SESSION EDITION OF THIS WEEK IN SOUTH FLORIDA. >> GOOD SUNDAY MORNING.
I’M GLENNA MILBERG, WE BEGIN
WITH A WHIRLWIND WEEK IN
TALLAHASSEE WHERE AT LEAST ONE
OF THE NEW BILLS NOW HEADED TO
THE GOVERNOR HADN’T EVEN BEEN
WRITTEN WHEN THE SPECIAL SESSION
STARTED ON MONDAY.
THAT ONE WAS THE BILL TO REPLACE
DISNEY’S REEDY CREEK
SELF-GOVERNING BOARD WITH BOARD
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNOR’S
CHOOSING.
HE AND SUPPORTERS CALL THAT AN
END TO PRIVILEGED CORPORATE
KINGDOM.
OPPONENTS THOUGH CALL IT
PUNISHMENT FOR DISNEY DEFYING
THE NEW EDUCATION LAWS
REVISITING GAY CULTURE AND SEX
EDUCATION.
GENERALLY THE SUPPORTERS ARE
REPUBLICANS.
OPPONENTS ARE DEMOCRATS.
AND WITH THE SUPERMAJORITY,
REPUBLICANS PASSED ALL THE BILLS
THEY WENT TO TALLAHASSEE TO
PASS, INCLUDING A MULTIMILLION
DOLLAR PLAN TO TRANSPORT
MIGRANTS FROM FLORIDA OR
ANYWHERE TO ELSEWHERE.
AND THAT ONE, THAT MAKES LEGAL
FIXES TO A PREVIOUSLY COVERT
OPERATION RUN OUT OF THE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE LAST FALL.
ANOTHER BILL MAKES CHANGES TO
THE PLAN TO PROSECUTE ELECTION
AND VOTING RELATED CASES SINCE
MANY OF THE HIGH PROFILE ONES
AGAINST FELONS WHO UNWITTINGLY
VOTED ILLEGALLY HAVE FAILED.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.
AND WE WILL GET INTO ALL OF THAT
THIS HOUR WITH OUR SOUTH FLORIDA
REPS AND SENATORS FROM BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE, AS ALWAYS
FROM A PARTISAN FREE
PERSPECTIVE.
WE BEGIN RIGHT THERE WITH
REPRESENTATIVE DANNY PEREZ,
REPUBLICAN FROM MIAMI, REP
PEREZ, DANNY AND GLENNA WORKS
FOR ME THIS MORNING.
IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU?
>> THAT, WITHOUTS FOR ME AS
WELL, GLENNA, A PLEASURE TO SEE
YOU AS ALWAYS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN SUCH A WEEK,
GIVING UP A PIECE OF YOURSELF
FROM YOUR FAMILY ON SUNDAY, WE
ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
WE’LL GET INTO THE DEVIL IN THE
DETAILS IN A COUPLE.
BUT I THINK THAT MIGRANT
TRANSPORT BILL GOT SO MUCH
ATTENTION AND SO MANY HEADLINES
SO I KIND OF WANT TO START
THERE.
IT IS A SHORTY T IS THREE PAGES,
EASY TO READ.
AND WITHIN THE BODY OF THE BILL,
IT OUTLINES THE WHY, THAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACCORDING
TO LAWMAKERS IN FLORIDA HAS
FAILED AND BORDER SECURITY, THAT
FLORIDA NEEDS TO PROTECT ITS
CITIZENS.
THAT IS ALL I MEUM RATED IN THE
BILL AS IT OUTLINES WHY $10
MILLION IS ALLOCATED TO
TRANSPORT WHAT DID CAN T CALLS,
THE BILL CALLS INSPECTED,
UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS.
SO ARE THE OPTICS THEN, THE
GOVERNOR SAYS THE OPTICS ARE A
DETERRENT.
DO YOU THINK SO FAR, THE BILL
ISN’T SIGNED YET, BUT SO FAR
WITH LAST FALL’S TRIPS ARE THE
OPTICS A DETERRENT?
>> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO
START FROM THE BEGINNING WHICH
IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BILL, YOU
BRIEFLY MENTIONED IN THE
QUESTION, GLENNA, IS WHY ARE WE
DOING THIS, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE.
