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To say that I've been disgusted by our lovely city lately would be an understatement, what I saw yesterday only drove the point home.
We started yesterday by spotting City of Miami city manager Johnny Martinez stuck in traffic along side us picking his nose for a few minutes...
Next we found ourselves going westbound on the 836 when I caught a glimpse of the new Marlins stadium...
I spotted something on the retractable roof, for a moment I figured someone had gotten up there and painted some graffiti but a close up revealed otherwise...
Incredible, after the royal fucking Miami taxpayers got with this stadium deal now it's being defaced by cheap looking advertising. Wonderful.
Moving on, I'm sure some of you have seen the idiotic "Believe" campaign being put out by the City of Miami, usually in the form of a billboard or a bumper sticker on the back of a beat up city vehicle. I have no idea what this campaign is about, this is what it's about according to the website...
“Believe” is a community awareness and empowerment campaign that will: Inspire residents and business owners to believe in themselves and in the City of Miami. Empower residents and business owners with information on various initiatives, programs and city resources. Transform cultural corridors into destinations that will attract visitors, increase commercial activity and engage the community in a variety of cultural events that will stimulate the economy.
Whatever. Once again, I was stuck in traffic yesterday when I spotted this City of Miami police car with one of those "Believe" bumper stickers...
This one was a bit different than the others though, it looks like someone had altered this bumper sticker to make it more accurately describe this city, it's justice system and it's politics...
Brilliant!
Forgive me folks, I've been sick as a dog and haven't been able to attend to the blog over the last couple of days. While we're doing our best to recuperate, take a look at our friend Al Crespo's site where he's been discussing how the City of Miami somehow managed to miss it's payroll a few weeks back. Considering the overwhelming majority of employees over at the city aren't fat cats making six figure plus salaries, most of the folks over there are hardworking people living paycheck to paycheck on menial salaries, one can only imagine how devastating it must have been for them to have missed a paycheck.
Considering how many employees must have been ticked off about not getting paid and the financial turmoil the city is in, does City Manager Johnny Martinez's choice of vehicles to drive to work give you any kind of indication about his mindset? Take a look at Mr. Martinez's ride...
Nice. While the city is in financial turmoil and the budget is being balanced on the backs of the city's employees, the City Manager rolls into work in a $100k+ BMW. Martinez's choice of vehicles only tells me one thing...
Who cares whether or not Martinez has a $100k+ car or not, but why take it to work when you're asking the city employees to make tremendous sacrifices in order to balance your budget? Even worse after you've managed to screw up and missed paying them? Couldn't he have had someone give him a ride or take a city vehicle over to City Hall? I've always been told it's all about appearances, especially when you employee people who make less than you. Why in the world would you want to flaunt a vehicle like this that's worth three or four times more than the majority of your employees make in a year? Like I said, it just seems like the people in the upper echelons of the City of Miami just don't give a fuck.
