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March 31, 2023 - The StoneZONE - Roger Stone
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ROGER STONE URGES LATINO MEDIA PERSONALITY ALEX OTAOLA TO RUN FOR MAYOR OF MIAMI-DADE CO.
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campaign aid to three Republican presidents.
He is a New York Times bestselling author and a longtime friend and advisor of President Donald Trump.
As an outspoken libertarian, Stone has appeared on thousands of broadcasts, spoken at countless venues, and lectured before the prestigious Oxford Political Union and the Cambridge Union Society.
Due to his four plus decades in the political and cultural arena, Stone has become a pop culture icon.
And now, here's your host, Roger Stone.
Welcome.
I'm Roger Stone and you are about to enter the Stone Zone.
I'm going to try something a little different today.
Our show will be bilingually translated, but that's because I want to report on a dynamic young man who is a true phenomena.
I became aware of Alex Oteola and his And I have been extraordinarily impressed by this man's charisma, his outspokenness, his courage, his leadership.
In fact, one of the reasons why Miami-Dade County, long a Democratic stronghold, Went red in the last election as because of the outspoken leadership of Alex Oteola.
Last month I had the opportunity to be a guest on his morning show and the public outpouring in terms of texts and emails and phone calls was really unlike anything that I had recently experienced in terms of Local politics.
We had a conversation on his show about the potential of his being drafted as a candidate for mayor of Miami-Dade, the largest county in the state of Florida.
The mayor's office in Miami-Dade County, not to be confused with the city of Miami, Is one of the most powerful jobs in the entire setup of Florida government.
And I believe that the people are tired of career politicians who talk out of both sides of their mouths.
The Miami-Dade mayor's election is a non-partisan election, meaning it is not between Republicans and Democrats.
It has two rounds.
First, there is an initial round in which all candidates, regardless of party, run without party designation, and then a runoff between the two top vote-getters.
Since the moment I suggested the possibility of Alex Oteola
Being a candidate for mayor, I have been inundated with positive comments, both on Twitter, on True Social, on Gab, on Telegram, and even when I go to Miami-Dade, people approach me in public saying, can you convince Alex Oteola to run for mayor?
Here's a brief clip from our show the other evening.
Because people are already doing political campaigns.
People are already writing, writing, writing, writing.
They even asked Roger Stone on his show the other day.
Today I had a meeting with Roger via Zoom.
We were talking about whether he could support me in the campaign, advice and so on.
And the ways in which I could help and so on.
in the campaign, the support and other ways, and other ways in which I could help.
We had a very nice meeting and me cuenta that they have been writing a lot, asking about the campaign, if they have a caballon, as they call it, a candidate in the county as they call it, a candidate in the county of Miami-Dade County, now that they have been talking more strongly, they have been confirmed.
Here is the next question.
Liz Gonzalez, who lives in Miami Beach, says, do you have a horse at all in the race for mayor of Miami-Dade County in 2024?
I don't know.
I have a feeling this is a question that was asked to get a very specific response, and therefore I'm going to give it to you.
I'm completely intrigued By the idea of Alex Oteola running for Mayor of Miami-Dade.
If you're not familiar with Alex Oteola, I urge you to go to YouTube and look at his terrific show.
He is providing several hours a day of online Spanish language content.
He is a strong America First proponent and many of his friends are urging him to run for mayor of Miami-Dade County in 2024.
It is an intriguing idea.
Like Donald Trump, Alex O'Toole is not a politician.
And he is also a man who absolutely speaks his mind.
And I think that is what the people are looking for.
They're not looking for Cookie cutter politicians who poll and focus group and test every little question to try to figure out what it is that they should say in order to get your vote.
I think the voters want men and women in public office who will say what they really think without giving a lot of measure to whether or not it will necessarily be popular.
That's a perfect description of Donald Trump.
It is also a perfect description of Alex Oteola.
So, I would really hope that he's going to move forward with the candidacy.
I consider him a friend.
I've been on his show.
I've urged him seriously to consider running, and I think that he is doing so.
So, I thank you very much for your question.
And there you have it.
Alex Oteola, featuring his mention on the Stone Zone just days ago.
