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New FS-718 Condo "Criminal" Law Online! - Ahora en Linea la Nueva Ley Penal de Condominios
ALERT: MIami Beach Police will be trained on the Condo Law - ALERTA: La Policia de Miami Beach será entrenada la en la nueva Ley de Condos
ALERT
The office of the State Attorney Fernandez Rundle will start training members the Miami Beach Police as early as next week on the new Condo “Criminal” law.
Well done ReformFL’s “Naranjitas”!
ReformFL is coordinating with the State Attorney’s office
to hold a seminar on the new Condo “Criminal” law in September to all ReformFL
members and friends.
Thanks again to State
Attorney Fernandez Rundle and her office for their invaluable help to Condo
owners.
ALERTA
La oficina de la fiscal
estatal Fernández Rundle estará entrenando a miembros de la Policía de Miami
Beach tan pronto como la próxima semana sobre la nueva Ley “Penal” de Condos .
Bien hecho por
las"Naranjitas" de ReformFL.
ReformFL está coordinando con la oficina de la Fiscal del Estado para celebrar una presentación sobre la nueva ley "Criminal" de condominios en septiembre a todos los miembros y amigos de ReformFL.
Gracias una vez más a la Fiscal Fernández
Rundle y a su oficina por su invaluable apoyo a los dueños de condominios.
ReformFL backs owner in Muramo Condo in Miami Beach - Apoyo a dueño en el Murano Condo
ReformFL backs owner in Murano Condo in Miami
Beach
Apoyo a dueño en el Murano Condo
Another successful demonstration of support to a Condo owner in
need
The ¨naranjitas¨ of ReformFL
attended the Miami Beach Commissioners meeting on July 26, 2017 to support
Martin Gonzalez an owner in Murano Condo in Miami Beach.
Mr. Gonzalez addressed the
commissioners and the Mayor on the abuses he has been put through by the
association at the Murano. His continued calls for help to the Miami
Beach Police Department have been ignored and his demand to apply the new
FS-718 Condo “Criminal” Law has been answered with the excuse of ignorance of
the new law.
That is not acceptable.
Chief Oats of the Miami Beach
Police Department promised to meet with Mr. Gonzalez to go over his situation.
The City Manager, Jimmy
Morales, mentioned that he will coordinate with different players to implement
the new FS-718 law.
Our champion, Commissioner
Aleman, told our group that Miami Beach is getting ready to train MBPD officer
on the new law.
We need a dedicated group of
officer to investigate economic crimes and implement the new Condo Law in Miami
Beach. It seems that the MBPD has sufficient resources and many positions
unfilled.
An anecdote: Outside
we asked Chief Oates to take a picture with our “naranjitas” and he told us “he
did not feel comfortable.” Just saying.
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#NeverGongora - from floridapolitics.com: Michael Gongora now says he always had ‘serious doubts’ about World OutGames
By Mitch Perry
Miami Beach Commission candidate
Michael Gongora now has “serious doubts” about the financial
viability of the World OutGames.
“The reason that I left the board of directors when I did was that I had serious doubts about their ability to pull off the games,” Gongora told members of the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club at a June 6 meeting at Puerto Sagua restaurant in Miami Beach.
That comment would seem to contradict a comment Gongora made last month when he told the Miami Herald that during the time he served on the board it had only met a few times and that “no financials were provided whatsoever.”
World OutGames organizers in Miami raised more than $1 million for the scheduled 10-day event. But just hours before the competition was set to start May 26, organizers informed the thousands of registered athletes (who had flown into Miami from around the globe) that they didn’t have the money to put on the games.
Since then, government agencies have opened investigations into the event, one of the world’s largest high-profile competitions for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender athletes.
Miami Beach had waived municipal fees and provided $200,000 in cash to sponsor the event, and is now demanding an audit of OutGames’ books.
Gongora served on the Miami Beach City Commission between 2006 to 2013, before losing a mayoral bid to Philip Levine. He came up short in the Democratic primary for state Senate District 38 in Miami Beach last August. He’s now running to return to the Commission against attorney Zachary Eisner and restaurant owner Adrian Gonzalez, who has seized on the controversy surrounding the World OutGames.
“It’s all about accountability and transparency,” Gonzalez said Monday. “The bottom line is he knew they were in trouble, he knew they were sinking, yet he did nothing to advise the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community or more importantly, the city of Miami Beach, which, at the end of the day, is the one that took the biggest financial hit in this thing.”
