Denny Wood

We can get better for a lot less! Government Service is not supposed to be "hitting the lottery". And to the huge County Employee Club of over $100,000+ I just say give it back. Put it in the General Revenue Fund because we will need it this year coming up in 2012. When elected, it will have to be given up. The $100,000+ annual salary club for County Employees is over. "Wake up and smell the daisies, we can't afford you!"

However, if an employee could demonstrate innovation in writing that saved the county money then I would support bonus pay. I do not see any such innovation, but it might be there, somewhere.

"When classic Americans With Disabilties Act (ADA) ADA violators were retained as Department Heads or appointed as Department heads by the new Mayor,

I just said  "Enough!"

After seeing my requests for an appointment to discus the Status of Disability in County Government, and many other important issues presented to the Mayor and mayoral staff go unanswered I just said ."Enough!"

After listening to Commercial Property Owners on their Property taxes, I just said "Enough"

When I see "our" government employees and consultants wanting to make the busway loaded with more tolls, when I advocate doing away with all tolls I just say "Enough!"

In regards to ADA County Compliance, required in 1990, it has not happened under all of the Mayors and Commissions since that date. 21 years of failure. I will fire all the department ADA coordinators and have just one, working out of the Office of the Mayor. Department Directors and only department directors are responsible for ADA compliance within their departments.

For over 30 years the County bureaucrats have run us advocates and me around and it is time just to say "Enough!"

Ultimately, in a Charter County it is the Mayor who is the Chief Code Enforcement Officer of all Florida Laws and Building Codes. That is where the buck stops.

We have 12 County swimming pools, two have been "under construction" for 2 years. Half of these pools close when school begins. WHY? Some of the pools are heated and NOT SOLAR heated. We need to keep the pools open, 9 AM to 9 PM, every day and operate as a business. Privatization may be the answer. Infants, toddlers, pre-K, Kindergarten, grade school, college students and all other adults need to learn how to swim. I just say "enough of this nonsense!"

I invite every reader and taxpayer to join in the building of this, our Mayoral platform. I did not stutter. I said "our" Mayoral platform. Yes, this will be a real "grass roots" Mayoral platform.

And yes, I can be mayor for less than $100,000, do at least 40 hours a week, and work on many of the "government worker" holidays.

More to follow. I filed to run on October 17, 2011 and this is just part one of us, not me, building the Mayoral platform.

Updated: May 2, 2012.

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2012 Miami-Dade County Mayor:

Sometimes being a spokesperson for people with disabilities requires going to court when all else fails. Govenor Chiles, Bush and Crist all pretended that the Amercians with Disabilities Act (ADA) did not exist. What is notable, is these past governors did not have restrooms on their floors that people in wheelchairs could use. No one in wheelchairs could be hired to work on the cabinet level floors. And I have never seen anyone in a wheelchair working in this 22 story capitol building. I was at the ADA bill signing in Washington, DC. And I was one of the people who in the early 1970's laid the foundation for this law.

In 1993 and 1994, l passed meaningful legislation at the Florida Legislature, and laid low, knowing the capitol building was loaded with ADA violations and barriers. Retaliation at the Capitol is a real entity to be avoided. During the Jeb Bush administration I attempted to get the Department of Justice to step in and sue the State of Florida. Brother Bush, kind of made such a suit not possible. This suit was pursued up until a year ago with the Department of Justice. Giving up, our Florida Paraplegic Association, Inc. sued. No lawyer would take the case. I ended up doing it pro se. The first judge dismissed the suit without prejudice as I was not a "lawyer" and could not represent our corporation. Still no lawyer would take the case. I eliminated the FPA and filed the suit pro se as myself as the plaintiff. The State decided "not to fight the suit" and began removing barriers at the Capitol building. The state wasted 120 days with extentions to do the settlement. The case will go to mediation. There is a lot more more to this lawsuit, including the state acknowledging the retaliation I experienced in 2005 and 2006 for publishing the ADA Capitol Report in 2004 on www.dignity4disabled.com a web site I also publish.

ADA LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF FLORIDA SETTLED.

Read more at www.dignity4disabled.com

ADA barrier removal is a tough business and Miami-Dade County is over ripe for anADA lawsuit. Too many parks, new facilities, and older buildings just keep being put

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COCONUT GROVE PLAYHOUSE

This Playhouse should be open and operational. Two mayors should have solved this problem long ago. Even if it requires the total termination of the Miami Dade Cultural Affairs Department. When elected, this Playhouse issue will be solved within 30 days, and the restoration will commence.

