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'NO' TO DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE
UNIDOS CONTRA LA DISCRIMINACIÓN
KOMITÉ KONT DISKRIMINASYON
(Information as of July 15, 2002)
The individuals below have signed the following Statement of Principle:
WE URGE THE VOTERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO GO TO THE POLLS ON SEPTEMBER 10 AND VOTE "NO" TO THE REPEAL OF ANY PART OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE. VOTE "NO" IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITY AND ITS ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
Affiliations are for identification purposes only and
do not represent the views of the organization noted.
Co-Chairs
The Honorable Alex Penelas, Mayor Miami-Dade County, Marleine Bastien,
LCSW, Executive Director,
Haitian Women of Miami, Inc., Norman Braman,
Chairman, Braman Motors, Cristina Saralegui,
Journalist and H. T. Smith, Attorney
Members L-Z
- J. P. Lacher, President, BellSouth Florida
- Carole Langer, President, Miami Opera Guild
- David Lawrence, Jr., President, Early Childhood Initiative Foundation
- Cathy Leff, Director, The Wolfsonian-FIU
- Donnie Lefton, Continental Hospitality Holdings
- William Lehman, Jr., Lehman Auto
- Terence Lenamon, Lenamon & Walsh, P.A.
- Cindy Lerner, State Representative
- Sidney Levin, Florida Power & Light
- I. Stanley Levine, Levine & Partners, P.A.
- Daniella Levine, Executive Director, Human Services Coalition
- Philip Levine, President, On Board Media
- Rhoda Levitt, Civic Activist
- Ron Levitt, President, Miami International Press Club
- David A. Lieberman, Senior Vice-President for Business & Finance, University of Miami
- Neil P. Linden, Chairman Elect, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce
- Jule Littman, Councilman, City of North Miami
- Lyra Logan, Chair, Miami-Dade Equal Opportunity Board
- Lillian M. Lopez, President, South Beach Hispanic & Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
- Alberto Lorenzo, Quatum Results
- Jack Lowell, Chairman, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
- Saturnino Lucio, President, Lucio, Bronstein
- Sylvester Lukis, Lukis-Balsera LLC
- Ann P. Machado, President, Creative Staffing
- Amelia Rea Maguire, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP
- Modesto Maidique, President, Florida International University
- Maria Cristina Mann
- John Manton, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce
- Gwen Margolis, Chair, Miami-Dade County Commission
- Raymond F. Marin, Council Person, North Miami Beach
- Mariotrem Martinez, Principal, Upstairs Studio, Inc. Architechts
- Raul L. Martinez, Mayor, City of Hialeah
- Ignacio Martinez-Ybor, Chair, Dade Human Rights Foundation
- Donald W. Marx, Director, Coalition of Chambers of Commerce
- Raul Masvidal, President, Masvidal Partners
- Cindy Mattson, President, NOW, North Miami
- Brian May, Strategic Edge, Inc.
- James E. McDonald, Duane Morris, LLP
- Angel Medina, Jr., President, Union Planters Bank
- Carrie P. Meek, Member of Congress
- Kendrick Meek, State Senator
- Patricia Mellerson, President, Greater Homestead ? Florida City Democratic Club
- Lincoln Mendez, Chief Executive Officer, Healthsouth Doctors' Hospital
- Rafael Mendez, AFSCME Local 121
- Gepsie Metellus, Executive Director, Haitian Neighborhood Center
- Al Milian, Radio Commentator
- Michael Milberg, Chairman, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
- Richard Milstein, Attorney, Akerman Senterfitt & Edison
- Denise Mincey-Mills, Turner Construction Company
- Jefffrey A. Mishcon, Mayor, City of North Miami Beach
- Rudolph Moise, President, Comprehensive Health Center
- Ben Mollere, Vice President, Biltmore Hotel
- Jimmy Morales, Commissioner, Miami-Dade County
- Ivette Morgan, Chair, Puerto Rico Resource Center
- Rene Murai, Attorney
- Jorge Mursuli, Florida Director, People for the American Way
- Melanie Muss, Vice President, Development, Hoteleroma
- Frank R. Nero, President, Beacon Council
- Thomas Niblock, Senior Pastor, Plymouth Congregational Church
- Jeanne O'Laughlin, President, Barry University
- Robert Oldakowski, Vice-Mayor, Village of Key Biscayne
- Eduardo I. Padron, President, Miami-Dade Community College
- Leslie Pantin, Jr., The Pantin Partnership, Inc.
- Emanuel M. Papper, Dabney Park, President, Performance Executive Search
- Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
- Wayne Pathman, Haber Lewis Pathman
- Warren Pearlman, Executive Vice President, APWU ? Miami
- Sergio Penton, CPA
- Jaime A. Perez, Executive Director, Spanish American League Against Discrimination
- Jeffrey M. Perlow, Mayor, City of Aventura
- Luis E. Perna, Mortgage Broker
- Roseline Philippe, Vice-President, Haitian American Democratic Club
- Dr. Thomas Pinder, President, All Peoples Democratic Club
- Sergio Pino, Chief Executive Officer, Century Builders
- Aaron Podhurst, Esq. , Podhurst Orseck Josefsberg Eaton Meadow Olin & Perwin, P.A.
