Tuesday, March 1, 2016

This is the first time in four years that we heard some intelligent words from AGP | Eradicate the mosquitoes (of all kinds, types and persuasions), instead of creating the breeding grounds for them, that's another solution. And another boost and significant savings for the island 's finances.

This is the first time in four years that we heard some intelligent words from AGP. It means that he is not completely hopeless "bag of stones hibaro" as some of his political opponents paint him. Or, even more believably, that he finally went to the "Walgreen's" (the ones that still are left), bought some wax sticks, cleaned up his ears and started to listen to some good advisers:  
He recalled that there were only 2015 584 murders, "the lowest amount in nearly 30 years" and similar declines in the incidence of other crimes Type I take this opportunity to thank the Police Superintendent Jose kettles, by advances in public safety. The same made by highlighting achievements in Justice, referring to the head of that agency, Cesar Miranda, and prior to Education Secretary Rafael Roman.
He criticized the lack of word and character, referring to the lack of support for his initiative proposed by legislators of the popular majority. Meanwhile, freed from pressures of a candidate in an election year, he favored the legalization of marijuana and asked the senator Miguel Pereira project is approved for possession of limited portions of the drug is decriminalized. On the opposition to these initiatives, he condemned "the hypocrisy of many sectors in the country" and called for a health approach to address the problem of drug addiction on the island." 

Marijuana legalization might be a blessing for Puerto Rico, an economic stimulus and catalyst  that could help to turn the things around, bring more taxes and help to renegotiate the bond payments. 

No free ride, cabrones! No 50% haircut! No one will give it to you. America is loving but not stupid and is stern when it has and should be. Pay what you borrowed, and with interest, just like any one else, no special treatment for your seductive Spanish eyes. But if you can generate some extra income, and that easily, and with all these potential effects; hey, why not? It would be even better if marijuana growth and sales become the local government monopoly, with quality controls. Puerto Rico could make a mark with its progressive, smart and efficient drug policies (including the comprehensive treatment programs - that's your medical tourism, the addition and adjunct to the regular one) and turn it from the huge problem plaguing the island into the solution for the Caribbeans and the Americas. This will be one of the steps in turning Puerto Rico into the Switzerland of the Caribbeans. 

As for Zika, no reason to carry the habitual image and the role of eternal victim, including of the circumstances, in the hope of more give-out pennies of public funds. Eradicate the mosquitoes (of all kinds, types and persuasions), instead of creating the breeding grounds for them, that's another solution. And another boost and significant savings for the island 's finances. 

M.N. 
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Steps for Fixing Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Problems by Grupo CNE
Tuesday March 1st, 2016 at 3:51 PM

CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center For A New Economy
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Friday, February 5, 2016

Puerto Rico Cries Wolf (Again) - WSJ | From Comments: USATHOUGHTS says: "What we consider corruption proves to be common practice in Spanish speaking Nations. Any Puerto Rico bailout can only result in the theft of American Tax Payer money." | Corrupt politicians in Puerto Rico and New York seemed joined at the hip in helping Puerto Rico to shed its obligations. | News Review: February - January 2016

Puerto Rico Cries Wolf (Again)

Published Thu, Feb 4, 2016  |  , Senior Correspondent
Puerto Rico Debt Crisis: More Trouble On the Way
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, is crying wolf amid an ongoing – and deepening – debt crisis.
The island’s taxpayers are on the hook to pay back a whopping $49.2 billion in debt.
Actually, Puerto Rico has about $73 billion in debt – but a big slice of the debt pie belongs to its troubled utility company, as well as other government entities.
Thus, the island’s obligated bond payments continue to swell.
Puerto Rico's Debt Bills Are Coming Due: Island's Bond Payments Swell to a Combined $1.4 Billion on Dec. 1 and Jan. 1
Currently, around 36% of Puerto Rico’s revenue services its debt payments (versus 7% in the United States), but the island says it can’t afford to pay more than 15%.
In a meeting with lawmakers in Washington, Padilla said the island is in a “death spiral” and that “the U.S. faces a humanitarian crisis under its own flag if Congress does not act soon.”
Recently, Puerto Rico has been moving money from one pocket just to pay another, something Padilla blatantly admitted when he said that the government has “paid their creditors up to now with ‘fiscal gymnastics’ but we have no more tricks.”

From Comments: 
USATHOUGHTS says: "What we consider corruption proves to be common practice in Spanish speaking Nations. Any Puerto Rico bailout can only result in the theft of American Tax Payer money." 

Corrupt politicians in Puerto Rico and New York seemed joined at the hip in helping Puerto Rico to shed its obligations. 

