Call To Action: Miami-Dade Homeless Encampment
After years of posting about the growing encampment of transient sex offenders in Miami-Dade County, it has taken some recent bad media exposure for the County to do something about it. And who do they appoint to spearhead the effort to relocate them? Ron Book! The same person who caused them to be homeless in the first place!
As absurd as it is to have allowed the human rights disaster to continue for so long, it’s even more absurd to appoint the most vocal proponent of their punishment and his daughter, whose organization receives millions of dollars annually from the perpetuation of myths about registered sex offenders, to help them.
If you want to voice you opposition to what is going on, the following is a list of Miami-Dade County Commissioners to contact:
| District 1 | Barbara J. Jordan | District1@MiamiDade.gov | 305-474-3011 |
| District 2 | Jean Monestime | District2@MiamiDade.gov | 305-694-2779 |
| District 3 | Audrey M. Edmonson | District3@MiamiDade.gov | 305-636-2331 |
| District 4 | Sally A. Heyman | District4@MiamiDade.gov | 305-787-5999 |
| District 5 | Bruno A. Barreiro | District5@MiamiDade.gov | 305-673-7743 |
| District 6 | Rebeca Sosa | District6@MiamiDade.gov | 305-267-6377 |
| District 7 | Xavier L. Suarez | District7@MiamiDade.gov | 305-694-3550 |
| District 8 | Daniella Levine Cava | District8@MiamiDade.gov | 305-378-6677 |
| District 9 | Dennis C. Moss | DennisMoss@MiamiDade.gov | 305-234-4938 |
| District 10 | Javier D. Souto | District10@MiamiDade.gov | 305-222-2116 |
| District 11 | Joe A. Martinez | District11@MiamiDade.gov | 305-552-1155 |
| District 12 | Jose “Pepe” Diaz | District12@MiamiDade.gov | 305-599-1200 |
| District 13 | Esteban L. Bovo, Jr. | District13@MiamiDade.gov | 305-820-8424 |
life is full of ironies – inmy case I am married to a man whose second wife decided she wanted to get rid of him and keep the kid, he wasn’t making all the money he had made in the past anymore – she wanted a new boyfriend and know now was into drugs – turned the kid into a druggie and drug dealer – accused him of making advances to her daughter by another man when he was just combing her hair and that turned into grooming – he went to court, took lie detector test which he passed , “took classes” he wa required to take – prior to this she had had a gang try to beat him up – after he bought her a house – just a witch – now, this man was brave enough to step into my life when my ex was trying to do me in – fell in love with him for who he was as a person – and in his own words, know he is not lieing because he told me , knowing my ex – ex liked younger women when my present husband liked older women – now, suddenly in Florida he was a sex offender, cause sudden move when we were trying to get him medical care for diabetes and me disabled, living in a hell hole w/ drug activity that was obvious with a police department office that had full sight of what was going on – both of us in fear of our safety – relocated to where we “could live” same crap there – relocated again – same crap again – man had congestive heart failure in Nov. of last year, hospital noted several heart attacks in past – previous leg arteries in thighs totally blocked (thank the va system for doing nothing) one leg stinted, other artery replaced – I have had him on diet for years that helped deal w/diabetes but he takes insulin 5 times a day, on a multitude of blood thinners, blood pressure medicines, water pill, pain killers, etc. etc. he is slowly dieing and I am doing my best to keep him alive with the necessity of a special diet and have my own special dietery needs from health problems in past and diagnosed heart problem – partially enlarged heart and leaky heart valves which has been aggravated by the past years here of living conditions put on him by offender regulations – the irony – I worked here, worked hard – landscaping – driven off more than one job by sexual harassment – strained hip and back muscle on one side from eyars ago, other side still affected from too much heavy lifting 10 years ago – another job I was sexually harrassed on and they knew it and in spite of there “stong sexual harassment policy”, they didn’t do anything – I had to quit – if I try to walk here , with a cane, at 65 I get harassed by jerks, have to fear for my safety – complaints in past due to harassment and threats not addressed – nice mess huh – tonight, I have had to smear antibiotic ointment on his one leg because stupid dr. gave him antibiotic which helped and doesn’t want to see him again for 3 months – have to take him to urgent care tomorrow – don’t want to here their crap here if we have to evacuate – will tell stupid cops myself, u are not up to dealing with this man’s needs at ur prison, which is where they want him to go – he is supposed to keep his feet up as much as he can – to reduce swelling – I have put up with a lot of stupid ignorant people just to stay as close to a hospital as I can and kick my rear end for not going straight to gainesville when I came back here in 2009 – dealing with drs. here has been a waste – now, my ccar died, stuck with another used car that took all my money in repairs, able to get another one that I know the engine is not much good so don’t go far because if we break down and get stuck it will kill the two of us – cops will be told if we have to leave I will go park my car at the hospital and he probably should be in the hospital because it is the only place here u get any decent medical attention – last time he swelled all up and couldn’t breath, which is what put hi in the hospital when they diagnosed the heart failure, they were supposed to admit him but couldn’t get him a bed because both hospitals here were full – sent him home – me, up all night with him there, bone on bone in back legs numb no sleep – had to have him call and say they had him and others sign them selves out, gave no release papers to cover therir rear ends in case of liability, when it was just the day I would have been out getting groceries in and my car was down again – town ain’t worth living in and now, told Feb. he can get an attorney to clear his record because it has been twenty years – thought we would stick it out til then but, will have to make decidsion soon tas to whether it is worth it or not – drug dealers running around 2 oclock in the morning, people hanging around my car, I find the buts, because they want to steal it – wires on the ground used to try to get into it – no alarm – had it with last car – now who should the cops we looking for ? I have had to put up with people gettin ginto my room 3 different places to steal from me after I was good to them – what is wrong with this town I really dont know – and the way they have treated other offenders is awful – stuck living in woods, driven out of town because ocala wants to look like a glorious place to live – hiding so many of their other problems makes me sick and for the record, when I met my husband I had been moved for my safety and didn’t kow whether to trust him but “the look in his eyes told me his words were not lies” and so taking the bus to his brothers, he got up and made the bus driver stop the bus because he had dropped off a mother and children at a snow bank and the kids were falling into the road and my husband went out and helped to get the kids over the snow bank – not a man that would harm children I had to shut up a news reported by writing to here and telling her that using sensationalistic language with her “lurking” in her report on offenders living in motels where there were children, telling her I knew of more than one man who had gotten involved with a young snot who had a fake id and just wanted to get into a bar and party and when the male found out their real age and wanted to end it – brats accused them of sexual assault – time the accusers be required to take lie detector tests themselves.
So are sex offenders still banned by state law from the hurricane shelters set up for “good” people?
I am halfway thru the dade list. I include the HERO complex issue..one who creates a problem and attempts to find solution. I am available to go to the area or areas of homelessness. I also speak to the fact that I know in their commissioner hearts, they know this restriction on residency is not scientific based but on emotion and vendetta.
many ask for an email to the fact and position. I so far found the suarez on committee for homeless trust with ron book. CAVA totally understands..it sounds like.
please..let us all follow up with emails too.
Called all 13 offices. Left my opinion with staff. All commissioners were at a downtown meeting.
everyone bitches about the hit list yet i see very few people take action or even speak up and report they did, must get very frustrating. only thing i received after e-mailing them all was 2 autoresponse
I emailed all 13 districts and only got one autoresponse, and that one said to remember to re elect (KMA). you’re luck you got 2 responses.