- Julio Ponce, Councilman, City of Hialeah
- Vincent F. Post, Jr., Senior Executive President, BankUnited, FSB
- Gene Prescott, Biltmore Hotel
- Paul M. Rashkind, President, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Vice-Chair, American Bar Association
- Stanley Recek III, President, Miami ARTCC/National Air Traffic Controllers Association
- Greta Reed, Associate Pastor, Plymouth Congregational Church
- Anna Rentz, President, Northern Trust Bank, Miami-Dade County
- Julio Robaina, Mayor, City of South Miami
- Craig Robins, President, DACRA
- Jane A. Robinson, Florida Grand Opera
- Denise Rodriguez, PTA
- Manny J. Rodriguez, Regional Manager, Dade CEA-FPL
- Lida Rodriguez-Taseff, Attorney, President, ACLU Miami-Dade
- Patricia Romeu, Operations Director, Actors' Playhouse
- Ana Maria Roque, President, Women's Council of Realtors, Miami-Dade South Chapter
- Mark B. Rosenberg, Provost & Executive Vice-President, Florida International University
- Peter W. Roulhac, Vice President, First Union National Bank
- Monica Russo, SEIU 1199 Florida
- D. Joan Sampieri, CEO, Planned Parenthood of Greater Miami & The Florida Keys
- David Samson, Mayor, City of Sunny Isle Beach, President, Concerned Citizens of Northeast Dade
- Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Teatro Avante
- Joe Sanchez, Commissioner, City of Miami
- Leonard A. Sands, Immediate Past President, Florida Association-Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Eduardo Sardina, President, Bacardi, USA
- Deborah Scarpa, Board Member, Florida Grand Opera
- Donna Schaper, Senior Pastor, Coral Gables Congregational Church
- Charles Schuette, Chairman/CEO, Akerman Senterfitt
- Gerald K. Schwartz, Attorney, Beloff & Schwartz
- Ruth Shack, President, Dade Community Foundation
- Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami
- Ronald A. Silver, State Sentaor
- Elaine Silverstein, Chairperson, Beber-Silverstein
- Howard Simon, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Florida
- Nancy Simon, Councilwoman, Town of Miami Lakes
- Bruce Singer, President, CEO, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
- Eric R. Sisser, Eric R. Sisser, Inc.
- Albert E. Smith, President, Florida Memorial College
- Chesterfield Smith, Senior Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
- Craig Smith, Vice-Mayor, Village of El Portal
- Jose Smith, Commissioner, City of Miami Beach
- Juanita S. Smith, Commissioner, Florida City
- Fredric Snitzer, Fredric Snitzer Gallery
- Jackie Soffer, Turnberry Associates
- Harry M. Solomon, President
- Harry M. Solomon, P.A.
- Jacob Solomon, Executive Vice-President, Greater Miami Jewish Federation
- Steven D. Sonenreich, President, Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Katy Sorenson, Commissioner, Miami-Dade County
- Sherry Spalding-Fardie, President, Spalding Financial Group, Inc.
- Mark Steinberg, Maximum Dance Company
- Richard Steinberg, Commissioner, City of Miami Beach
- Bill Stokes, Project Manager, ACS
- Robert C. Strauss, President, CEO & Chairman, Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Rosa Sugranes, Chairman of the Board, Iberia Tiles
- Annette Taddeo, President and CEO, Languagespeak, Inc.
- William D. Talbert III, President Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Arthur N. Teitelbaum, Anti-Defamation League
- William Thompson, Jr., President, House Opportunities Project for Excellence (H.O.P.E. Inc.)
- Peter Thomson, Peter Thomson, Architect
- Pat L. Tornillo Jr., President, United Teachers of Dade
- Dorothy Townsend, Executive Director, Jobs with Justice
- Rev. James E. Trapp, Senior Minister and Spiritual Director, Unity on the Bay
- Robert H. Traurig, Attorney, Greenberg-Traurig
- David Treece, Chair, Miami-Dade Gay-Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Gregory N. Ullman, Vice Mayor, Miami Shores Village, President, Dan Bradley Democratic Club
- Ramon Usategui, Senior Vice Presdient, Suntrust Bank
- Jose Valdes-Fauli, President, CEO, Colonial Bank
- Eugenia Vargas, Artist
- Lisa Versaci
- Otis T. Wallace, Mayor, City of Florida City
- Michael Walsh, Lenamon & Walsh, P.A.
- Roscoe Warren, Mayor, City of Homestead
- Gary Waters, I.U.O.E 487, AFL-CIO
- Teresa V-F Weintraub, Sherwood Weiser, Chairman/CEO, Continental Hospitality Holdings, LLC
- Jay Weiss, Southern Wine & Spirits
- Richard J. Weiss, Esq., Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza & Guedes P.A.
- Arnie Welber, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
- Dr. Shirley Merlin West, Founder, President Emeritus, Democratic Power
- Hugh A. Westbrook, Chief Executive Officer, Vitas Healthcare Corporation
- Richard L. Wheeler, Mayor, City of Miami Springs
- Anthony Williams, Political Action Chair, NAACP, Campaign Co-Chair, Miami-Dade Democratic Party
- Ed Williamson, President, Williamson Auto Group
- Frederica S. Wilson, State Representative
- Johnny Winton, Commissioner, City of Miami
- Randy G. Wiscombe, Commissioner, City of South Miami
- Mitchell Wolfson Jr., President, Wolfson Initiave Corp.
- Stuart Wyllie, The Graham Companies
- Paula Xanthopoulou, President, National Women's Political Caucus of Florida
- Barbara N. Young, Art Librarian/Curator, Miami-Dade Public Library
- Juan C. Zapata, President, Columbian American Services Association
- Raymond Zeller, Chairman, Miami-Dade Democratic Party
- Marcia Zerivitz, Executive Director, Jewish Museum of Florida
- Linda Zilber, Vice-Mayor, Bay Harbour Islands
- Martin Ziller, Attorney
- Charles J. Zwick, Retired Chairman, Southeast Banking Corporation
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