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At Miami Business School, BIS Head Defends Globalism And Bashes Bitcoin
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This interview is part of the “Tomorrow Lives Here” Conversation Series presented by Miami Business School.
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–The head of the Bank for International Settlements, Agustín Carstens defended globalism and bashed bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in an exclusive interview with RISE NEWS.
–Carstens is the general manager for BIS, a massive institution that is often called the “bank for the central banks”.
–Carstens was interviewed by Miami Business School Vice Dean Henrik Cronqvist.
–The former governor of Mexico’s Central Bank, Carstens has earned a reputation as being a strong skeptic of cryptocurrencies.
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Labeled Provisional Ballot Box Still Sitting At Another Broward School
Published: 3:53 PM
11/09/2018
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–Multiple sources tell RISE NEWS that a box labeled “Provisional Ballot Box” is still sitting at Stirling Elementary School in Hollywood.
-The box was opened and moved by school staff after Election Day because it was located in a room used by students at the school.
-The school’s principal told RISE NEWS that they opened the box labeled “Provisional Ballot Box” and other boxes while they were being moved.
This photo was taken by a teacher at Stirling Elementary School. It shows some of the materials still left behind by the Supervisor of Elections Office.
-The principal, Jacqueline Arnaez said that there were “unused” papers in the box and some extension cords. She did not think there were any ballots in the box.
-It was not locked and was very light according to Arnaez.
-The school’s media room was used as the voting place for voters in Broward County’s V053 precinct.
-Large pieces of voting equipment were also left at the school.
Some of the equipment left behind at Stirling Elementary School in Hollywood.
–Arnaez said that it was common practice for the Broward County Supervisor Of Elections Office to leave behind equipment and other elections related materials for days after Election Day.
-She could not recall whether a box labeled “Provisional Ballot Box” was ever left at the school after past elections.
–A spokesperson for the Broward elections office could not be reached by publication of this story.
–A similar gray box was found yesterday at Sunshine Elementary School in Miramar. That box was locked, however.
-Dozel Spencer, Broward’s director of voting equipment center operations told the Sun-Sentinel that were no ballots found in the locked box.
These print outs are still taped to the wall of the Stirling Elementary School in Hollywood.
-A parent of a student at the school told RISE NEWS that she felt the situation was “outrageous”.
“It just seems very irregular that these boxes were left around like this,” Maria-Victoria Ramirez, the mother of a student at the school who took some pictures of the box said. “I think we need to get to the bottom of why all these boxes are lying around.”
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Journalist Denied Access To Palm Beach Polling Place
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–Palm Beach Post reporter Lulu Ramadan was denied entry to a polling place in Boca Raton after she tried to access it to talk to voters leaving the site.
–According to a series of Tweets, Ramadan was asked to show ID when she attempted to reach the polling place located inside the Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton.
I’m at Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton where there’s a polling place for inside the gated community (for a precinct with 2,217 registered voters). I was denied access to the polls as a journalist looking to check in on potential issues/talk to voters. #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/SF4Bz3XTtm
— Lulu Ramadan (@luluramadan) November 6, 2018
–The gate is closed and not open to the public. When she showed her press badge, she was turned away because she is not a voter at the precinct.
–This seems to be a violation of election law as Sun-Sentinel reporter Dan Sweeney pointed out:
Lulu, it’s state law, section 101.71. “There shall be in each precinct in each county one polling place which shall be accessible to the public on election day and is managed by a board of inspectors and clerk of election.” They are violating state election law. Period.
— Dan Sweeney (@Daniel_Sweeney) November 6, 2018
–RISE NEWS called the Homeowners Association at Woodfield Country Club (the entity overseeing the polling place) and was told by the property manager that they had made a “mistake” in denying Ramadan.
–”We just got a call from the Supervisor of Elections telling us we made a faux pas,” Joan Burres, the property manager said. “Sorry that happened.”
–Burres said that the HOA had been traditionally informed that media was not allowed on the grounds of the country club. She also said that they didn’t realize that the site became “public” when it was being used as a polling location.
–Ramadan reports that the site is one of the biggest precincts in Palm Beach County with 2,217 registered voters.
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He’s Married To An American Citizen And Has An American Son. But He’s Getting Deported Anyway
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–The Musmanno family is in the middle of a horror that is becoming common in immigrant communities around the United States.
-A loved one is in a ICE jail. And there’s little hope of getting him out. He’s scheduled to be deported.
-Flavio Musmanno has been sitting in an ICE jail in Ohio since August 28.
-Flavio is an undocumented immigrant who has lived in the United States since 2000.
Flavio Musmanno and his family.