When first questioned about his involvement with the World OutGames, Gongora had said that he left its board in 2015. The Miami Herald reported last week that it was actually in 2016 after the Gonzalez campaign unearthed a video of Gongora identifying himself as a member of the OutGames board.
Now feeling the political heat over his involvement, Gongora wrote last week to Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales to inquire when funds from Miami Beach began to be allocated for the World OutGames.
“Since I am now being dragged into World OutGames politically, I have an easy public records request,” Gongora wrote Thursday. “Can you please advise when the monies were paid from the City of MB to World OutGames? It’s my understanding that the first portion was given in October 2016 which would be after I resigned from the board.”
Morales wrote back that the first $100,000 check for the games was dated May 1, 2014, “and deposited intact by the nonprofit organization.”
Gongora now says his time on the board was limited to between eight and a half months between 2015 and 2016.
The first openly elected gay politician in Miami Beach, Gongora traveled to Antwerp, Belgium with more than a dozen other local officials in 2013 to recruit organizers of the World OutGames to come to Miami Beach in 2017.
In his comments to the Breakfast Club, Gongora speculated that the reason that the Miami City Commission and Mayor Levine funded the event was that they didn’t want to be perceived as being anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
“Why did the Commissioner give them the money?” he asked. “I’ll say it since I’m gay and they’re not. I think that the commissioners don’t want to vote against anything that’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. I think it came up and they were like, ‘Oh we don’t want to be perceived as being anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.’ So, they gave them money.”
When contacted by FloridaPolitics.com, Gongora initially responded that he didn’t have much to say since he briefly served as a volunteer on the OutGames board “which seldom met.”
“I left the board 8.5 months prior to the games,” he wrote in an email Sunday. “During the short time of my tenure, OutGames received no public money nor was I privy to their finances. There is really nothing else to say. Unfortunately, a political opponent is trying to tie me into a story where there is none.”
“I haven’t accused him of anything,” Gonzalez responds. “I’m a taxpayer. I’m a resident on the Beach. He wants to blame me for putting the spot on the obvious? So be it.”
ReformFL: Demonstration in Miami Beach"ENFORCE THE CONDO LAW NOW!"-Demonstración en Miami Beach"¡APLIQUEN LA LEY DE CONDOS YA!"
Join ReformFL to demand that Police Departments across the state investigate and enforce the new reforms to the Condo Law
Únete a ReformFL para exigir que los Departamentos de Policía de todo el estado investiguen y apliquen las nuevas reformas a la ley de condominios
Wednesday, JULY 26, 2017 8:00 am
1700 Convention Center Dr Miami Beach, FL
Wednesday, JULY 26, 2017 8:00 am
1700 Convention Center Dr Miami Beach, FL
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Know your NEW Condo Criminal Law - "NO MAS" DEBIT CARDS (TARJETAS DE DEBITO)
These are other new
features of the new Florida Condominium "Criminal" Law effective July
1st, 2017
ESPAÑOL
Estas son algunas de las nuevas características
incluidas en la Ley de Condominios en efecto el primero de Julio del 2017
Debit Cards
- An association and its officers,
directors, employees, and agents may not use a debit card issued in the name
of the association, or billed directly to the association, for the payment
of any association expense.
- The use of a debit card issued in the
name of the association, or billed directly to the association, for any
expense that is not a lawful obligation of the association may be prosecuted as credit
card fraud pursuant to s. 817.61.
Tarjetas de débito
- Una asociación y sus funcionarios, directores, empleados y agentes no podrán usar una tarjeta de débito emitida a nombre de la asociación o facturada directamente a la asociación para el pago de cualquier gasto de la asociación.
- El uso de una tarjeta de débito emitida en nombre de la asociación, o facturado directamente a la asociación, por cualquier gasto que no sea una obligación legal de la asociación puede ser procesado como fraude de tarjeta de crédito de conformidad con el art. 817.61.
#NeverGongora "Ethically Challenged" again!
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Miami Beach candidate who served on board of ill-fated OutGames forgot when he quit
Miami Beach
commission candidate Michael Góngora has had trouble remembering how long he
served on the board of the ill-fated World OutGames Miami, an LGBTQ-themed
sports and cultural event that canceled most of its athletic competitions at
the last minute because of serious financial shortcomings.
