Más Republicanos hartos del Partido Republicano cambian de partido
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Fecha: Martes, 1 de abril de 2014
Contacto: Rachel Johnson, 305.771.2167
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Más Republicanos hartos del Partido Republicano cambian de partido
En un rechazo público al Partido Republicano y de qué tan ajeno a la realidad se ha tornado hacia la comunidad hispana, aún más votantes cambiaron el registro de su partido en un evento en la Oficina del Partido Demócrata de Miami-Dade esta mañana, convirtiéndose oficialmente en Demócratas.
"El Partido Republicano de hace muchos años ya no existe", dijo George Garrido, quien se convirtió en Demócrata hace dos años. Su hijo Michael está cambiando de partido esta semana, diciendo "el Partido Republicano ya no me representa más. He cambiado de parecer cuando mantuvieron al gobierno como rehén en su propósito de repeler el Obamacare, una ley que está ayudando a millones".
"Cuando perdí mi empleo y comencé mi propio negocio, no podía pagar por la atención médica", dijo la empresaria cubanoamericana de 37 años de edad Maggie Fernández (en la foto). "Bajo el Obamacare pude obtener un seguro; me parece una locura que los Republicanos se opongan a esta ley que está beneficiando a tantas personas".
"Nuestros hijos son el futuro", dijo Maria-Elena López, una cubanoamericana que trabaja como administradora de propiedad. "Al no respaldar la atención médica, los programas de bienestar social, la educación pública y otras cosas más, los Republicanos están destruyendo ese futuro".
"El Partido Republicano me engañó. Ellos nunca estuvieron a favor de la clase trabajadora pobre", dijo Hidalisa Izquierdo, de 76 años de edad, una cubanoamericana jubilada. "Yo voy a ser Demócrata hasta que me muera".
Read moreEven More Republicans Jump Ship, Switch to the Democratic Party
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Date: Monday, March 31, 2014
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TODAY: More Republicans Jump Ship, Switch to the Democratic Party
Today, even more Republicans will join the growing list of Floridians changing party registration to join the Big Tent party at an event at Miami-Dade Democratic Party headquarters.
"I am fed up with the Republican Party," says Cuban-American business owner Maggie Fernandez, who will change registration tomorrow. "It's time to stand up and say that the GOP — which grows more extreme and exclusive by the day — has left me, and no longer stands for my interests or values."
"On the heels of Rick Scott and his team's disgraceful behavior and disrespect toward the Hispanic community, it's no surprise that more Republicans are stepping forward to say: Enough is enough," said Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair Annette Taddeo-Goldstein. "In recent weeks we have seen dramatically reinforced a fact we already knew to be true: The GOP is not the party that stands for Florida's Hispanic and minority communities."
The facts speak clearly for themselves:
- In Miami-Dade County, 43% of registered voters are Democrats compared to only 28% Republican.
- Hispanics in Miami-Dade have now become the largest segment of registered Democrats in the county (39% Hispanic, 36% African American, 19% Anglo)
- Statewide many more Hispanics continue to register Democrat than do Republican. Republicans have hit a 14% ceiling among new Hispanic registrants.
Rick Scott's Finance Chair Resigns Citing Frustration with Racist Comments
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Date: Friday, March 21, 2014
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Rick Scott's Finance Chair Resigns Citing Frustration with Racist Comments
Yesterday, Mike Fernandez — Rick Scott's finance chair — resigned. The resignation was fueled in part, according to the Miami Herald's Marc Caputo, by Fernandez's frustrations with "two campaign aides who had joked around in a cartoon-style Mexican accent en route to a Mexican restaurant."
"Rick Scott should call for the immediate resignation of the campaign staffers involved. It would be shameful if Scott were to condone such behavior," said Miami-Dade Democratic Party Executive Director Juan Cuba. "These insensitive remarks perpetuate a pattern of continued disrespect Rick Scott and the Republican Party have shown toward Hispanics in Florida."
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Election-Year Pandering Won't Change Rick Scott's Anti-Immigrant Record
Press Advisory from Florida For All
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Date: March 18, 2014
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Election-Year Pandering Won't Change Rick Scott's Anti-Immigrant Record
Hispanic leaders blast Governor's flip-flop on in-state tuition for DREAMers
Miami – Annette Taddeo-Goldstein, Chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, and former Republican State House Representative Ana Rivas Logan will hold a press conferenceWednesday, March 19th to warn voters that Rick Scott’s 180-degree support for in-state tuition for DREAMers is nothing more than crass election-year pandering.
Rick Scott campaigned aggressively on an anti-Hispanic agenda in 2010. He vowed to bring a “common sense” Arizona-style immigration law to Florida, to "placate hard-liners demanding stricter border security,” and supported the idea of police checking immigration status. His campaign even bragged about its support of this extreme anti-Hispanic law in radio commercials and on its website.
Read moreCarlos Curbelo Willing to Allow Guns in Public Schools
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Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014
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Carlos Curbelo Willing to Allow Guns in Public Schools
Yesterday, the Miami-Dade School Board voted 8-to-1 to oppose state legislation allowing teachers to carry concealed firearms in public schools. School Board Member Carlos Curbelo was the sole dissenting vote.