And now I'm proud to say that the man himself, Alex Oteola, joins us for a discussion about a potential race for mayor here on the Stone Zone.
Bienvenido, Alex.
Thank you, Roger.
Thank you for having me here.
Thank you.
Well, I must admit one thing.
You have excellent taste when it comes to your headgear.
You have excellent taste in terms of how you look, your glasses, your glasses, your glasses, your glasses, Alex.
Thank you, thank you, Roger.
Thank you.
I thought last night, which hat should I wear?
I need to look as good as Alex.
They're the same.
They're the same.
and I said, "What hat I would put in the interview today?
My hat has to be like Alex or better than Alex." They are the same.
They are the same.
So I'm very, very impressed with the very large number of people who are watching you every day on YouTube, on your show, Hola Oteola.
Estoy muy impresionado con el sinnúmero, el gran número de personas que te ven diariamente en tu show en YouTube, tu show Hola, Ota Hola.
And I think the reason for this is because you tell people what you really think, not what they want to hear, but what you really think.
And what important here, what you like to say here is that you tell the audience what you think, not what you think you think they want to hear.
You tell the audience what you think.
Alex.
Yes, I think we are living in a world where the police,
I think today we are living in a very, quote unquote, too political world in which these politicians have gotten the people used to just hearing, as you said, Roger, what the people want to hear, not what they should hear.
Excellent point, and I must tell you, everywhere I go, particularly when I visit Miami-Dade County, but every day online People are very intrigued, in fact, very excited about the idea that you are going to become a candidate for mayor.
Alex, I must confess, daily, through the internet, also when, for example, I walk around Miami-Dade County, people tell me that they are very intrigued, but they are also very happy about the possibility of your candidacy.
Yes, yes, Roger.
People are, they're writing to me, they're sending me emails, they're sending me mentions on social media, and they're encouraging me to run.
It's what I hear, Roger.
They want me to run.
Well, I'm delighted to hear that you are seriously considering it.
I really love to know that you are valuing the possibility of applying in a serious way.
Therefore, my first question would be, how do you assess and what is your opinion of the job currently being done by Mayor Daniel Levine Cava?
Y entonces, mi primera pregunta para ti, Alex, es, ¿cuál es tu opinión, cuál es tu calificación acerca del trabajo actual de la alcalde del condado de Miami-Dade, la señora Cava?
Yo creo que es un trabajo pésimo.
Yo creo que la alcaldesa se ha dedicado a complacer las minorías que la llevaron al cargo y no a trabajar para todo el condado, el aeropuerto, las condiciones en las que está la inflación, las condiciones en las que está el desempleo, las condiciones en las que está el desempleo, las condiciones en las que está el tema de las rentas, la inseguridad en el condado Miami-Dade, así lo demuestran.
Yes, Roger.
I think I would qualify Kava's job as horrible.
She's not pleasing minorities.
Yes, the minorities that got her elected, but she's not pleasing everybody within the county.
That's not right.
We need to focus on the airports.
We need to focus on the inflation.
We need to focus on unemployment, on rent, on security within Miami-Dade County.
I think that's an excellent agenda.
Let's break those down.
Okay, okay.
Yo pienso que eso es una agenda excelente.
Hablemos sobre esta agenda.
Crime is rising in Miami-Dade County as it is in Broward County.
And I think personal security is perhaps maybe emerging as the number one issue for the voters in your community.
The crime continues to intensify.
For example, in the County of Miami-Dade County, as well as in the County of Broward, I feel that the issue of personal safety will become the number one issue for this campaign.
I am sure that this will be and as soon as we come to 2024, we will see much more the level of violence in all the country.
I propose to restate the law and the order, I propose to make the las leyes y que las personas puedan tener seguridad.
No existe la posibilidad de vivir en prosperidad y libertad si no hay seguridad.
There is no way to live in liberty and in prosperity if there is no security.
As we get closer to 2024, I predict that crime, that violence will continue to escalate in Miami-Dade County, but of course, obviously in the country itself.
We need to establish, and I, within my campaign, it is my idea to reestablish law and order.