A video from May 2016 showing Góngora identifying himself as an OutGames board member has surfaced in a new political attack ad by his opponent, Adrian Gonzalez, owner of South Beach Cuban eatery David’s Café.
This week, Gonzalez launched a web campaign criticizing Góngora for his connection to the OutGames, an event he helped recruit to the Beach. Gonzalez created a Facebook page and website blasting Góngora.
“What did Góngora know and when did he know about the OutGames?” reads a large headline on the site.
Góngora, a former Beach commissioner who lost a 2013 bid for mayor, said in June that he had not been on OutGames’ board of directors since 2015. But in a May 2016 YouTube video posted by the official OutGames account, Góngora promotes the games and identifies himself as a board member.
“Michael Góngora brought the OutGames to Miami Beach, served on the OutGames board, appeared in their promotional material and when it turned into a disaster for the city left the residents holding the bag,” said Gonzalez in an email blast Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Góngora told the Herald he had made a mistake remembering the date of his resignation.
“The only mistake from when I answered the question previously is that the resignation apparently was not until September 2016,” he wrote in an email. “I apologize for this discrepancy in my memory as I thought it was sooner. The State of Florida corporate listing still should have been updated and apparently was not.”
He provided the Herald his resignation, which he sent to OutGames organizers in an email on Sept. 16, 2016.
“I am thrilled to have been part of World OutGames since we first flew to Antwerp, Belgium to compete for the opportunity to present the games and continue to remain a supporter,” he wrote in his resignation. “Unfortunately, as you know, I was unsuccessful in my recent bid for State Senate. As a result, I am back at work and having to re-focus on my legal career and limit my public service for the time being. As such, I regretfully am resigning as a board member but welcome the opportunity to remain a friend and supporter of the games.”
Apart from apologizing for his memory, Góngora boasted about his fundraising lead and cited an online poll on a blog that has him ahead of Gonzalez. He also said that Gonzalez’s Facebook page attacking him is a violation of state campaigning laws because it does not have a disclaimer explaining that it is a paid political advertisement.
On Wednesday, Gonzalez responded by pointing out Góngora never sounded alarms when he served on the OutGames board. Góngora previously said the board never received financial updates nor had decision-making power.
“His only defense is that the Facebook page laying out the facts against him needs a disclaimer,” Gonzalez said. “That will be fixed but it would sure be nice if he had used that attention to detail to help prevent the OutGames debacle from costing the taxpayers over $200,000.”
The OutGames fiasco cost Beach taxpayers $200,000 in public money contributed to the event, and it disappointed athletes who had come to Miami from all over the world to compete. The debacle has prompted an investigation by Miami Beach police into what happened. City auditors are also reviewing the OutGames’ finances.
Miami Beach Elections: Have you heard about perennial candidate Michael Gongora’s most recent fiasco? #NeverGongora
Have
you heard about perennial candidate Michael Gongora’s most recent
fiasco?
The
Miami Beach Police are really into it. Prosecutors at the State
Attorney’s Office want to know more. Tax-payers have already spent
$200,000 on it.
So why
isn’t Michael Gongora taking any of the credit?
Maybe
it’s because of the accompanying fraud charges such an acknowledgement
could bring.
The
controversial politician’s most recent dust-up is rooted in the collapse of the
2017 World OutGames this past May, which did serious damage to the credibility
of the City of Miami Beach, cost tax-payers hundreds of thousands of dollars
and shattered the dreams of LGBTQ athletes who traveled from all around the
world to come to our city to compete.
The
event’s costly disintegration prompted Miami Beach Police and the State
Attorney’s Office to launch a fraud investigation into its organizers as well
as the city to conduct an internal audit.
Gongora,
who is currently running for city commission (again), is now lying about his
role in the organization.
It’s
almost like he’s got something to hide.
Michael
Gongora has a lot of explaining to do. He should start with the voters.
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Adrian Gonzalez for Miami Beach Commissioner, Group 3, non-partisan.
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OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE and/or TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. - OBSTRUCCION A LA JUSTICIA y / o MANIPULACION DE PRUEBAS.
The new Condo Criminal Law is now in effect.
Now, if the Association fails to provide an owner
access to records you will be able to call law enforcement and press
charges for OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE and/or TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.