PIT BULL REPEAL ORDINANCE letter from Commissioner Patrick Fiore and I concur with his assessment on this now on the August ballot issue, by our gutless County Commission.

"Yes, Mr. Wood I concur whole heartedly, in July 2006, my daughter who 
was 12 at the time was walking our dog around the lake in THE HAMMOCKS
 where we lived then, when a pit bull mix got loose, because someone 
left a gate open.If it was not for our dog CHESTNUT protecting our 
daughter by putting herself in harms way, she would have sufferred 
severe injury. Thank God I just happened to be home that afternoon, 
and went racing over across the lake, while the pit bull had its jaws
around the leg of our dog CHESTNUT. I had to pull the pit bull off of
our dog, and pin it to the ground while getting bit in the hand, 
meanwhile I told my daughter to run home as fast as she can with CHESTNUT.
As the police arrived the pit bull scampered away,the owner was found and
 tragically the dog had to be euthanized due to this and the owner's 
neglectfulness. Our dog CHESTNUT had to spend 3 days in the animal
hospital and the bill was 1500 dollars, the owner did pay for the bill,
and CHESTNUT recovered, the bites from the pit bull went right thru one 
side of her leg and out the other. In addition my daughter was left 
traumatized at the time by this whole episode, and I ended up in the ER
for treatment for the dog bite. Yes, enforce the pit bull ban, and leave 
as it is, the breed itself are inherently dangerous, especially if trained
by inconsiderate, and uncaring owners. Feel free to share this with the
below named County Commissioner."

I urge others to vote no on this repeal.--Denny Wood
For more facts on pit bulls visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/images/dogbreeds-a.pdf
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Thefollowing was submitted by Lenard Wheeler 
Evacuation Zones
Zone A (Red Zone) 
The Miami-Dade County storm surge evacuation zones were 
redrawn in 2003 because of data acquired through the release of 
the SLOSH II computer model which supersedes the previously-used SLOSH model. 
The SLOSH II model was developed by the storm surge group at the National 
Hurricane Center working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. 
Geological Survey and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation 
with state and local offices of emergency management. (Note: SLOSH is an acronym 
for "Sea Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricanes."
Please Note:   With the new maps, each zone will be 
evacuated depending on the hurricane’s track and projected storm surge, 
independent of the hurricane’s category. Upon identification of a threat the DEM 
or County Mayor will use local media to relay pertinent information, such 
as evacuations and shelter openings. It is important that you monitor the news 
for this information. Remember that these evacuation zones deal 
strictly with storm surge; you still need to determine if your home is 
safe to remain during a hurricane.

Areas of Miami Dade County that are completely or partially within this zone: 
 Miami Beach; Key Biscayne; all islands lying within Biscayne Bay including 
Golden Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek 
Village, Surfside, North Bay Village; City of Miami (island); Island Estates 
located in Aventura and the area known as 8 ½ Square Mile Area - Between SW 
104th St. to SW 168th St. and SW 187th Ave. to 
SW 237th Ave.
Zone B (Yellow Zone)
Areas of Miami Dade County that are completely or partially within this 
zone:  east of Biscayne Blvd.- Aventura , North Miami Beach, North Miami, 
Miami Shores;  City of Miami – east of Main Highway & South Bayshore 
Dr.; Coral Gables – east of Old Cutler Rd.; Pinecrest – east of Old Cutler Rd.; 
Palmetto Bay – south of SW 138th St  and east of Old Cutler Rd.; 
Cutler Bay – south of SW 184th St, east of Old Cutler Rd., Homestead 
– east of the Turnpike; Florida City  - east of the 
Turnpike.
Zone C (Green Zone) 
Areas of Miami Dade County completely or partially within this zone:  
Palmetto Bay –  south of SW 152nd St, west of Old Cutler Rd, up 
to US 1;  Cutler Bay – south of SW 184th St (Eureka Dr.), west 
of Old Cutler Rd., to SW 127th Ave;  Homestead –  west of 
the Turnpike; Florida  City – west of the 
Turnpike.

To determine if your location is within an evacuation area, 
visit:  http://tinyurl.com/md-hurricanezone (Enter 
your address and click on “Hurricane Storm Surge Evacuation Zone”) or call Miami 
Dade Answer Center at 3-1-1.
 
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3 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS WE ARE SPEARHEADING 

2012 PLATFORM STATEMENT