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Friday, January 29, 2016

Puerto Rico Non-Profit’s Tax Filings Raise Questions | Puerto Rican Political Leader Criticizes ‘Questionable’ Governor-Linked Charity


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Puerto Rico Non-Profit’s Tax Filings Raise Questions
Friday January 29th, 2016 at 11:35 AM

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Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla urged the public this week to ignore concerns about a corporate-funded charity that lists his brother as the sole employee, even as the media and ethics watchdogs have raised questions about the group’s finances and backers.
The Washington Free Beacon reported last week that corporations with business interests in Puerto Rico have been pouring money into a newly renamed non-profit group called the Sociedad Economica De Amigos Del Pais. The group’s governing director is Antonio Garcia Padilla, the brother of the embattled Puerto Rico governor, who earned $70,000 from the Sociedad Economica in 2014.
Governor Garcia Padilla came under fire in December after several members of his administration and his top fundraiser were indicted after a sweeping bribery and extortion probe. According to the indictment, the fundraiser leveraged his relationship with another brother of the governor in order to steer lucrative contracts to favored companies.
Earlier this week, Governor Garcia Padilla dismissed criticism of the Sociedad Economica, saying he had “no relationship” with the group, other than that he knew its board members and that it was run by his brother.
The governor also blasted the Free Beacon as “right wing,” echoing a memo drafted last week by the lobbying group SKD Knickerbocker, which serves as the public relations firm for the Puerto Rico government.
SKD Knickerbocker, which told the Free Beacon that it was also hired last week by an official at the Sociedad Economica, has declined to respond to questions about the non-profit’s tax filings.
According to Sociedad Economica’s 2014 financial disclosures, Antonio Garcia Padilla worked 40 hours per week for the group and earned $70,000.
The 40-hour claim has raised eyebrows at the University of Puerto Rico, where Garcia Padilla serves as a full time law school professor.
The student council is calling on the administration to investigate whether Garcia Padilla violated law school faculty bylaws prohibiting full-time professors from working more than 12 hours per week for outside employers. They are also calling for an audit of other professors who hold outside positions.
“We are discussing this issue with the student council of the Law School,” said Guillermo Guasp Perez, president of the UPR student council. “They are going to have their dean certify if this professor Garcia Padilla is complying with these bylaws or not.”
University of Puerto Rico President Uroyoan Walker did not respond to a request for comment. Garcia Padilla also did not respond to request for comment.
The Sociedad Economica was founded a decade ago by former New York SEIU chief Dennis Rivera and former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as a Hispanic legal rights group called the “Hispanic Education and Legal Fund.” In 2014, the group changed its name to the “Sociedad Economica De Amigos del Pais” with the revised mission of “support[ing] economic development in Puerto Rico.”
Garcia Padilla was named governing director in 2014. That year, the group received $275,000 in donations from a handful of top corporations in Puerto Rico—more than twice the amount it had received over the previous six years combined.
One of the group’s directors told the Free Beacon that the organization does not operate programs but instead works to attract corporations into doing business in Puerto Rico.
Sociedad Economica’s board secretary, Kathryn Wylde, said the group received free rent from Banco Popular, the largest bank in Puerto Rico and major donor to the Sociedad Economica. The head of Popular Inc., which owns the bank, sits on the Sociedad Economica’s board.
However, the Sociedad Economica listed over $30,000 in rent payments in its 2014 financial disclosures. A spokesperson for Banco Popular did not respond to request for comment about the rent payments.
The Sociedad Economica, under its previous name, the “Hispanic Legal and Education Fund,” was allegedly used to funnel over $1 million to a charity run by former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson that was said to be a “vehicle for kickbacks,” the New York Post reported in November.
The group recently caught the eye of the National Legal and Policy Center, a watchdog organization that monitors government ethics issues.
“Anytime a non-profit close to a political figure gets major funding from companies or individuals who can benefit from the actions of that politician, it raises ethical red flags,” Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, told the Free Beacon last week. “When the non-profit also employs a family member of the politician, the situation raises improper influence or pay-to-play issues.  The public is entitled to complete transparency.”
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Thursday, December 31, 2015

The Indian is a rat!

OMGWTFBBQ: Costumes For Your Pet Rat

 Our blog was able to obtain highly confidential and top secret Stratfor report which discovered that the Indian is a rat. No wonder he tries so hard to spy on the American military. This report was confirmed by the timely communications from our helpful, as always, KGB colleagues (thank you, Vitya!). 
The Elite Space Club is up in arms; it contemplates persistently this newly obtained secret information and attempts to process its repercussions. We will follow the situation closely. Our doors are and will always remain open to the new and productive ideas. (N.B.) 
At mean time, Happy New Cycle to everyone: the rodents are out, the year of Monkey is coming in. 
I like my poached salmon well cooked . It should be grilled a bit more. 

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