The following language has been added to Florida Statute 718.111 (1) d:
“Forgery of
a ballot envelope or voting certificate used in a condominium association
election is punishable as provided in s. 831.01, the theft or embezzlement of
funds of a condominium association is punishable as provided in s. 812.014, and
the destruction of or the refusal to allow inspection or copying of an
official record of a condominium association that is accessible to unit owners
within the time periods required by general law in furtherance of any crime
is punishable as tampering with physical evidence as
provided in s. 918.13 or as obstruction of justice as provided in chapter 843. An
officer or director charged by information or indictment with a crime
referenced in this paragraph must be removed from office, and the vacancy shall
be filled as provided in s. 718.112(2)(d)2. until the end of the officer's or
director's period of suspension or the end of his or her term of office,
whichever occurs first. If a criminal charge is pending against the officer or
director, he or she may not be appointed or elected to a position as an officer
or a director of any association and may not have access to the official
records of any association, except pursuant to a court order. However, if the
charges are resolved without a finding of guilt, the officer or director must
be reinstated for the remainder of his or her term of office, if any.”
ESPAÑOL
La nueva Ley Penal de Condominios está ya vigente.
Ahora si la Asociación no proporciona a un propietario
acceso a los documentos oficiales, el propetario podrá llamar a las autoridades
encargadas de hacer cumplir la ley y presentar cargos por OBSTRUCCION A LA
JUSTICIA y / o MANIPULACION DE PRUEBAS.
El siguiente lenguaje ha sido añadido al Estatuto de la Florida 718.111 (1) d:
"La falsificación de un sobre de boleta electoral o de un certificado de votación utilizado en una elección de la asociación de condominios es castigado según se dispone en el art. 831.01, el robo o malversación de fondos de una asociación de condominios es castigado según se dispone en el art. 812.014, y la destrucción o la negativa a permitir la inspección o copia de un registro oficial de una asociación de condominios que sea accesible a los propietarios de la unidad dentro de los plazos requeridos por la ley general para promover cualquier crimen es castigado como manipulación de la pruebas física proporcionada En el s. 918.13 o como obstrucción a la justicia según lo dispuesto en el capítulo 843. Un oficial o director acusado por información o acusación con un crimen referido en este párrafo debe ser apartado de su cargo y la vacante será ocupada como se provee en el s. 718.112 (2) (d) 2. Hasta el final del período de suspensión del funcionario o director o el término de su mandato, lo que ocurra primero. Si una acusación penal está pendiente contra el oficial o director, él o ella no puede ser nombrado o elegido para un puesto como oficial o director de cualquier asociación y no puede tener acceso a los registros oficiales de cualquier asociación, excepto de conformidad con un mandato judicial. Sin embargo, si los cargos se resuelven sin una declaración de culpabilidad, el funcionario o director debe ser reintegrado por el resto de su mandato, en su caso. "
El siguiente lenguaje ha sido añadido al Estatuto de la Florida 718.111 (1) d:
"La falsificación de un sobre de boleta electoral o de un certificado de votación utilizado en una elección de la asociación de condominios es castigado según se dispone en el art. 831.01, el robo o malversación de fondos de una asociación de condominios es castigado según se dispone en el art. 812.014, y la destrucción o la negativa a permitir la inspección o copia de un registro oficial de una asociación de condominios que sea accesible a los propietarios de la unidad dentro de los plazos requeridos por la ley general para promover cualquier crimen es castigado como manipulación de la pruebas física proporcionada En el s. 918.13 o como obstrucción a la justicia según lo dispuesto en el capítulo 843. Un oficial o director acusado por información o acusación con un crimen referido en este párrafo debe ser apartado de su cargo y la vacante será ocupada como se provee en el s. 718.112 (2) (d) 2. Hasta el final del período de suspensión del funcionario o director o el término de su mandato, lo que ocurra primero. Si una acusación penal está pendiente contra el oficial o director, él o ella no puede ser nombrado o elegido para un puesto como oficial o director de cualquier asociación y no puede tener acceso a los registros oficiales de cualquier asociación, excepto de conformidad con un mandato judicial. Sin embargo, si los cargos se resuelven sin una declaración de culpabilidad, el funcionario o director debe ser reintegrado por el resto de su mandato, en su caso. "
918.13 Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence
(1) No person, knowing that a criminal trial or proceeding or an investigation by a duly constituted prosecuting authority, law enforcement agency, grand jury or legislative committee of this state is pending or is about to be instituted, shall:
(a) Alter, destroy, conceal, or remove any record, document, or thing with the purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or
(b) Make, present, or use any record, document, or thing, knowing it to be false.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
843.02 Resisting officer without violence to his or her person
Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; county probation officer; parole and probation supervisor; personnel or representative of the Department of Law Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute process in the execution of legal process or in the lawful execution of any legal duty, without offering or doing violence to the person of the officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
#LockThemUp - Who is enforcing the new Condo Law? - ¿Quién hará cumplir la nueva ley de condominios? por/by Brenda Medina
LOCK THEM UP!