-Flavio has long worked construction jobs and was well liked by bosses who considered him a hard worker. He followed the work to Seneca County, Ohio.
-On August 28, he lost his wallet at a gas station.
-Within an hour, and many of the facts surrounding his arrest are still murky, he was called by an ICE officer and then detained.
-ICE did not respond to a request for information surrounding Flavio’s arrest.
-Flavio came to the country from Argentina under the visa waiver program and stayed after it expired. He married his longtime girlfriend Fabiana Zuin in 2017. At the time they were married, Fabiana was a permanent resident who was on the way to receiving her citizenship.
-Fabiana is now a US citizen.
-The family’s attorney tried to get the arresting officer to push for Flavio’s release.
-ICE has the legal authority to use discretion and release those they arrest due to extenuating personal circumstances.
-But the family’s attorney, Linda Osberg-Braun told RISE NEWS that ICE has not been using discretion like they used under the Trump Administration.
-So despite having an American son and being married to an American wife, Flavio Musmanno is scheduled to be deported back to a country he hasn’t been to in 18 years.
-And due to the special circumstances involving his entry into the US back in 2000 under the visa waiver program, Flavio does not have a right to be seen by a judge.
-Unless something changes, Flavio will be deported on October 9th.
-According to Osberg-Braun, he won’t be able to come back to the US for up to 10 years.
-The family is raising money to provide for the legal defense of Flavio.
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Red Tide Found In Miami-Dade County
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–State officials informed Miami-Dade County leaders late Wednesday that the bacteria that causes red tide has been discovered in the waters off Haulover Beach.
-As a result, Haulover and all other beaches north of the Haulover inlet have been closed until further notice.
-Miami may get more bad news today: samples taken from other beaches like South Beach and Crandon Park will be released later today.
-Red tide can kill fish and other marine life and can be dangerous to humans.
We are taking this proactive step to ensure our residents and visitors are not affected as we collect samples in other areas for state testing. We will continue to seek guidance from the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and take precautionary measures as needed. https://t.co/ZasZwQbPqP
— Carlos A. Gimenez (@MayorGimenez) October 4, 2018
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I’m A Convicted Felon Who Got His Rights Back And Made History. We Need To Make Sure All Have That Same Chance
Steven Shulman is an insurance broker, real estate investor and the founder of a nonprofit charity that saves the lives of pets in distress, Animal Care Now. He grew up in Miami Beach and served two years in prison after being arrested for possession of quaaludes. He received his civil rights back in the 1980s and has become an advocate for convicted felons who have been denied the same privileged he has received. Shulman just released a memoir of his life called, My Uncle Gloria.
I’m a convicted felon.
Back in April 1981, I made a mistake in trusting an acquaintance.
That mistake got me arrested, convicted, and sentenced to five years in state prison for possession of methaqualone.
After completing two years in prison, two years parole, and being released from all government supervision, I applied to Florida’s office of executive clemency to have my civil rights restored.
I was lucky.
The process only took me a few years.
I have done incredibly well with my life because I was afforded a second chance.
In 1988 I had all my civil rights restored, including: the right to vote, travel abroad, perform jury duty, hold public office, and be employed in certain government organizations.
Since then I’ve created a great life for myself.
Steven Shulman during a period where he was using a lot of drugs.
I’m a successful insurance broker, real estate investor, published author and founder of a nonprofit charity that saves the lives of pets in distress.
I hold the proud distinction of being the first convicted felon to be issued a real estate license in Florida, and the first convicted felon in Florida to be issued an insurance license.
I made a mistake when I was young.
I served my time.
And I have done incredibly well with my life because I was afforded a second chance.
Fortunately, I didn’t have to deal with a governor like Rick Scott.
There is of course a massive irony in all of this.
He’s a man with absolute dictatorial power who routinely denies people their right to vote after they’ve paid their debt back to society.
Scott doesn’t care if people turn their lives around.
He wants to keep them as second-class citizens- forever.
Shulman receiving his wife as a visitor while he was in prison.
25% of Florida’s black population is currently unable to vote due to prior felony convictions.
And right now, there’s more than 1.8 million people with felony convictions who have been permanently disenfranchised and cannot vote.
There is of course a massive irony in all of this.
In 1997, Scott’s healthcare company was charged by the federal government with the largest Medicare fraud in history.
Scott resigned as CEO during the investigation, pled the fifth 75 times when questioned by government attorneys, while the company pled guilty to 14 felonies and paid $1.7 billion in fines.
Scott lied his way out of criminal prosecution and a felony conviction.
Shulman showing off his book, “My Aunt Gloria” at Books & Books in Coral Gables.
He could easily have ended up as one of the millions of Floridians who are currently without their full civil rights restored.
