Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: How does Emilio Gonzalez plan to address Miami's challenges?
So he follows events in Florida and particularly South Florida. It was an opportunity for him to endorse me. I would never, ever tell a sitting president, no, I don't want your endorsement. I welcome it. The governor endorsed me. Both our senators endorsed me. By the way, Eileen has been endorsed by the county mayor, by the Florida Democratic Party, by numerous members of Congress.
So this did eventually turn into a very partisan race. I will tell you, that long before I even filed, she was campaigning as the trusted Democrat. That is to say, she put that label on herself and I did not. I wanted to respect the NPA aspect and no party affiliation aspect of the race. The president got on board, the governor got on board.
Everybody understands that there's concern about what would happen to Miami. if somebody with her qualifications, or for that matter, lack of qualifications, were to take over the city.
Chapter 3: What controversies surround Monique Pardo-Pope's candidacy?
Again, does it move the needle? I hope so, but I'm still out there. I'm not hiding from anybody. I'm not hiding from this very subject, which- Well, what choice do you have? I mean, it's right out- It's out there. It's way out there. And again, listen, if President Biden had wanted to say, hey, you know what? Emilio's a great guy. Fine, thanks. Really? Really.
Is that true? I would. Some outside chance that Joe Biden was still president and he endorsed you for Miami mayor.
What's true is that I would accept it. He's a sitting president. You know, he is a sitting president. And that's something that you cannot in good conscience say, you know what? Nah, I'm not interested in your endorsement. Take it back.
Well, let me ask you this, though. If you could talk now, talk, you are talking now as a proud NPA. Donald Trump was a Democrat a lot longer than I was a Democrat. But as a proud NPA for the vast majority of my voting life since I turned 18 in 1996 and voted for Ross Perot, by the way, I've been an NPA and. I love nonpartisan municipal elections.
I'm not a big fan of these constitutional offices that we've created. I'm even less of a fan that they're partisan. I really do like a partisan race. I don't like the toxicity that and tribalism that seeps in to races when they get partisan, because it's really about what's best for this community from the government that serves you on a minute by minute basis, which is what local government does.
But here's my question. Speaking to. Democrats and NPAs who last summer saw you as a different brand. They saw you as a savior of democracy and the election. You were the, as we've talked about, ad nauseum on this show, the only candidate, the only person who sued the city of Miami to restore the election that the mayor and the city commission had committed.
canceled in order to gift themselves an extra year in office it was an act of insanity you were the only person who stood up to it i had eileen higgins sitting in that very chair some some time ago asking her why a she didn't join the fight and b why she then fundraised on it the day the day that you took credit for that you lost and was privately telling people oh this one year delay in the election actually benefits me while she was telling me a totally different story i
Maybe that's not why. Maybe that's why she's not here again today. Christian, what are your thoughts on this? Sorry, in the interest of equal time here, I just wanted to anyway. So talk to NPAs and Democrats who may have felt like you were their guy over the summer. But now you have this MAGA mayor thing that may be a turnoff.
Listen, I would tell them that nothing has changed, okay? And people were attacking me. Members of the Democratic Executive Committee were attacking me before I even filed, Billy. They were calling me the MAGA mayor. They were saying, and these are all flyers that I got at home, that I'm doing away with public education, that I'm doing away with health care for seniors.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Trump's endorsement for Miami's mayoral race?
The city of Miami is not going to build you a house. We don't have a housing authority. We can't have. The federal government won't allow any more housing authorities. So the idea is to put more money in people's pockets. And you start, by the way, this isn't an end all. You start there and then you start look for other opportunities.
The state of Florida may usurp all of this anyway by putting some sort of state constitutional amendment on the ballot. And if it makes it to the ballot, obviously people are going to vote.
to eliminate it will pass people are going to vote to eliminate it i don't know that they fully understand that i don't necessarily know that it's the best idea but i do want to get into the specifics on it with the city of miami you mentioned the 94 million dollars that the cfo of the state blazingolia came in and announced but That was not exactly a forensic accountant.
He was they were talking about the increase in budget over a period of time based on inflation, based on certain formulas and calculations. And rather than actually looking at line items. I mean, if you ask me, where's waste? I could I could off the top of my head. I could name several, you know, fibers.
You know, one of the things that Blaze did figure. one of the things that Blaze did is essentially at the macro level, right? And a very interesting statistic, Miami's population has grown by only 23,000 people. It costs something like $15,000 per person in services. Seems like a lot. Per person. A family of four moves to Miami, it's going to cost $60,000 worth of services.