THE REASON WHY THIS BILL IS
NECESSARY, THE REASON WHY IT
PASSED WITH A SUPERMAJORITY IN
BOTH CHAMBERS, IT IS SIMPLY
BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ISN’T DOING THEIR JOB.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN TASKED
WITH MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE O
BORDERS ARE SECURED AND HE HAS
KIND OF PUT THAT TASK TO THE
SIDE AT BEST.
I’M ACTUALLY BEING KIND.
AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.
I WISH I DIDN’T HAVE TO FEEL
THAT WAY.
I WISH WE DIDN’T HAVE MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER
UNDOCUMENTED, ILLEGALLY AND
UNCHECKED.
BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE A
JOB TO PROTECT THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
THE GOVERNOR HAS TAKEN THAT JOB
VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND SO HAS THE LEGISLATURE.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS USED THOSE
SAME EXACT FUNDS THAT WAS PASSED
BY THE LEGISLATURE LAST SESSION
TO BE USED BY THE STATE OF
FLORIDA AND THE DM, DEPARTMENT
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE DONE THAT BECAUSE WE
HAVE NOTICED THAT IN FLORIDA WE
ARE STARTING TO GET AFFECTED BY
THE LOOSE AND LACK OF
REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN IT COMES
TO IMMIGRATION.
RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD IN
SOUTH FLORIDA, WE HAD 300
HAITIANS THAT CAME ON OUR
BORDER, AND CUBANS THAT WERE
TRYING TO ENTER THIS COUNTRY
UNDOCUMENTED.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT WE HAD
THE SPECIAL SESSION.
>> UNDERSTOOD, OKAY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO
SORT OF TAKE A STEP BACK BECAUSE
THE DETERRENT THAT THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE, ASIDE FROM WHAT
IT OUTLINES PROTECTING FLORIDA
CITIZENS, THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF
SAID THIS WAS MEANT TO BE A
DETER ENT.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS
IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
SO THIS BILL, AND THE PREVIOUS
BILL THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AND
THE FLIGHT TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD
FOR VENEZUELANS FOR THE BORDER
THAT FLORIDA FLEW, WAS-- MADE
GLOBAL HEADLINES.
AND YET JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS
AFTER THAT THERE WAS A SURGE
RIGHT ON OUR OWN SHORES IN
FLORIDA.
AND TO YOUR POINT, THIS WEEK,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON A BOAT
LANDING IN THE KEYS, SO IS THIS
MESSAGE, DO YOU THINK, PROVING
TO BE A DETERRENT?
LIKE BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, I
WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WE WILL
GET INTO THIS BILL A LITTLE BIT
BUT IS IT A DETERRENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY IT IS A DETERRENT.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU CAN ONLY
DO SO MUCH AS A STATE.
THIS IS TRULY A FEDERAL ISSUE
AND WE DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT
LEADERSHIP IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE
AREN’T CROSSING OUR BORDERS
UNDOCUMENTED.
BUT WE ARE DOING AS MUCH AS WE
CAN HERE IN FLORIDA.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
AND THE DETAILS OF THIS BILL,
GLENNA, THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE POINT OUT.
ONE, THIS ST PURELY VOLUNTARY.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL BE
GETTING ON THESE TRANSPORTATION
VESSELS OR VEHICLES WILL BE
PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTARILY GET ON
THAT TRANSPORTATION DEVICE
WHETHER IF IS A PLANE OR A BUS.
ON TOP OF THAT, THEY WILL
COMPLETELY SIGN RELEASES.
NO ONE IS GETTING KIDNAPPED.
NO ONE IS TAKING OUT OF THEIR
WANTS FOR WHERE THEY ARE AT.
BUT THE PEOPLE CHOOSING TO GET
ON THESE TRANSPORTATION VESSELS
WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO COMPLETELY
VOLUNTARY.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE ARE ONLY
TAKING THEM TO PLACES WHERE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND
MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ASKED FOR
THERE TO BE A SANCTUARY CITY IN
THEIR OWN BACKYARD.
SO WE ARE TAKING THEM TO PLACES
WHERE THEY ASKED TO BE A
DROPOFF, ASKED TO BE A SANCTUARY
FOR UNDOCUMENTED AND ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
AND SO WE’RE NOT DISOBEYING THE
LAWS OF WHERE THEY ARE BEING
TRANSPORTED, WE ARE NOT
DISOBEYING THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF FLORIDA.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS
WE CAN WITH THE LIMITED ABILITY
THAT WE HAVE AS A STATE TOGETHER
WITH THE GOVERNOR WHO HAS DONE A
PHENOMENAL YOB JOB TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE ARE DETERRED FROM COMING
UNDOCUMENTED INTO OUR OWN
BACKYARD.
