Miami complaining about the President's visit is the same city that snub Mandela when
he visited.
President Barack Obama is coming to Miami Beach, and you’re paying part of the bill
President Obama travels to Miami Beach on Wednesday to fundraise for the Democratic Party at a private event where donations could reach as high as $32,400 per person.
But everyone will pay for the president’s visit to the waterfront home of businessman Joseph W. Blount.
It costs federal taxpayers about $180,000 per flight hour just to take Air Force One. Locally, there’s a cost as well.
The city of Miami Beach budgets about $100,000 yearly for presidential visits and local taxpayers on the peninsular city shelled out roughly $18,000 to cover security costs for the president’s June 2011 fundraiser at another exclusive waterfront mansion.
In 2011, Miami Beach paid about $49,000 to cover the visits.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/11/3444974/president-barack-obamas-fundraising.html#storylink=cpy
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Mandela Snubbed In Miami
Miami snubbed Nelson Mandela on Thursday, refusing to extend him an official welcome and giving him a taste of America`s own racial problems.
It was the first time Mandela had received anything less than red-carpet treatment on what has otherwise been a triumphant U.S. tour to promote support for opposition to South Africa`s apartheid.
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