I strongly agree.
One of the most interesting things that you have said is that you would seek to exclude communist academics from the taxpayer-financed educational system.
One of the interesting things of the campaign is that you would seek to evade, cancel all the educational system in the school system, Please, Alex, talk to us about this.
Yes, the communists today, the left today, is working very, very heavily in Miami-Dade County and, of course, also working very heavily in the United States.
in the universities and colleges.
They work for 10 years with a vision of the future.
They work on young people.
They indoctrinate young people's minds.
And that can't be being paid for by the pockets of two contributors.
Yes, the left is indoctrinating our children.
They do it all the way from elementary, all the way to university and college, and the taxpayers cannot be funding this.
It is the destruction of the mind of the youth.
It is communist values and these values are not aligned with the Western Hemisphere.
Go ahead. .
It can be based on an ideology that is also demonstrated as a failure.
Yes, education should not be based on an ideology that's now been, it's been more than proven that doesn't work.
Education does not mean indoctrination.
Thank you for working on these technical issues.
Thank you.
One of the most interesting advocacies that you have made is that Miami-Dade should be a communist free zone.
Now, this is music to my ears.
I love this idea, but I'm unsure how you would achieve it.
What are your thoughts in this area?
Alex, one of the points we have been commenting on is about the possibility Yo soy un activista anticomunista y así me conoce la comunidad.
How exactly would we get this result?
I am a anti-communist activist and so I know the community.
I have proof and I know many companies and companies in the United States that are taking money to the Cuban regime and that form part of the taboo maquinaria of the Cuban dictatorship in the case of Cuba specifically so that the exiliated be the ones who solvent the...
Let's keep looking at the screen.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hello?
Roger, many know me as an anti-communist activist.
I am receiving a lot of information and for some time now I have been receiving a lot of valuable information from credible sources that indicate that there is a lot of businesses here in the United States which are actually laundering money, they're washing money for the Cuban regime, for the Castro regime.
That is definitely not fair and that is somewhere where we can start.
It's the diabolical maquinaria that the Cuban dictatorship has created in this case, so that the Cubans who were left, who keep their relatives as thieves, who are really what they are.
This is a diabolical machinery created by the Castro regime so that those Cubans that are in exile, for example, in Miami, have to continue with this business that I just mentioned, whether it's through sending money to their family or relying on a lot of these companies which whether it's through sending money to their family or relying on a lot of these companies which It is a diabolical machinery.
The way to combat this is basically cleaning Miami, closing those businesses that wash money for the dictators, cleaning schools, giving parents the ability to choose what giving parents the ability to choose what education their children receive and working directly with the federal politicians.
Bueno, pues justamente para impulsar, federales y estatales, para impulsar leyes que blinden Miami y todo, y todo la, todo Estados Unidos.
Contra la ideología.
Yes.
And how would we do this?
Well, we would do this the following way.
We would focus on the possibility of closing down businesses that are effectively laundering money for the Castro regime.
We need to also focus on the schools.
We need to focus on giving parents the capacity to choose the education for their children, not for the state, not for the government to indoctrinate them.
We would also work very closely with state and federal Because, as you know, my own wife, Nydia Betran de Espinosa, and her family are refugees from the brutal regime of Fidel Castro.
free zone?
Because, as you know, my own wife, Nidia Betran de Espanosa, and her family are refugees from the brutal regime of Fidel Castro.
I know that what you are saying about the insidious communist infiltration into all strata of American society is true.
My wife, Nidia Bertrand Stone, as you know, Alex, you already know her, she is Cuban.
Nidia's family, my wife, had to exile in the United States, unfortunately, because of Castro's brutal regime.
And those who say that Oteola
and Roger Stone and other anti-communists are exaggerating the level of infiltration and influence here in Florida are incorrect.
Y entonces aquellos que dicen que Oteola, Roger Stone and others are exaggerating the level of influence of Cuban government in political organizations and other organizations in the United States, and specifically in Miami.
Those who say that we're exaggerating that, they still don't understand what's happening.
Those who say that we're exaggerating that, are those who participate in communist marches.