Condo Owners are asking:
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A few days after the new Florida condominium law came into
effect, Martin Gonzalez went to the Miami-Dade County police to file a
complaint about alleged fraud in his condominium.
The answer angered him. According to Gonzalez, they told him
that they could not help him and that he went to the police department of his
city, Miami Beach.
But the answer that, according to Gonzalez, received by the
Miami Beach police was even more frustrating: "They told me which new law
they did not know about a new law."
For years, police departments have refused to receive or
investigate allegations of fraud in condominium associations, because state
laws regulating this type of housing did not include references to criminal
offenses and punishments.
Now, after extensive reform to Chapter 718 of the Florida
Constitution, passed during the most recent legislative session in Tallahassee,
the law DOES include criminal penalties for some actions by the Condo
Associations. But the reform came into effect on July 1, and several police
departments told the Nuevo Herald that they are barely inquiring and preparing
their police personnel for the implementation of the new law.
"We have begun working with the Miami-Dade State
Attorney and in the coming weeks we will meet with them and our agents from the
Economic Crimes Unit to discuss best practices to investigate these
crimes," said agent Ernesto Friday Rodriguez, spokesman for the Miami
Beach Police.
"As with any new law, we adapt and see the best way to
handle complaints as a police department," Rodriguez said, adding that he
did not know specific details about Martín González's complaint.
Since March 2016, the Nuevo Herald and Univisión 23 have
published the Nightmare Condos investigative series, which revealed cases of
electoral fraud in condominium association meetings, document forgery and
fraudulent tenders. The series highlighted the lack of action and the
limitations of the authorities on the complaints of owners, both the police and
the state agency for Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR).
Gonzalez, of the Miami Beach condominium, said they do not
understand why the authorities are not ready to implement the law immediately.
"When it was said that walking without a seat belt was
illegal, the next day the patrol cars were on the road putting tickets to
people who were walking without the belt," Gonzalez said. "So why do
we have to wait?"
Authorities said implementing condo laws and conducting
investigations is not as "black and white" as putting a fine for not
wearing a seat belt. Agents need to be educated and trained, and residents
understand the difference between civil and criminal matters. The latter are
those that the police can investigate, while civil complaints must be handled
by the DBPR.
ESPAÑOL
Propietarios de Condos se preguntan
¿Quién hará cumplir la nueva ley de condominios?
Pocos días después de que la
nueva ley de condominios de Florida entrara en vigor, Martín González fue a la
policía del condado Miami-Dade a presentar una queja sobre presunto fraude en
su reparto.La respuesta lo enojó. De acuerdo con González, le dijeron que no lo podían ayudar y que fuera al destacamento de su ciudad, Miami Beach.
Pero la respuesta que, según González, recibió en la policía de La Playa fue aún más frustrante: “Me dijeron que cuál nueva ley, que no sabían sobre una nueva ley”.
Por años, los departamentos de policía se han negado a recibir o investigar las denuncias de fraude en las asociaciones de condominios, debido a que las leyes estatales que regulan este tipo de viviendas, no incluían referencias a delitos y castigos penales.
Ahora, tras una amplia reforma al capítulo 718 de la Constitución de la Florida, aprobada durante la más reciente sesión legislativa en Tallahassee, la ley sí incluye castigos penales para algunas acciones. Pero la reforma entró en vigor el 1º de julio, y varios departamentos de policía dijeron a el Nuevo Herald que apenas están informándose y preparando a sus investigadores para la implementación de la nueva ley.
“Hemos empezado a trabajar con la Ficalía Estatal de Miami-Dade y en las próximas semanas vamos a reunirnos con ellos y nuestros agentes de la Unidad de Crímenes Económicos, para discutir las mejores prácticas para investigar estos delitos”, explicó el viernes el agente Ernesto Rodríguez, vocero de la Policía de Miami Beach.
