"GOVERNMENT PLAN OF FOR MIAMI DADE”
"Our Contract with the Voters"
Lázaro R González candidate for mayor of Miami Dade County.
Updated March 28, 2011
1 - The government is a business and must be handled with this concept where citizens are the main shareholders and have to receive maximum benefits. We will work to restore business and industry that provide jobs. The port and the airport must be generator of money. We have to make "The door of America”, a business center and opportunities in the world. We will introduce a bill to legalize gambling in Miami Dade. Not only Micosuki and a few others can benefit from the tourism industry. We will invite investors to do here the wonders t building large hotels and casinos like Las Vegas, to revive the construction, tourism, trade and hospitality. Create jobs. We plan invite here all the automobile industry to make here the first global auto industry propelled by hydrogen-powered engine. Our climate and geographical location allows excellent opportunities for anyone who accepts this investment. We will give better facilities to accept automaker. We will provide permits for the factory to be mounted here as quickly as possible on the condition that they create jobs with priority to residents of Miami Dade. They be awarded the contract to the company undertakes to give the most advantageous to the city and its inhabitants.
2 - We will deal directly with employee’s issues like wages, benefits, vacation, insurance, pensions, etc. We will propose legislation to eliminate the practice to discuss with the union the contracts.
3 - Promote and support a law in Florida against the abuse of real estate property taxes where we live. We consider several options: a-The 1% of property value on the date you purchased the property. b- Transfer to a sales tax.
4 - Reduce the size of Miami Dade County Government and its departments. Reassign and regroup administrative and management activities to improve service and remove duplicate functions positions. Delete all positions that have been created or granted in exchange for favors, kinship, cronyism, sex, or others, That is nepotism, it is illegal and not allow it.
5 - Reduce the County's budget. During the stage of the budget crisis it cannot be that big. Reduce what is not essential but maintain the services. The county budget has to be balanced mandatory. Without raising taxes, while the unemployment rate is above 5%.
6 - Reduce the salaries of county employees in stages starting salaries over $ 45,000. Those who earn more, the more reduction. Those who earn less, less reduction. The maximum salary in Miami-Dade County will be $ 171,000.00
7 – We will propose to convert the Pension Plan in a 401K. Minimum retirement age 65. Employed can have a one pension. No employee may be retired and come back to work in the county again.
8 - Remove all extra allowances or wage subsidies, such as travel, gasoline, cars, phones, meals, lap-tops, etc. No employee may take cars home after their work ended.
9 – We will create a section of the budget control and administration. The county mayor shall be responsible for all executive and administrative county government. County departments have to deal directly with suppliers. The tenders shall be public, open and direct. All businesses wishing to do so, can participate. We select the best quality at the best price. Eliminate the "vendors" and any expense or bad compromise.
10 - All County Departments will be controlled and audited frequently and without notice, by a specialist group from the mayor's office.
11 - Audit of all programs and Trusts. We will eliminate unnecessary or too costly and the one who provide privileged assistance or unnecessary.
12 - The government must protect citizens, not protect themselves. We propose to simplify any kind of referendum petition to improve or challenge the government as is the case of the recall making the necessary changes to the County Charter. A simple and easier system and just, that does not require notarized ballots to support a referendum and where they can sign each one up to 20 people, as it was before.
13 - We propose to include in the Charter of the County ": That all elected politics like Commissioners, Property appraisal chief and elected judges. Have only right to one re-election after the first elections. All elected officials in Miami Dade who have served in office less than 4 years are entitled to go for one reelection only once. Those who have served in office for over 4 years HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE REELECTED. We have to make a new redistribution and reductions of the district from 13 to 5, adjusting them so that every commissioner has roughly the same number of citizens. We will try to make all county elections coincide with presidential elections every 4 years to get as much citizen participation and not spend so much money.
14 - We propose salaried commissioners and make them full-time staff. Removing their allocation of $ 814.000 dollars annually to each commissioner without having to justify it spends. The commissioner cannot have a second Job. Only one office for each district. Commissioners may not have any economic activity that is linked directly or indirectly with the county during their time or after 10 years when finished their service..
15 - The commissioners will have free access, without restrictions or limitations on any information or elected official or any department of the Miami Dade County, including County Mayor within 48 hours after being requested. The press will have free access, unrestricted and unlimited access to any county official before 8 hours after being requested. Citizens have to have direct and personal access to speak with elected officials once a month in a public place for 8 hours.
16 - Expenditure on any investments must be approved by voters through a survey mechanism linked to the number of voters, so that any citizen cannot participate more than once, it will be created. Repairs, maintenance of roads, sewerage, bridges, drinking water and emergencies are exceptions.
17 - The county's remarkable people with great knowledge and experience will participate as advisors to the government. Create "Remarkable Volunteer Councils" in all different areas: Politics, Economy, Health, Social, Industry, Trade, Security, Employment, Environment, Administration, Transportation, Housing, etc.
18 - Safer Streets. Improving police service. Best practice and procedures. Encore more citizen’s participation.
19 - Care required of citizens and the press by politicians and officials. Mandatory access to politicians and officials to the citizens. Attention to the press within 8 hours of being requested. Citizens have to know and participate to approve of the projects.
20 - Will encourage individuals and organizations that deal with art and sport, to promote them. Music festivals have to be developing with American countries and the world. Promote cultural festivals from each country of South America and the Caribbean monthly to develop in the James L Night, Adrian Arsh Art Center, Miami Arena, etc. In sports we have to improve existing estadiums and make new ones in areas where none exist, to practice our athletes. Sport is an important part of overall development of young children and adults who can maintain and improve health, relieve stress, it is part of education. This will increase the number of jobs. Build more low-cost buildings for retirees and people with low incomes.
21 – All candidates for any position have to include their Government Plan for the position that he/she is candidate. That will be his/her compromise with the voters It will be a prerequisite that every candidate for any elective office shall be required to submit written in a clear and detailed "His commitment to the citizens" for the position they are candidate and if fail will be confronted in court for they breach of contract with voters. This "Commitment" shall be submitted at least one month before the election to the clerk of the courts to make legal document and also that voters have time to analyze it.
Lázaro R González LazaroRGonzalez@hotmail.com 305 445 7364