>> TWO QUESTIONS FROM THAT.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING, THE
PEOPLE WHO WILL BE VOLUNTEERING,
IN THE BILL, IT SPECIFIED THAT
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME A
SHORED-- ASHORE OR OVER THE
BORDER WHO HAVE BEEN PROHE
CANS-- PROCESSED WHO HAVE BEEN
PAROLED, ADMITTED, SO TO SPEAK,
INTO THE COUNTRY TO WAIT FOR
WHATEVER CLAIMS THEY HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE COURTS.
AND THE ACTUAL TITLE OF THE BILL
IS TRANSPORT OF INSPECTED,
UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS.
BUT JUST BY VIRTUE OF BEING
ADMITTED AND PAROLED WHILE THEY
WAIT FOR THEIR COURT PROCESSES,
THEY ARE NOT UNAUTHORIZED.
THEY ARE AUTHORIZED.
SO THAT IS KIND OF A, I DON’T
KNOW, KIND OF A LITTLE OXY MORON
THAT I’M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
SO THE BILL SAYS UNAUTHORIZED
PEOPLE BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE
AUTHORIZED JUST BY VIRTUE OF
BEING PROCESSED, AM I PICKING
APPLES AND ORANGES?
>> I HEAR YOU, GLENNA.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
UNDOCUMENTED.
AND THEY ARE UNAUTHORIZED.
OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE GETTING
CHECKED IN BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY GET TO THE
BORDER.
BUT THEY ARE QUICKLY BEING
RELEASED AS SOON AS THEY CROSS
THAT BORDER.
THERE ISN’T ANY ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE IS NO GREEN CARD GIVEN
OUT, THERE IS NO VISA GIVEN OUT,
ALL WE ARE DOING IS GIVING THEM
FREE PERMISSION TO ROAM ABOUT
THE CABIN FREELY WHICH IS THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH NO
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THESE ARE THE SAME INDIVIDUALS
THAT YES, THEY ARE GIVEN A DATE
TO COME BACK AND DO THEIR
PROCEEDINGS BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THEIR IMMIGRATION
LAWS.
BUT IN THAT MEANTIME IF THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE WILLING
TO DO, WHICH IN THIS BILL WOULD
BE AN EXAMPLE GETTING ON AN
AIRPLANE TO TAKE THEM TO A
SANCTUARY CITY, THEN THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO DO.
SO THIS IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY.
WITH THE SAME FUNDS THAT THE
LEGISLATURE VOTED LAST SESSION,
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS
THAT ARE BEING PUT INTO PLACE.
AND THE ONLY THING WE ARE
SWITCHING IS SWITCHING FROM DLT
TO DEM IN ORDER FOR THAT
FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE PLACE.
ALL OF THOSE DETAILS ARE
IMPORTANT.
ST IMPORTANT FOR OUR VIEWERS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF
THIS ENTIRE QUESTION IS WHY.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS.
WE ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAVE BOTH DONE A VERY POOR
JOB OF SECURING OUR BORDERS AND
HAVE ALLOWED MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL
AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE CROSS
OUR BORDERS.
THAT IS SOMETHING EVERYONE
SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT
REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE OF THE
AISLE YOU SIT ON.
>> AND I HAVE PERIOD, PEOPLE
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE
ABSOLUTELY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
TO YOUR POINT.
OKAY.
BACK UP ONE LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO TAKEN TO SANCTUARY STITTS,
DOCUMENTED CITIES THAT DO ACCEPT
AND WELCOME MIGRANTS FROM
WHEREVER WHILE THEY WAIT.
SO THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BILL
THAT I SAW, AGAIN, IT’S THREE
PAGES LONG, NOT A LOT OF DETAIL
REALLY IN THIS BILL FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT WHO IS SORT OF
SHEPHERDING THIS BILL, AND KEVIN
GUTHRIE, THE HEAD OF THAT ON OUR
PROGRAM A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT SPECIFIES
THAT THESE LOCATION, WHEREVER
THEY MAY, MARTHA’S VINEYARD OR
ELSEWHERE, BE NOTIFIED THAT
THESE MIGRANTS ARE COMING, ARE
BEING TRANSPORTED FROM FLORIDA.