Curbelo, who is running for Congress in Florida’s 26th district, said the School Board should not take a position on the issue, describing the effort as a “waste of political capital.”
"As the mother of a child in public school, it’s sad that a school board member and wannabe Congressman thinks safeguarding our children is a ‘waste of political capital’,” said Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chair Annette Taddeo-Goldstein, “rather than an urgent priority. Curbelo is clearly more concerned with protecting himself from the gun lobby than protecting our children.”
Blue Breakfast Changing Venues Following Employee Allegations Against Versailles
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Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Blue Breakfast Changing Venues After Employee Allegations Against Versailles Surface
This Saturday, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party is hosting its first-ever Blue Breakfast: The Dollars and Sense of Minimum Wage, co-hosted by the South Florida AFL-CIO and Unite Here Local 355.
Originally scheduled to take place at Versailles, the event was moved today to La Casita following the filing of a lawsuit alleging that Versailles fired two employees for reporting illegal activities at the restaurant, including sexual-orientation harassment, wage and hour violations, and more. Read about the lawsuit here.
Time for Miami-Dade to Take Action on Long Voting Wait Times
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Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
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Time for Miami-Dade County to Take Action on Long Voting Wait Times
Tomorrow, the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners will meet to consider whether the county will re-draw its voting precinct lines in 2014, a process each Florida county typically follows after each census and one that has been put off in Miami-Dade for four years. Failure to re-precinct is viewed as one of the driving factors behind marathon voting wait times in 2012 — over seven hours in some precincts — which were some of the longest anywhere in the country and cast national media attention on voting problems in Miami-Dade.
"After his initial announcement, we pressured the Mayor to reconsider his earlier decision to delay re-precincting for yet another year," said Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chair Annette Taddeo-Goldstein. "Since then we have been very impressed by the county's willingness to re-evaluate whether that was the best course of action. We had a productive meeting with the elections office earlier this month, and we feel that county leadership is committed to taking necessary steps to reduce voting wait times in as many precincts as possible before the November election."
"We want to ensure that the county follows the standard set by the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration — that no voter should wait more than 30 minutes to cast his or her ballot," she added. "This is what we should strive for and nothing less."
A review of 2012 elections data conducted by the Miami-Dade Democratic Party found that in precincts where the last voter cast their ballot by 8 pm, turnout averaged 69%, whereas in precincts where the last voter voted after midnight turnout was only 60%. If voters in all precincts had been able to vote by 8 pm, nearly 26,000 more ballots would have been cast, our review shows. Click here for more facts and figures.
The meeting begins at 9:30 am in county commission chambers at Stephen P. Clark Government Center, 111 NW 1st Street, Miami 33128.
Full facts & figures after the flip.
Read moreAna Rivas Logan Officially Registers as a Democrat
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Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
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Ana Rivas Logan Leaves GOP, Joins Democratic Party
Yesterday, former Republican State House representative and former schoolboard member Ana Rivas Logan left the GOP and officially registered as a Democrat.
"The Republican Party has lost it way," said Rivas Logan at a press conference outside the Miami-Dade elections office. "I'm so proud to be joining a party that welcomes all people and doesn't alienate women, minorities, and immigrants or attack people on the basis of sexual orientation."
Ana Rivas Logan Leaves the GOP, Joins the Democratic Party
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Date: Monday, February 10, 2014
Contact: Rachel Johnson, 305.771.2167
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The Miami-Dade Dems are proud to announce that former State House representative, former schoolboard member, and civic leader Ana Rivas Logan has left the Republican party and is officially becoming a Democrat today, February 10.
WHO: Ana Rivas Logan will be filing her new registration with the Democratic Party
WHAT: A press conference will be held immediately afterward
WHEN: Monday February 10th, 2:30 pm
WHERE: Miami-Dade Elections Department (2700 NW 87th Avenue, Doral, Florida 33172)
BACKGROUND: Ana Rivas Logan abandona al Partido Republicano (El Nuevo Herald)
Read moreMiami-Dade Democratic and Republican Party Joint Statement
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Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Miami-Dade County Democratic and Republican Party Joint Statement
The Chairwoman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, Annette Taddeo-Goldstein, and the Chairman of the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County, Nelson Diaz, have joined their efforts to declare bi-partisan support on behalf of one of our community’s most vulnerable populations — child-victims of sex trafficking.
“While we may not always agree on certain policies, the Miami-Dade County Democratic and Republican parties are 100% committed to protecting the most vulnerable in our society, children. There is no such thing as partisanship when combatting the most insidious crimes, like child sex trafficking. We must all work together to ensure these victims receive the treatment they need and that the criminals who traffic in children spend their lives behind bars. After what we saw recently at an adult club in Miami Beach, no one can afford to sit on the sidelines; we must all do what we can to protect our children,” said Annette Taddeo-Goldstein, Chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, and Nelson Diaz, Chair of the Miami-Dade Republican Party.