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79 matches for 'billionaire'
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Dolphins’ Steven Ross: Pity The Poor Billionaire
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BY SAM FIELDS
I owe Miami Dolphins owner Steven Ross an apology for my earlier columns attacking the 83rd richest American. I erroneously went after him for his unwillingness to use his $4.5 billion to pay for all the improvements to “Joe Robbie, Landshark, Sun Life, Russell, etc., Stadium”.
It turns out [...]
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Miami Dolphins "Put the Cart Before the Horse," Says House Speaker Will Weatherford
The Miami Dolphins went on their WAHHH THE GOVERNMINTS WON'T GIVE OUR BILLIONAIRE OWNER ANY FREE MONEY 2013 Tour after they were denied public funds to renovate Sun Life Stadium by the House last...' [...]
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Miami Dolphins "Put the Cart Before the Horse," Says House Speaker Will Weatherford
The Miami Dolphins went on their WAHHH THE GOVERNMINTS WON'T GIVE OUR BILLIONAIRE OWNER ANY FREE MONEY 2013 Tour after they were denied public funds to renovate Sun Life Stadium by the House last...' [...]
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What does Ross' Giving Pledge mean for the Dolphins?
This morning, we took a look at Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross' announcement that he had joined the Giving Pledge, a group of 114 billionaires committed to donating at least half their wealth to charity. While the gesture is amazing, and in no way am I' [...]
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Miami Dolphins owner promises to give away most of his fortune to charity
via @doug_hanks
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross pledged Tuesday to give away to charity the bulk of his estimated $4 billion fortune once he dies, joining a list of prominent billionaires in the so-called “giving pledge.”
In his message on the Giving Pledge website, Ross touted his upbringing in a middle-class Detroit [...]
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60 Minutes on Paul Tudor Jones, Everglades Foundation founder ... by gimleteye
If you don't see the video try this link.
60 Minutes features billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones and the charitable entity he started, the Robin Hood Foundation in NYC. Robin Hood serves the poor and needy through innovative programming, including charter schools seeking to' [...]
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Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is a moron
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My first car was a '59 Chevy that I bought for $600. It was a piece of crap. But it was my fault for not checking it out completely. Now, after all those years, I'm not feeling so bad. Seems it can happen to the best of us. Even to billionaires who should know [...] -
Hey, Steve Ross...now might be a good time to put your money where your mouth is!
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Click here to enlarge. Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is a billionaire times four. And because he's wealthy, he's used to getting his way. But, that didn't happen on Friday. So, Ross did what most people with money who are used to getting their way do when they don't get their way. He [...]
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Good Stuff Happens
Number of comments: 6Two good things happened yesterday:
• The bill to provide a large public subsidy for the refurbishment of the the Miami Dolphin’s stadium died in Tallahassee. The combination of outrage over the fiasco of the Miami Marlins deal, and the fact that the team’s lead owner is a multi-billionaire seemed to [...]
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Steve Ross and Jorge Perez: Build your own monuments ... by gimleteye
The message: if you are billionaires and expect taxpayers to fund your monuments, don't expect help from South Florida voters. We have had enough of lobbyists and political merchandisers. How much is it really worth to renovate the Dolphin's stadium? Whatever the private shareholders are willing to pay.
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Without tax dollars, Miami Dolphins owner must decide whether to spend own cash
via @doug_hanks
Without tax dollars at his disposal, how much money will Stephen Ross spend on Sun Life Stadium?
That’s the question looming over the billionaire owner of the Miami Dolphins in the wake of the Florida Legislature denying his request for both state and county dollars to fund about 45 percent [...]
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Will voters finally rise up, against bad stadium deals in South Florida? Yes we can ... by gimleteye
Broken promises. The American Airlines Arena, the Performing Arsht Center, the Marlins Stadium, the Genting Casino and Museum of Jorge Perez: will Miami-Dade voters finally reject a stadium campaign that only makes sense to insiders and its billionaire sport team owner? The answer is, yes.
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Sun Life Stadium Renovation Bill Passes Senate, Looks Likely to Get House Vote
Hey, Miami-Dade voters: Looks like you'll have a chance after all to decide whether the Dolphins -- and their billionaire owner, Stephen Ross -- deserve tax dollars to help renovate Sun Life Stadi...
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Braman BMW Forges Signatures and Swindles Customers, Says Former Service Manager
Norman Braman likes to think of himself as a man of the people. The billionaire famously sued the county and the Marlins in 2008 on behalf of taxpayers pissed off over the disastrous stadium deal...
Continue reading "Braman BMW Forges Signatures and Swindles Customers, Says Former Service Manager" > [...]
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Absentee Ballots Have Gone Out on Corporate Welfare for Dolphin's Billionaire. By Geniusofdespair
Whomever designed this ballot should be forced to eat a few copies. Why didn't they use the empty column on the right to make it shorter? There is one friggin' question. One question requires a 17 inch long ballot?