But justice looks different for millionaires.
On November 6th, as Florida voters, we have the chance to change that.
We can take this issue out of the hands of politicians and give our fellow citizens their right to vote.
You’ll be amazed with what they do with it, if given the chance to be treated like everybody else.
Take it from my experience.
I was given a second chance and I made it count.
Others deserve the shot I got.
Vote for Amendment 4.
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Opinion: We Need To Hold MDX Accountable And Stop The 836 Extension
By: Jeffrey Solomon
Jeffrey Solomon is a chiropractor and the Democratic candidate for Florida House District 115. He was the United States Olympic Team Staff Chiropractor for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Below is his view on the proposed State Road 836 highway extension.
On Thursday, September 27th, the Miami-Dade County Commission will vote on the application to extend the 836 highway.
I urge the County Commission to reject the application.
This 6-lane highway is a dangerous and expensive project that will put more cars on the road and promote more reckless development.
Studies on urban development make it abundantly clear: the more roads and bridges you build; the more cars will be clogging up streets.
It’s called induced demand and the same concept applies to development.
Extending this highway onto this very sensitive land will have commercial developers salivating with the thought of encroaching past the urban development boundary (UDB).
We should use the $1 billion cost of this highway and put it to work for the extension of the Metrorail.
It was recently made public that the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, or MDX, used $125,000 of our toll dollars to campaign in favor of the 836-highway extension.
They are using our money to convince citizens to let them take more money.
Without a doubt, this massive highway will have tolls on them.
It’s ludicrous.
The 836 at sunset. Photo: Ines Hegedus-Garcia
MDX was sued for their failure to release their records on the 836 extension campaign.
Additionally, the Florida Legislature amended MDX’s establishing legislation to use between 20%-50% of their surplus revenue for transit projects and that has not taken place.
There’s a fundamental problem here.
Tolls collect money for transportation projects.
We, the people, should get to decide what MDX does with this money because it’s our money.
For MDX to keep using public toll dollars for the construction of highways without end in sight is short-sighted and frankly undemocratic.
As I campaign in District 115, many residents have expressed their concerns with traffic.
This expensive and environmentally damaging highway must be stopped.
We need to provide relief.
As a member of this community, I’m confident this will not relieve traffic.
We should use the $1 billion cost of this highway and put it to work for the extension of the Metrorail.
It’s unfair that South West Dade residents need to drive to Dadeland mall to use it.
Metrorail and high-tech rapid transport will efficiently get people where they need to be, and actually reduce traffic.
Opinion: South Dade Needs Rail Not More Buses
Opponents to the extension of the Metro-Rail have claimed that the population in SW Dade is not dense enough to justify the expense.
There is a real yearning for rail that would connect commuters with the rest of the county.
It’s clear that more and more people are now and will continue to substantially increase the population of South West Dade County.
Extending the Metro-Rail West to Kendall and South West to Homestead will be proactive mitigation and accommodate the growing population with 21st century public transit.
Why are we not keeping up with world-class cities such as those in South East Asia?
Chinese citizens get to benefit from rapid systems with millions of people using them on a daily basis.
Why can’t all residents of Miami-Dade County benefit from such systems? It would relieve traffic and likely get people where they need faster. I want Miami-Dade County to be a leader in public transit.
I ask you to call your county commissioner today and urge them to vote NO on the 836 extension on Thursday Sept. 27 and attend the vote at 9:30am.
Find your commissioner here: https://www.miamidade.gov/commission/.
This expensive and environmentally damaging highway must be stopped.
We need to be proactive and not reactive and invest in smart traffic solutions like expanding Metrorail and high tech rapid transit.
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Scores Of Miamians Protested Salt Bae In Brickell
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–Scores of Miamians came out to protest #SaltBae Wednesday.
-The protests were sparked by the famous chef’s decision to cook for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
–Salt Bae’s real name is Nusret Gökçe. He rose to internet fame in 2017 for his salt sprinkling technique.
-He now has 5 steakhouses around the world- including one in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood.
-Some of the Miami protesters wanted to see a boycott of the steakhouse.
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Palm Beach Restaurant Owner Refuses Service To Diabetic With Service Dog
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–Cafe Rosa Luna in Delray Beach has faced criticism after one of its owners refused service to a family of a type 1 diabetic woman who tried to bring in her service dog.
-Upon refusing service, the owner said that while he wouldn’t allow their trained service dog inside, he would allow it if it was working with a blind person.
-That has set off a debate about the future of service animals and whether more rules are needed to prevent these type of incidents.
-The family at the center of the viral video have called for a national registry to help standardize the service dog industry.
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