Those are at the macro levels, but you're absolutely right. Look, they won. They won. I said, I am going to conduct a forensic audit of the city budget. I want to know where the money is. Why? Because anybody can promise anything. But you know what? You got to pay for it. I told you 75% of our budget is salaries, pensions, and benefits. That leaves 25% to actually do stuff.
You've just brought up a very important point. Most of the budget, most of the money that these cities spend, that taxpayers are paying for, is to pay people who no longer work at the city. Yes, exactly. Bottom line, am I wrong? They're paying them to not work at the city anymore. I'm not saying that they didn't earn it. I'm not saying nobody has.
I don't think any private industry offers real pensions in that form anymore. But my question is this. You're never going to solve that problem. It's an imbroglia, no pun intended. But what I'm seeing is that... If you start cutting from the budget, it's not going to be from that 75 percent per se of pensions that you're obligated to pay out.
It's going to wind up being from from services that the current residents and homeowners and business owners need in the city. Right. So I'm not saying there's not waste there.
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Chapter 5: How does Emilio Gonzalez view his opponent's campaign strategies?
Well, that's a fact. And we need to just at least put a marker down and say, you know what? Why are we buying this? Who let this contract out? Who won the contract? Those are questions that I don't find those to be unreasonable questions because nobody has been able to come up with the right answer. Remember the famous $400 million bond for resiliency and portable housing? I remember.
Where is it? I ask that rhetorically. I'm sure they're spending it somewhere. I know that they have plans to spend it. A lot of it has been unspent six, seven years later. Why? So again, I think that my going in there day one, I know what to look for. And I'm going to ask all those questions. And I'm going to say, hey, you know what? Let's talk about this line item and that line item.
And who let this RFP out? And what were the requirements? And oh, by the way, who won? You know, businesses don't want to compete here anymore. Why? Guess what? They think this is a corrupt city and they know who already is going to win before they even let the RFP out.
I think, by the way, not a good parody song for the show, Roy. Who let the RFP out? I don't think the street. I don't know what that. No, I don't know. So I appreciate the specificity of day one forensic audit. I don't know that I've heard those kinds of specifics from your opponent. Hang on. Should we ask? Any specifics on day one? Okay, never mind.
So the other one that I feel very strongly about is what I call the death tax. I have a really nice house that I paid a very modest amount for. Because of the valuations in Miami-Dade County, my house is worth like 15 times what I paid for it.
People in Miami cannot afford to live in the homes they built.
Correct. With their own hands. So the day I pass... My daughter won't be able to inherit my house. Why? Because the valuation on that house will be so high that the real estate taxes will go from about the $6,000 that I pay. You would have been grandfathered in and she will not be. So, and my point is. She'll be forced to sell. And move. And, you know, my house.
Because even with all that money, she won't be able to afford to live in Miami. She'll have to move to Arkansas, you know. So, not that there's anything wrong with Arkansas.
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Chapter 6: What is Emilio Gonzalez's stance on local government transparency?
So, you know, that's a state issue.
You sure about that? I don't know. I don't know about that. Would you accept the endorsement of the governor of Arkansas? I don't know the governor of Arkansas. I bet you would, actually. It's Sarah Huckabee. Sanders. She got married. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She married the colonel? Holland? Who let the RFP out?
So again, by the way, this is a state issue. There's got to be a formula. There's got to be a way where there's a portability, if you will, so that I can leave my house to my daughter. You can leave your house to your kids and not...
Have them forced to sell because the the real estate taxes went from six thousand dollars to ninety thousand dollars Which by the way, nobody in the city makes ninety thousand dollars Basically, you can't find a house here for less than half a million dollars And if you do buy it quickly because it won't be on the market long So again, these are the big issues another one and tell me when you want me to stop Listen as mayor
I'm entitled to health insurance, which, by the way, I never accepted when I was a manager because I didn't need it. But why couldn't the rest of the city of Miami residents be eligible for the same health insurance that their mayor and commissioners are entitled to? We're not going to pay for it. We'll make them eligible. They can then negotiate with whatever provider. I think it's only fair.
These are the things that I think ā by the way, I think the number of uninsured residents of the city of Miami is about 16 percent of our residents are completely uninsured.
It sounds terrible. Is that unusually high for a major city?
I think it's high. It's not unusually high, but it's high. And by the way, if you have a great insurance, keep it. I kept mine. So these are things that we want to do.
Was that just if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor? Was that what ā
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