SO IT IS THAT PART S THAT
COMMUNICATION PART OF THE
PROCESS TO REALLY ENSURE THE
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE
MIGRANTS SO THAT THE STATE’S
COULD PREPARE TO RECEIVE THEM.
THAT IS NOT-- THAT, IS THERE ANY
COMPONENT OF THAT THAT I AM
MISSING SOMEWHERE?
>> TWO THINGS, GLENNA.
IN THE PREMISE OF THE QUESTION,
YOU SPOKE ABOUT CITIES THAT
WELCOME MIGRANTS.
THE UNITED STATES WAS BUILT ON
MIGRANTS.
I THINK WE ALL ACCEPT MIGRANTS.
>> POINT TAKEN, I DIDN’T MEAN
ANYTHING SUBTLE BY THAT.
>> I KNOW, AND BY THE WAY,
GLENNA, I KNOW.
YOU ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITES
BECAUSE ARE YOU ALWAYS SO FAIR.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THAT SAN IMPORTANT
DISTINCTION TO MAKE.
BECAUSE WE ALL WELCOME MIGRANTS,
WE JUST WELCOME THEM IN A WAY
THAT IS LEGAL,, IN A WAY THAT
ASK PROCESSED, FOLLOWING THE
RULE OF LAW.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
DISTINCTION-- DISTINCTION TO
MAKE BEFORE I ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, MARTHA’S VINEYARD,
IF SOMEONE WERE TO CROSS THE
SOUTHERN BORDER UNDOCUMENTED AND
IL EL LOOLY, ONCE THEY ENTER THE
UNITED STATES F THEY WERE TO
SHOW UP AT MARTHA’S VINEYARD,
THERE WOULD BE NO NOTICE TO THAT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT THERE IS A
PERSON HEADING THEIR WAY,
ABSOLUTELY NONE.
SO THIS BILL DOESN’T TALK ABOUT
THE DETAILS OR SPEAK TO THE
DETAILS OF WHAT NOTICES WILL BE
GIVEN TO THE SANCTUARY CITY,
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T ASKED FOR
THAT.
THEY SAY WE HAVE OPEN DOORS TO
ANYONE AND EVERY ONE THAT COMES
TO OUR BACKYARD REGARDLESS IF
THEY ARE DOCUMENTED,
UNDOCUMENTED, LEGAL, ILLEGAL,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS,
CRIMINAL OR NOT T DOESN’T
MATTER.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE BAN
SANCTUARY CITY IN FLORIDA.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF THERE
IS A CRIMINAL IN OUR BACKYARD
THAT IS UNDOCUMENTED, THAT WE
CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND WE
CAN ACTUALLY ABIDE BY THE RULE
OF LAW IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.
THESE OTHER CITIES HAVE SAID NO,
WE’RE OKAY WITH THAT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO ABIDE BY THE
RULE OF LAW, IF YOU ARE A
CRIMINAL UNDOCUMENTED IN OUR
BACKYARD, THIS IS YOUR SAFE
HAVEN, THIS IS YOUR SAFE HARBOR,
WELCOME, ARE YOU HERE TO STAY.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE PICK
THOSE CITIES.
THEY HAVE ASKED FOR THAT.
SO WE ARE JUST ABIDING BY THEIR
RULES MORE THAN ANYTHING.
>> OKAY.
WELL, A LOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT,
CAN I TAKE UP A COUPLE MORE
MINUTES OF YOUR TIME, WAIT FOR A
COMMERCIAL BREAK AND BE RIGHT
BACK..
BACK.. >> WE ARE BACK WITH MIAMI STATE REPRESENTATIVE DANNY PEREZ WITH
US TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE
BILLS IN SPECIAL SESSION, WE
COULD GO FOR A FEW HOURS ON ALL
THE BILLS SO WE WILL NARROW IT
DOWN TO JUST A COUPLE.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE BILL
THAT SORT OF CHANGES DISNEY’S
REEDY CREEK CONTROL DISTRICT,
GOVERNING DISTRICT, RENAMES IT,
ACTUALLY, LEAVES IT LARGELY IN
PLACE BUT GETS RID OF THE
GOVERNING BOARD AND INSTEAD THE
GOVERNOR WILL BE APPOINTING THE
GOVERNING BOARD OF REEDY CREEK.