Son los que impulsan un adoctrinamiento en las escuelas, son los que entregan a diario sus libertades y son los cómplices que serán, que existen en toda Latinoamérica y que también en Estados Unidos cada vez más tratan de alimentar dentro de las minorías.
Yes, Roger, that's exactly right.
The same people that would claim that we are exaggerating regarding this matter are actually people who participate in communist marches in Miami.
These are people that are pushing for the indoctrination of our school children.
These are people who actively, every single day, give up their rights.
So, before we go back to your agenda for Miami-Dade, Let's talk a little politics.
Antes de que regresemos a tu agenda con respecto a Miami-Dade, hablemos un poco de política.
I have read that Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunes is considering a race for Miami-Dade Mayor.
I understand that Lieutenant Governor of this state is exploring the possibility of posturing to the County Attorney of Miami-Dade, Ms. Nunes.
And, last week, she launched one of the most vicious personal attacks on Donald Trump I have ever seen.
Y la semana pasada, ella acaba de impulsar un ataque muy agresivo, muy feo, en contra del Presidente Trump.
She called him a con man.
Ella lo llamó un mentiroso.
She said he supported the Ku Klux Klan.
Ella comentó que Donald Trump...
These are vicious lies.
el Ku Klux Klan, which is a racist organization.
Obviamente una organización racista.
These are vicious lies.
Estas son las mentiras.
Why would any Trump supporter of which there are many in Miami-Dade County support Nunes for mayor?
¿Por qué apoyarían la candidatura de Nunes para la alcaldía de Miami-Dade County?
I think the Vice-Governor knows that she has a very problematic campaign, because if she's going to run against me, well, I have a lot of people in the community who support me and I show it daily with my programs.
I think she's trying to attract the Democrat vote with that mentirous and aggressive speech against President Trump.
I think that Nunes, what she's trying to do here, for example, with that very aggressive argument against President Trump that you just mentioned, she's just trying to get Democrats to vote for her in what perhaps would be her candidacy.
I think her candidacy, if she does in fact launch it, would be very problematic when you keep in mind the amount of people that support me, and I show the amount of people that support me day to day.
You are potentially a much stronger candidate.
In fact, in the last election, in the last election for Miami-Dade Mayor, Steve Bovo ran a much, much stronger race than expected.
But based on all of my political intelligence, and by the way, Bovo's a nice man.
He's a nice fellow.
But many, many people told me that Alex Oteola was the spark behind that campaign.
That you, and your organizing, and your speaking out, and your campaigning for him, did more to rack up his strong showing than anything else.
Yes, for example, during Bobo's last candidacy, which had a campaign, let's say, we can classify it as a good one, you were the person who was behind Bobo.
You were the person who pushed Bobo.
you were the person in reality that was behind Bobo.
You were the person who pushed Bobo.
And okay, Bobo is a good person, that's clear.
But you were the person who through your organization, through your discourse, through your push, who gave you that "patting" Yes, that's how it was.
And not only Bobo, but also congressmen and also state senators.
I mean, all our candidates that we support from the show have won.
O sea, todos nuestros candidatos que apoyamos desde el show han conseguido la victoria.
Así que estoy seguro o estoy muy convencido que también esta campaña, contando con Stone y contando con nuestros seguidores, pues va a ser un éxito.
Estoy seguro de eso.
Yes, and not only Bovo, we also pushed forward campaigns for Congress, for the Senate, and each of these were victorious.
So I am convinced that that will be the case with our campaign, especially when we keep in mind that we count on political animal Roger Stone and also on our followers to get the ball across the field.
We will make it happen.
In fact, Senator Marco Rubio told me directly only days after the election, that your support was a major factor in his strongest showing ever in Miami-Dade County.
Marco Rubio me comentó que el apoyo tuyo fue el apoyo más crucial, fue el apoyo decisivo con respecto a los números que recibió Marco Rubio en esta campaña, en esta elección que acaba de suceder.
Now I, uh, you know, I hear, go ahead.
Marco Rubio también pasó con con el gobernador de Santis.
The support we gave him from the show and the followers also made a difference in the percentage of his victory.