“Como con cualquier nueva ley, nos adaptamos y vemos la mejor forma de manejar las quejas como un departamento de policía”, dijo Rodríguez, quien agregó que desconocía detalles específicos sobre la denuncia de Martín González.
Desde marzo del 2016, el Nuevo Herald y Univisión 23 han publicado la serie investigativa Condos de Pesadilla, que reveló casos de fraude electoral en juntas de asociaciones de condominios, falsificación de documentos y licitaciones fraudulentas. La serie puso en evidencia la falta de acción y las limitaciones de las autoridades en cuanto a las denuncias de los propietarios, tanto de la policía como de la agencia estatal de Regulaciones de Negocios y Profesionales (DBPR).
González, del condominio de Miami Beach, dijo que no entienden por qué las autoridades no están listas para implementar inmediatamente la ley.
“Cuando se dijo que andar sin el cinturón de seguridad era ilegal, al otro día los patrulleros estaban en la carretera poniendo tickets a la gente que andaba sin el cinturón”, alegó González. “Entonces, nosotros por qué tenemos que esperar”.
Las autoridades dijeron que implementar las leyes de condominios y realizar las investigaciones, no es un asunto tan “blanco y negro” como poner una multa por no llevar el cinturón de seguridad puesto. Se necesita educar y entrenar a los agentes, y que los residentes entiendan la diferencia entre los asuntos civiles y criminales. Estos últimos son los que la policía puede investigar, mientras que las quejas civiles deben ser manejadas por la DBPR.
ReformFL to Help Pavilion Condo’s Owners – ReformFL a la ayuda de los dueños en el Pavilion Condo
ReformFL will help abused and harassed owners at the Pavilion Condo of Miami Beach from the current Board of Directors, lawyers, property manager, insurance companies and banks.
Currently the Pavilion Condo is represented by Becker and Poliokoff, managed by FirstService Residential and have major loans with Banco Popular.
ReformFL is a grassroots movement that was a key player in the drafting, grand jury testimony, and ultimate passing of the new Condo “Criminal” Law at Florida State Legislature.
ReformFL was there when Erika Carrillo of Univision and Brenda Medina of Miami Herald conducted their great piece of investigative journalism.
ReformFL’s “naranjitas” received a standing ovation when the bill was passed in Tallahassee unanimously lead by Representative José Felix Diaz and Senators Rene Garcia and José Javier Rodríguez.
ReformFL is committed to stop collusion between abusive Board of Directors and the lawyers, property manager, banks and insurance company that “gang-up” against the owners.
Read the open email below from ReformFL to Senator Marco Rubio. If Senator Rubio chooses not to hear us we will be in his offices peacefully demonstrating.
We want to know on which side of the law is Senator Rubio is with. We will remember come election day.
ESPAÑOL
ReformFL ayudará a los propietarios abusados y acosados en el Pavilion Condo de Miami Beach de la actual Junta de Directores, abogados, administrador de propiedades, compañías de seguros y bancos.
Actualmente el Pavilion Condo está representada por Becker y Poliokoff, gestionados por FirstService Residential y tienen importantes préstamos con Banco Popular.
ReformFL es un movimiento de base que fue una pieza clave en la redacción, el testimonio del gran jurado y la aprobación definitiva de la nueva Ley "Criminal" de Condos en la Legislatura del Estado de la Florida.
ReformFL estaba allí cuando Erika Carrillo de Univisión y Brenda Medina de Miami Herald condujerón su gran pieza de periodismo de investigación.
Las “naranjitas” de ReformFL recibieron una ovación de pie cuando el proyecto de ley fue aprobado unánimemente en Tallahassee y dirigido por el Representante José Félix Díaz y los Senadores René García y José Javier Rodríguez.
ReformFL se compromete a evitar la colusión entre la Junta Directiva abusiva y los abogados, administrador de propiedad, bancos y compañías de seguros que "confabulan" contra los propietarios.
Lea el correo electrónico abierto de ReformFL al senador Marco Rubio. Si el Senador Rubio opta por no oírnos estaremos en sus oficinas demostrando pacíficamente.
Queremos saber de qué lado de la ley está el Senador Rubio. Recordaremos el día de las elecciones.