In 30 years the Dolphins are supposed [...]
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Koch Brothers Interested in Buying Sun Sentinel; Five Other Billionaires Who Could Scoop Up the Paper
Over the weekend, liberal media types coast to coast suffered jags of anxiety after the New York Times reported that Charles and David Koch -- AKA the billionaire Jagger and Richards of the Tea... [...]
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Koch Brothers Interested in Buying Sun Sentinel; Five Other Billionaires Who Could Scoop Up the Paper
Over the weekend, liberal media types coast to coast suffered jags of anxiety after the New York Times reported that Charles and David Koch -- AKA the billionaire Jagger and Richards of the Tea... [...]
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Dolphins owner Stephen Ross comes out of hiding and talks to Michael Putney
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Yesterday, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross was the only guest on Michael Putney's This Week In South Florida. From Putney's intro: "[Stephen] Ross makes his case for using tax dollars to modernize Sun Life Stadium. He says it's a perfect public-private partnership. Others call it corporate welfare for a billionaire." Watch' [...]
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Norman Braman: "I Honestly Believe Jeffrey Loria is Getting A Bad Rap"
Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has found an unlikely defender in Norman Braman. Yes, the billionaire auto magnate and former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles may have been the face of opposition to p...
Continue reading "Norman Braman: "I Honestly Believe Jeffrey Loria Is Getting a Bad Rap"" > [...]
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Guest Post: A Local Take On Dolphins Stadium Issue
I wanted to provide an argument for the other side of the stadium deal. Let me start by stating that I am a staunch opponent of the stadium deal, and while I think the term “welfare for billionaires” is hyperbole, the sentiment certainly fits.If you will allow me, I [...]
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Dolphin's Funding at County Commission Again Today. By Geniusofdespair
Citizen's vote on the Marlins Dolphins Stadium financial deal is scheduled for May 14th according to the agenda for the Miami Dade County Commission today. They can put lipstick on this pig all they want, I will still do a thumbs down, no corporate welfare for billionaires. The local' [...]
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Miami-Dade GOP opposes Dolphins stadium effort, calling it 'corporate welfare for billionaires'
@PatriciaMazzei
In a troubling sign for the Miami Dolphins, the Miami-Dade Republican Party approved a strongly worded resolution Thursday night opposing the football team's pursuit of public tax dollars to help fund a renovation to their Miami Gardens stadium.
"Tax-payers should never be the source of corporate welfare for billionaires, and should [...]
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Get Ready For Some Major Spin About JOBS. By Geniusofdespair
A little over 2 weeks ago a NEW Political Action Committee was formed to pay for bullshit spin that the Sun Life Stadium renovations (or as I like to view it: Corporate Welfare for a multi-billionaire) is a about jobs. Don't be fooled people! I notice they say "expansion" on' [...]
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Why the Corporate Takeover of EDM Was Inevitable: Straight, White Teenage Dudes Are On Board
You're not likely to hear many heavy-handed conversations about business at Ultra Music Festival this weekend, but if you do, it will more than likely be about billionaire Robert F.X. Sillerman'...
Continue reading "Why the Corporate Takeover of EDM Was Inevitable: The Straight Bros are On Board " > [...]
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Robert Sillerman's SFX Entertainment and Opium Group: "The Deal Is Off"
The $1-billion EDM pledge. That's what has most recently made SFX Entertainment mogul Robert F.X. Sillerman famous. During the summer of 2012, the New York billionaire, who built his fortune t...
Continue reading "Robert Sillerman's SFX Entertainment and Opium Group: "The Deal Is Off" " > [...]
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***** Just Because You Are A Billionaire! *****
Number of comments: 10***** Just Because You Are A Billionaire! *****
Back on May 31, 2012 Jeff Eats did a “story”…”Time For New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg To Retire.”
To make a long story short…
Back then, Mayor Bloomberg was trying to “pass” a law- which in essence “limited” the container size of certain beverages sold [...]
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Quote of the day
' [...]"Between Bloomberg's sugary drink ban being overturned and Hugo Chavez checking out, it's been a tough six days for billionaire dictators." --Diogenes' Middle Finger
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Micky Arison Is the Richest Man in Florida, But We Have 30 Other Billionaires
Florida is officially home to 31 billionaires according to the latest Forbes list (and that doesn't even count the ones who have second ...or third ... or fourth homes here), but Miami Heat owner ...
Continue reading "Micky Arison Is the Richest Man in Florida, But We Have 30 Other'" [...]
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Forbes List of Richest People: Aren't You Glad We Gave Corporate Welfare to the Richest in South Florida? By Geniusofdespair
Micky Arison: Laughing all the way to the bank.
The Miami Heat Stadium deal was another stinker for Miami Dade County taxpayers. More corporate welfare for a billionaire. In the recently released Forbes List of the richest billionaires, Heat owner and Carnival Cruise Chairman Micky Arison was [...]
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