So I think we have a good platform to expose ideas.
Now, what I ask people is to concentrate on the message, not on the language in which they are giving the message.
Because this message that I'm sending and this intention of going to be the mayor of the state of the state, we're talking all the same language, the language of freedom and the language of preserving no matter what the the language of freedom and the language of preserving no matter what the language of freedom and the Hello?
Yes.
Okay.
Yes.
Roger, we can even say that about, it's great what you tell me about Marco Rubio, even for DeSantis.
We pushed DeSantis to our platform a lot and it really made a whole big of a difference in terms of his percentage.
So, you know, we have a pretty good path forward.
I would ask that the people, that the people concentrate on the message, that the people don't need to concentrate on the language, because if they concentrate on the message, then we are all speaking the same language, the language of freedom, the language of unity.
I also think that the two things you've talked about extensively are job creation and greater economic opportunity for working people.
And you seem to understand the connection between job creation and lower taxes.
So, I really think you would be the anti-government, low-tax candidate, and I think the people are very much ready for this.
Alex, ¿tú comprendes la conexión entre la creación de empleos y I'm sure of that.
menos impuestos.
Tú vas y serás el candidato antigobierno de taxes de impuestos bajos.
Comprendes esa conexión entre y la importancia entre la creación de empleos y la oportunidad económica para la clase trabajadora?
Estoy seguro de eso.
Y mi intención es trabajar en la reducción de impuestos con datos y ayudar a la gente que está teniendo muchos problemas económicos, problemas de renta.
Oops.
We are talking, if you're just tuning into the Stone Zone, to Alex Oteola, who is an extraordinary ministerial Net-based phenomena.
He may be the single most influential Latino social media influencer in Miami-Dade and growingly in South Florida.
He is a fierce anti-communist.
He is an extraordinary, articulate critic of the Cuban regime.
He has been absolutely right about the level of Cuban government infiltration into many of the institutions in South Florida and in Miami-Dade County specifically.
He has chosen in politics in the past Other than his very popular show, Ola Oteola, which I urge you to watch on YouTube, to remain more behind the scenes.
He was a major factor in Governor Ron DeSantis' strong showing in Miami-Dade County in the last election.
He was a very major factor in the showing of Senator Marco Rubio, also in Miami-Dade County.
Now, Miami-Dade County has a large Democratic voter registration edge, but in the last election, very much due to the efforts of Alex Oteola and many of the patriots affiliated with him, Republicans carried the county by a record margin.
This has not happened in decades.
And it speaks very, very well for the possibility that Miami-Dade could elect a more conservative mayor.
I stress, as I said in the first segment, that the mayor's race is not a partisan race, meaning it's not Republicans versus Democrats, although those who are looking at the race that may include, obviously, the incumbent, Danielle Levine Cava, but there's also the possibility of Congressman Carlos Jimenez, whose name is mentioned.
Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunes, Raquel Regalado.
These are all career politicians.
These are all go along to get along establishment figures who will tell the people what they want to hear, not what they need to know.
This is what intrigues me about the potential candidacy of Alex Oteola, who is a totally self-made phenomena.
In other words, nobody has designated him.
He has stepped forward himself, and he's become known because he's entertaining.
He's interesting.
He's flamboyant, he's articulate, he's libertarian, and I think we have him back online now.
Let's go back to our dynamic interview with Alex Okeola.
Sorry, my internet is terrible right now.
I don't know what happened.
The internet is terrible, but your English is not terrible.
I'm much better!
This is probably the national security apparatus screwing with our Skype connection because they know that when two ardent anti-communists like Stone and Ote Ola get together, that's big trouble for the commies.
I am sure that they are not liking it too much.
I am sure that they are not liking it too much.
One of the things that I also think attracts me to the potential of an Oteola candidacy is your advocacy for the legalization of cannabis, marijuana, full legalization.
Today, we have a system in Florida for medicinal marijuana that is expensive, inefficient, extremely limited.
Because one can only obtain legal marijuana in its both edible and smokable forms for a very limited number of approved diseases.
It is extraordinarily cumbersome.
You have to submit all of your medical records.
You have to go to a specific physician.