EMAIL TO SENATOR RUBIO FROM REFORMFL FLORIDA
From: reformaflorida17@hotmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 10:55 PM
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Subject: (Becker and Poliakoff) Fw: FW: Illegal Budget Meeting 2017 - no 14 days notice.
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 10:55 PM
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Subject: (Becker and Poliakoff) Fw: FW: Illegal Budget Meeting 2017 - no 14 days notice.
Good evening Hon. Senator Marco Rubio,
I am writing to you as you are very familiar with the legal counsel that works with First Service Residential as you I believe gave the eulogy for Mr. Poliakoff.
Reform Florida is a grass root movement that represents condo and HOA owners all across Florida and we have had enough of the complaints coming from various condos managed by this management company and this law firm especially at Pavilion Condo in Miami Beach, Boca View, Gables Waterway Towers, The Palms of Key Biscayne to name a few . Please advise when we can meet to discuss?
We will be protesting at your office if no action is taken in defense of these condo owners. It's unacceptable the horrible job First Service Residential and Becker and Poliakoff have done on behalf on condo owners all across Florida. In our opinion First Service Residential CAM license needs to be revoked and Becker and Poliakoff seriously reprimanded by the Florida Bar.
It just so happens Mr. Michael Gonghora is the attorney at this building if he can't even manage one condo how can he expect to manage a commissioner seat in Miami Beach?
Reform Florida would like to get your feedback on this issue given your familiarity with this law firm. Also, I see that you appointed someone from Becker and Poliakoff to nominate a Federal judge we would like to interview you for our over 50000 strong condo owner folllowing and get your thoughts on the nominees. Judges are the backbone of our democracy it's so important that the right person is picked.
We look forward to our meeting we know Washington DC is hectic at this time but condo and HOA owners are over 1.5 million of your constituents so it's a very important issue. At this time we are backing House of Representatives Jose Felix Diaz for the Florida Senate and Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez for the US House of Representatives and we will do everything in our power to help them get elected. They have fought for condo and HOA owners and did their job, which is what we demand from our legislators. Next year we will push for more reforms to condo and especially HOA laws to align with current statute 718.
Reform Florida Leadership
La ignorancia mata a los pueblos, y por eso es preciso matar a la ignorancia.
- Jose Marti -
EMAIL TO PAVILION CONDO ON ILLEGAL BUDGET MEETING
To: 'Robert.escobar@fsresidential.com'
Cc: 'Dante Chiabra'; 'Yessenia Polanco'; 'Francys Diaz'; 'Thomas, Victor'Subject: Illegal Budget Meeting 2017 - no 14 days notice.
Mr. Escobar,
A neighbor just sent me the notice attached for the approval of the operational budget for 2017 that was found in an obscure place by the service elevator.
We have not been mailed the proposed budget nor the waiver for the reserves.
This meeting is scheduled for tomorrow Friday, July 14th 2017. Although the note is dated June 29 2017, this is the first that any owner I consulted heard of this meeting.
We should have received by mail the proposed budget and notice 14 days in advanced.
FS 718.112 (2)(e) Budget meeting.—
1. Any meeting at which a proposed annual budget of an association will be considered by the board or unit owners shall be open to all unit owners. At least 14 days prior to such a meeting, the board shall hand deliver to each unit owner, mail to each unit owner at the address last furnished to the association by the unit owner, or electronically transmit to the location furnished by the unit owner for that purpose a notice of such meeting and a copy of the proposed annual budget. An officer or manager of the association, or other person providing notice of such meeting, shall execute an affidavit evidencing compliance with such notice requirement, and such affidavit shall be filed among the official records of the association.
Please, clarify this immediately, send us the information and reschedule this meeting according to the law.
NEW Condo Criminal Law -FREE Forum Univision/Miami Herald - GRATIS Foro Univision/Miami Herald sobre Nueva Ley de Condominios
NEW Condo Criminal Law
FREE Forum Univision/Miami Herald
Nueva Ley Penal de Condos - GRATIS Foro Univisión/Miami Herald sobre Nueva Ley de Condos
When: Wednesday, July 12 2017 starts at 6pm
Where: Goodlet Park Hialeah
Participating: The Miami-Dade County Contras Anti-Fraud Unit, the senators and state representative who made the law possible, lawyers on the subject, Brenda Medina and Erika Carrillo as panelists of the Community Forum organized by Univision 23 and El Nuevo Herald.