THIS IS KIND OF DONE LAST YEAR
AS A DISSOLVE.
AND WHAT YOU ALL DID WAS DIDN’T
DISSOLVE IT, JUST RENAMED IT
BECAUSE DISSOLVING IT WOULD HAVE
STUCK CENTRAL FLORIDA RESIDENTS
IN THE COUNTY WITH A BILLION
DOLLARS OF ITS DEBT, REEDY
CREEK’S DEBT AND NOBODY WANTING
ED THAT TO HAPPEN.
I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS
WHY NOW.
THROUGH A PARTISAN LENS I’VE
HEARD YOUR OPPOSITION SAY WELL
THIS IS RETRIBUTION FOR DISNEY
DEFYING THE GOVERNOR ON THE
PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL.
WHAT, I WILL JUST LEAVE IT WIDE
OPEN, WHY NOW WAS IT NECESSARY
TO DO THIS?
>> I WOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
WITH A QUESTION.
AND I WOULD SAY WHY NOT, WHY NOT
RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, LOOK, GLENNA, WE WERE
CONCERNED THAT TAXPAYER DOLLARS
WERE BEING USED INCORRECTLY.
WE WERE CONCERNED THAT EM NENLT
DO NAIN-- DOMAIN WAS BEING USED
INCORRECTLY.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS PUT TEETH
INTO THE SPECIAL DISTRICT.
THE SPECIAL DISTRICT WILL STILL
EXIST.
THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENT NAME
AS YOU STATED WHICH WE’VE
ALREADY VOTED ON.
BUT THERE SAY BIG DIFFERENCE
HERE.
AND THAT IS THE EXOTION OR THE
BODY OF THE BOARD ON THAT
SPECIAL DISTRICT.
IT IS GOING TO BE A GOVERNOR
APPOINTED BOARD WITH FIVE
DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
BUT HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS
THAT MOST PEOPLE AREN’T TALKING
ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, APPOINTEES HAVE TO BE
VETTED AND PROCESSED BY THE
SENATE.
SO THERE HAS TO BE A SENATE
APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE
PLACE WHERE EVERY SENATOR WILL
HAVE AN EQUAL VOTE REGARDLESS OF
PARTY AND THEY WILL GET
QUESTIONS.
AND CAN I TELL YOU BECAUSE I
HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS WITH
OTHER AGENCY HEAD, IT DOESN’T
MATTER IF THEY ARE REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT, EVERY SENATOR TAKES
THEIR JOB VERY SERIOUSLY AND I
HAVE NO DOUBT THAT PRESIDENT
ASADOMA WILL DO THE SAME, BUT IT
WILL GET VETTED AND ONCE IT’S
VETTED THEY WILL BE ON THIS
BOARD IN THE SPECIAL DISTRICT.
BUT TO THOSE THAT ARE KIND OF
ASKING, YOU KNOW, WELL, THIS WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A NEGATIVE
TOWARDS DISNEY, A NEGATIVE
TOWARDS TAXPAYERS, THEY WERE
CONCERNED OF A TAX HIKE BY THE
BILL THAT WE PASSED DURING
SPECIAL SESSION THAT HERE WE ARE
PUTTING KIND OF THE BOWS ON IT.
AND I WOULD HAVE TO TELL YOU,
GLENNA, THAT THERE IS NO TAX
HIKE, THE CONCERN THAT
FLORIDIANS HAD, SOMETIMES FROM
THE CALLS THAT I GOT, THIS IS
GOING TO INCREASE TAXES T IS NOT
GOING TO INCREASE TAXES BUT WE
ARE MAKING SURE THAT THERE WILL
BE A BOARD THAT WILL LOOK AFTER
THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THAT
COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT
THEIR TAXES ARE USED PROPERLY
AND AREN’T INCREASED.
>> SO WAS THE REEDY CREEK
GOVERNING BOARD DOING SOMETHING
WRONG?
I MEAN THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR
WHAT, LONGER THAN WE HAVE BEEN
ALIVE, I THINK.
BUT HAD THEY DONE ANYTHING
WRONG?