Then you have to, once you are approved and you get your state card, which gives you permission, you have to go back, not to another doctor, but to the same doctor.
You have to get a prescription.
Then you have to take that prescription to a dispensary.
And you are limited in terms of the strength and type Of cannabis that you are allowed to purchase so that it only theoretically addresses the specific illness that you have.
Let me put this another way.
The current system by which people get medicinal marijuana in Florida is designed to discourage you from getting the medicine that you need.
The Republicans in the legislature have made this so difficult, so expensive, so cumbersome, that sadly, it's a joke.
Now, go ahead.
Okay, Alex, a very important point of your campaign is the support of cannabis, marijuana, is legally recreational in Miami-Dade County.
Today we have a medical system of marijuana, but it is a car and inefficient system.
And it is limited, you can get it by a number specific number of diseases.
It is a very bureaucratic process.
It is almost designed so that the person is not able to go through this path.
Republicans, we can say that they do not support everything they should support regarding this issue.
Apoyo la legalización de la marihuana recreacional y justo antes de que se cortara la llamada hablábamos de bajar los impuestos.
Yo creo que el mercado de la legalización de la marihuana va a traer la creación de nuevos empleos, muchos nuevos empleos, va a traer nuevos impuestos al condado que podremos utilizar justamente para bajar los impuestos sobre la propiedad y los impuestos condales.
I think that Republicans and traditional politicians fear this issue a lot because of prejudices.
However, they are validating a system of medicinal marijuana that is completely fraudulent.
Most people who receive modified marijuana in laboratories, chemically modified, están sometiendo documentos completamente falsos que lo avalan de tener padecimientos aprobados.
Yo creo que esto con la legalización de la marihuana recreacional, la creación de nuevos empleos, la creación de una nueva industria en el condado, bueno, pues va a ayudar a que la gente tenga mejores salarios, a que haya nuevos negocios, nuevos emprendedores pues va a ayudar a que la gente tenga mejores salarios, a que haya nuevos negocios, nuevos emprendedores y también va a ayudar, por supuesto, con los impuestos y demás y demás, va a ayudar
Así que para mí creo que es un tema que los republicanos están perdiendo hace muchísimo tiempo y están cediendo a los demócratas y es algo que yo no quiero seguir permitiendo. - Okay.
Roger, I am all for the legalization of recreational marijuana, cannabis.
I am all for the industry of it entering Miami-Dade County for recreational marijuana.
Lower taxes, this equals, you know, new jobs based on this legalization, recreational legalization markets.
Therefore, because of these new jobs with the industry, new taxes, new taxes that The county will receive and we can use those new taxes so that we can lower property taxes, better wages.
I agree with you.
Republicans and traditional politicians aren't focused on what they need to be focused regarding this matter.
They're actually supporting, as you mentioned, quite a fraudulent system of medical marijuana in Miami-Dade County.
Okay, you are back with us.
You were a little dark, but there you go, you're back.
I would also like to add to this that the issue of marijuana is an issue that is very manipulated within the Republican Party because it seems to me completely hypocritical
Que exijan a los propietarios de vivienda en el condado pagar $26 más sobre sus impuestos para fortalecer la protección en las escuelas.
When can you implement a new market, new jobs, new entrepreneurs, new investors, and that will definitely give you the opportunity to get money to protect schools, to protect the residents, and to guarantee to protect the residents, and to guarantee the security of everyone.
This is a very interesting point, Roger.
I really think that the whole 420 or legalization of marijuana, let's say, even if it were to be recreational, but let's say even medical as it is today, it is being manipulated by the Republican Party itself.
I think it's hypocritical for you to tell homeowners to pay an extra $26, let's say, out of their their taxes, when what we can do is create this new market, this new industry, which can benefit everybody, new jobs, new taxes.
And from the taxes given through this enterprise, we can therefore protect our schools and everything else that needs to be done.
I think that this is your single strongest potential issue.
Alex, I think this is the strongest individual point we've elaborated.
None of the politicians have the courage to say what you just said.
None of the politicians have the courage to say what you just said.