CUANDO: Miércoles, 12 de Julio 2017 a las 6pm
DONDE: Goodlet Park Hialeah
NEW Condo Criminal Law - Obstruction of Justice and Tampering with Evidence - OBSTRUCCION A LA JUSTICIA y MANIPULACION DE PRUEBAS.
The new Condo Criminal Law is now in effect.
Now, if the Association fails to provide an owner
access to records you will be able to call law enforcement and press charges for OBSTRUCTING
JUSTICE and/or TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.
The following language has been added to Florida Statute 718.111 (1) d:
“Forgery of a ballot envelope or voting certificate used in a condominium association election is punishable as provided in s. 831.01, the theft or embezzlement of funds of a condominium association is punishable as provided in s. 812.014, and the destruction of or the refusal to allow inspection or copying of an official record of a condominium association that is accessible to unit owners within the time periods required by general law in furtherance of any crime is punishable as tampering with physical evidence as provided in s. 918.13 or as obstruction of justice as provided in chapter 843. An officer or director charged by information or indictment with a crime referenced in this paragraph must be removed from office, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in s. 718.112(2)(d)2. until the end of the officer's or director's period of suspension or the end of his or her term of office, whichever occurs first. If a criminal charge is pending against the officer or director, he or she may not be appointed or elected to a position as an officer or a director of any association and may not have access to the official records of any association, except pursuant to a court order. However, if the charges are resolved without a finding of guilt, the officer or director must be reinstated for the remainder of his or her term of office, if any.”
The following language has been added to Florida Statute 718.111 (1) d:
“Forgery of a ballot envelope or voting certificate used in a condominium association election is punishable as provided in s. 831.01, the theft or embezzlement of funds of a condominium association is punishable as provided in s. 812.014, and the destruction of or the refusal to allow inspection or copying of an official record of a condominium association that is accessible to unit owners within the time periods required by general law in furtherance of any crime is punishable as tampering with physical evidence as provided in s. 918.13 or as obstruction of justice as provided in chapter 843. An officer or director charged by information or indictment with a crime referenced in this paragraph must be removed from office, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in s. 718.112(2)(d)2. until the end of the officer's or director's period of suspension or the end of his or her term of office, whichever occurs first. If a criminal charge is pending against the officer or director, he or she may not be appointed or elected to a position as an officer or a director of any association and may not have access to the official records of any association, except pursuant to a court order. However, if the charges are resolved without a finding of guilt, the officer or director must be reinstated for the remainder of his or her term of office, if any.”
ESPAÑOL
La nueva Ley
Penal de Condominios está ya vigente.
Ahora si la
Asociación no proporciona a un propietario acceso a los documentos oficiales, el
popretarion podrá llamar a las autoridades encargadas de hacer cumplir la ley y
presentar cargos por OBSTRUCCION A LA JUSTICIA y / o MANIPULACION DE PRUEBAS.
El siguiente
lenguaje ha sido añadido al Estatuto de la Florida 718.111 (1) d:
"La falsificación de un sobre de boleta
electoral o de un certificado de votación utilizado en una elección de la asociación
de condominios es castigado según se dispone en el art. 831.01, el robo o
malversación de fondos de una asociación de condominios es castigado según se
dispone en el art. 812.014, y la destrucción o la negativa a permitir la
inspección o copia de un registro oficial de una asociación de condominios que
sea accesible a los propietarios de la unidad dentro de los plazos requeridos
por la ley general para promover cualquier crimen es castigado como manipulación de la pruebas
física proporcionada En el s. 918.13 o como obstrucción a la justicia según lo
dispuesto en el capítulo 843. Un oficial o director acusado por información o
acusación con un crimen referido en este párrafo debe ser removido de su cargo y la
vacante será ocupada como se provee en el s. 718.112 (2) (d) 2. Hasta el final
del período de suspensión del funcionario o director o el término de su
mandato, lo que ocurra primero. Si una acusación penal está pendiente contra el
oficial o director, él o ella no puede ser nombrado o elegido para un puesto
como oficial o director de cualquier asociación y no puede tener acceso a los
registros oficiales de cualquier asociación, excepto de conformidad con un
mandato judicial. Sin embargo, si los cargos se resuelven sin una declaración
de culpabilidad, el funcionario o director debe ser reintegrado por el resto de
su mandato, en su caso. "
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