More Ron Book Shenanigans
Lobbyist Ron Book Favors Puppy Mills and Homelessness
Who would push FOR puppy mills? OH… Ron Book would.
That’s what happened when Ron Book took a job as a lobbyist for one of the states largest retailers of pets. While the County of Miami-Dade’s motto has been “adopt, don’t shop” to encourage people to adopt from the county’s shelters, Book (undoubtedly motivated by the six figures his firm gets paid for it) argued FOR the puppy mills and asked the County for a waiver from the conflict of interest, allowing him to keep his six figure income from Miami-Dade even though their position conflicts with Book’s client.
Here’s the kicker…
According to the Miami Herald, yesterday “Miami-Dade commissioners were set to vote on stripping lobbyist Ron Book from his county contract if he didn’t agree to drop a puppy-store chain as a client over the industry’s efforts to block local regulations of pet sales. Book didn’t attend the meeting, and that didn’t matter. When Book’s requested conflict-of-interest waiver came up on the agenda late in the afternoon, Chairman Esteban “Steve” Bovo requested a delay until the prominent lobbyist and two associates could be there in person to defend themselves.”
In case you didn’t say “ah ha” Esteban Bovo is the commissioner who sponsored Ron Book’s amendment to the county ordinance allowing police to arrest homeless sex offenders on site. (Conveniently, ‘the Bovo Amendment’)
Dirty, dirty, dirty!!!
MORE interesting news. Bovo is running for Mayor in 2020. Guess whose back he’s scratching to ensure he gets campaign contributions from, including his clients, employees, anybody else he can funnel contributions to like he was convicted of in the past?
No surprise here. It’s known that those who have no compassion for animals also have no compassion for humans. Ron Book has shown over and over he fits the profile. Now it just takes someone with enough money to run him through the process to prove it legally. It appears he is more of a predictor then anyone on the sex offender registry.
These amazingly interesting messages need to go on a bill board. Get the word out! Is not working from our inbox only….
Yes Maria. FAC needs their own youtube channel or something LOL. Or we need a blog page or something
how about bring book under the ethics board. and have them removed
from any government capacity of any control.
What’s the likelihood of Bovo being PAID for his support of Book???? Hmmm?
Check his contributor list
$1,000 last election cycle. I’m going to guess the herald didn’t mention that.
$2500 from Ronald L Book PA, $1000 from Ron Book individually, $1000 from Patricia Book (his wife, who he is separated from), $1000 from Samantha Book (his daughter), $500 from Confection Connection, Inc (wife’s business) plus a bunch of his clients, like $1000 from GEO Group, etc…
https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=6677197
I would love to talk to his wife ( or ex or whatever) to see if those donations are legitimate. Or is he cooking the books. No pun intended.
WHY is he allowed to do this? AND…. get away with it at the “blessing” of all the other corrupt Miami Government. He can run roughshod over Florida and no one dares to stop him? First, he has the children, then the Sex Offenders, NOW the animals all under his “corrupt grip”.
This is becoming 1934-38 Germany all over again.
Sean, I love that analysis. Let’s muster the courage to come out and take back the sunshine state, lets shine. We are not afraid, were busy…one day off for action.
Miami politics as usual. Political payola.