizens organize their homes and beaches.
7) CRA chastises citizens as listening to outsiders and misinformation specialists while they make a deal with a multi-national corporation based in New Jersey to sell their city. (Translated? The city utilizes outsiders and misinformation specialists to cash in on 2 billion dollars in development money)
8) Citizens fight to save their homes.
The story here is much the same all over the state of Florida in Black and minority communities. Keith Oberman of MSNBC nominated the Mayor of Riviera Beach, Michael Brown as "worst person in the world" for his efforts to remove his citizens just under FEMA for their treatment of the poor in New Orleans (can you believe his name is Michael Brown?). The Washington Times and even Laura Ingram (right wing zealot) have called the City's plan absolutely insane.
Meanwhile all the people who voted to do this besides one are?...... Democrats?
Yep.
Tonight plans to pull the Marriott away from the Beach were thrown out to hush citizens up. Nothing about the homes in the black community. Citizens have gotten 100 homes saved from the plan so far. The fight to save the other 1600 homes goes on.
What does all this mean?
It means Democrats who were so used to getting urban redevelopment money can't seem to turn it down no matter what it means to their own constituents. On the Laura Ingram show on the 5th Mayor Brown stated that "because of current CRA guidelines set forward by the government we have to partner for economic development to get redevelopment money".
So that must mean that even if it means ethnic cleansing we must get money. Isn't that what it means?
The biggest proponent of the plan of recent has been African American Republican and City Commission President Liz Wade. Liz is quite a character but at least she is living up to her chosen beliefs in big money over little people. Of course all the players in the foreground overshadow the true men behind the curtain. Catalfumo inc., Viking Marine, and various individuals from New Jersey who have a history in Waste Management (if you know what I mean?) The true outsiders who have "come into the community". They have bought up all the property they could from families at basement prices in the run up to the redevelopment. Foreclosures have made it easier. What is the redevelopment worth? 2 Billion dollars and the largest use of eminent domain in US history.
Amazing huh? Democrats voting to remove Democrats from their communities? African American elite voting to remove the African American underclass from their city. Meanwhile your's truly has been threatened by large men who look really out of place in leather coats in Florida for assisting folks in trying to stand up for themselves. Comes with the territory. Result. Families in South Florida are planning their exodus to paradise? No South Georgia. A palce where cheap property is available. Are their jobs there? Not many. A great educational system? No. Just a place where they won't be renters.
Gee, wonder why Dems keep losing Florida? We may have found the answer. So, now what? Well I have a thought. What happens when a glut of condos are built and the housing market tanks? A whole bunch of poor folks end up renting luxury condos? I doubt it. Lots of empty buildings with teh lights off? probably. Stay tuned.
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