>> YEAH, WELL, WE HAD NOTICED
WAS SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE
BEING USED, WE DON’T BELIEVE
THEY WERE BEING JUDICIOUS IN THE
USE OF THAT, TO GO BACK TOWARDS
HOW I STARTED THE RESPONSE, THE
EM NANT DOMAIN PROCESS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SACK
RECEIPT.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRIEF
AT PROPERTY, GRANTED WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL FOR THE JOBS THAT HAVE
BEEN PLACED IN FLORIDA BY THOSE
THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE FLORIDA
THEIR HOME, TO THE TUNE OF
SOMETIMES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
JOBS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE
EXPANSION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED
AT.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE PUT
THAT IN THE BILL.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS
A PROCESS FOR THAT AND THESE
FIVE INDIVIDUALS, MEN AND WOMEN
WILL BE ABLE TO KIND OF MAKE
SURE THAT THE SPECIAL DISTRICT
IS ABIDING BY THE PRIVILEGE THAT
THEY HAVE, THAT HAS BRCH GIVEN
TO THEM BY THEIR OWN VOTERS,
THEIR VOTERS CHOSE FOR THIS
EXOTION OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT
AND SO THESE FIVE INDIVIDUALS
WILL BE VETTED PROPERLY BY THE
GOVERNOR.
AND THE SENATE.
AND THEN THEY WILL BEGIN THEIR
DUTY.
>> SO THIS BILL DEALS WITH JUST
THAT ONE GOVERNING DISTRICT, THE
REEDY CREEK DISTRICT BUT THERE
ARE OTHERS IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
THE VILLAGES IS ONE, THAT
SPRAWLING CENTRAL FLORIDA ADULT
COMMUNITY HAS ITS OWN GOVERNING
BOARD TOO.
AND I NOTICED ON THE SPECIAL
SESSION THERE WAS A BROWARD
WATER CONTROL DISTRICT THAT WAS
SORT OF REINSTATED AS ITS OWN.
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES?
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE VILLAGES GOVERNING BOARD,
BROWARD’S WATER CONTROL DISTRICT
AND REEDY CREEK WHICH IS
BEING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE MAIN CONFERENCE IS WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TAXPAYER
FUND, THE HARD EARNED DOLLARS
THAT FLORIDIANS ARE GIVING TO
THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER FOR THE
GOVERNMENT TO DO THE SERVICES
THAT ARE THEIR DUTY, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THOSE DOLLARS ARE
BEING SPENT PROPERLY.
WE DID NOT BELIEVE REEDY CREEK
WAS SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS
PROPERLY.
WE BELIEVE THE INCREASE IN TAXES
TAKING PLACE IN THE ORLANDO AREA
WAS SOMETHING THAT THOSE PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING IN THE
POCKETS OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
THE VILLAGES HASN’T HAD THAT
PROPERTY.
WE BELIEVE-- THAT PROBLEM.
WE BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE BRN
JUDICIOUS IN THEIR SPENDING.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE TAXES
INCREASE THERE IN COMPARISON TO
WHAT IS FORMALLY KNOWN AS REEDY
CREEK AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
HERE FOR, TO MAKE SURE WE
PROTECT FLORIDIAN, SOMETIMES
PROTECT THEM FROM THE SPECIAL
DISTRICTS.
AND IN THE SCENARIO OF REEDY
CREEK WE BELIEVE THAT WE DID SO.
>> YOU KNEE, WITH SESSION, REAL
SESSION, AUTHENTIC SESSION
COMING UP IN MARCH AND WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE SO MANY BILLS TO
SORT OF CHEW OVER AND I HOPE
DESPITE THE SHORT TV TIME THAT
WE HAVE TOGETHER, I HOPE YOU
WILL JOIN US AGAIN ON SUNDAY
MORNINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE I PROMISE
YOUR FAMILY A BOX OF DONUTS OR
SOMETHING IN RETURN.
>> I THINK BOTH OF MY KIDS WOULD
WELCOME THAT, ESPECIALLY MY SON.
HE TURNED THREE LAST WEEKEND.
>> I KNOW.
>> AND INSTEAD OF A CAKE MY WIFE
GAVE HIM A CAKE OF DONUTS SO I
THINK YOU ON THE RIGHT PATH.
>> SUGAR FIX.
THANKS SO MUCH, DANNY PEREZ,