Governor Ron DeSantis, represented here by Jeanette Nunes, el gobernador DeSantis, representado aquí por Nunes, vetoed legislation for full recreational marijuana.
Hizo un veto, bloqueó la legislación para el uso recreacional de la marihuana.
And the complexity of the current medicinal marijuana system, y la complejidad del sistema de marihuana en este momento, es forcing people to ignore it and go back into the black market.
Empuja a que las personas ignoren este sistema, entre comillas, y que vayan al mercado negro para obtener marihuana.
And the taxpayers get nothing.
Y nosotros, los que pagamos impuestos, recibimos nada.
Under your system, the tax revenues that are generated from sales, could be specifically dedicated to law enforcement.
Or schools.
Or highway repair.
Or schools.
Or highway repair.
Or traffic mediation.
This is the issue, in my opinion, that will get many liberals and libertarians Libertarians and others Who may not agree with us on other issues.
And it's only because of your courage on the issue that this is possible.
I've supported the issue of marijuana.
right?
Soy una persona que considera que el alcohol es mucho más dañino que la marihuana.
Y sin embargo, es legal.
Sin embargo, hay medidas que lo regulan y hay impuestos que benefician a otros, a otros campos.
Entonces, ¿por qué razón si hay un sistema creado Para evitar que las personas bajo el efecto del alcohol puedan cometer cualquier tipo de infracción, sea manejar bajo los efectos o hacer cualquier tipo de otro delito.
Bueno, porque no poder utilizar ese mismo sistema e implementar un nuevo campo de obtener ganancias para todos?
Y ese es la marihuana recreacional.
Roger, I agree with the people and the people agree with me in that marijuana, for example, look, you gotta look at alcohol.
Alcohol, we have rules and laws in place which, for example, don't allow you to drink and drive, don't allow you to operate certain machinery and do certain things if you are under the influence of alcohol.
Why can't this be the case with marijuana?
I deem alcohol worse For your health than marijuana.
I am in agreement.
I agree with you, Alex.
And here's the other thing we know.
Prohibition of alcohol did not work.
Prohibition of alcohol built up organized crime.
The prohibition of alcohol made our communities less safe.
And marijuana has been around for 2,000 years, while opioids have been around for less than 50 years.
And marijuana has been around for less than 50 years.
health problems in the country in this I know veterans with PTSD who are only functional because of their access to cannabis.
And I think if you campaign on broader, regulated, taxed access to cannabis, I'm agreeing with you.
I'm agreeing with you.
a un mercado legal recreacional con impuestos regulados hasta cierto punto de la marihuana, then I think this will be a winning issue.
Entonces creo que esto será un tema ganador.
Another issue which I was really...
Go ahead.
I'm agreeing with you.
I'm agreeing with you.
Another issue which I was really unaware of, but we had a nice talk the other day and you really brought me up to date, is the condition of the Miami-Dade Airport.
Now, Miami-Dade Airport is the first impression that people get when they come to our city, when they come to our state, if they're coming through Miami.
It's an international airport and while they have spent a lot of money on the runways, and a lot of money on the traffic pattern, I had no idea how run down, how dirty, how poorly run the actual airport itself is.
Now, the airport is run by Miami-Dade County.
So what are your ideas to improve the airport?
Alex, un punto que habíamos tocado el otro día durante una de nuestras reuniones era el tema que nos habías comentado tú acerca del restablecimiento que realmente luzca nuestro aeropuerto internacional de Miami, que es la primera impresión cuando llegan aquí a Miami.
Although a lot of money has been spent, let's say, on the arrangement of the structure, of the building, of the airport, of the tracks, the internal management of the airport, there are many problems with that.
Please, tell us about this.
Yes, the Miami airport under the administration of Levine Cava has been completely destroyed.
There are internal wars with the unions and that translates into a total destruction of customer service and the Miami airport is the face of the county when one arrives in the United States, in Latin America mainly.
Yes, Roger.
I think Levine Cava has really destroyed with her policies and her way of working the airport.
Right now, you have a lot of union wars within the airport, and union wars translate to poor customer service, to logistics that don't work properly, to the deterioration of the airport.
And as you said, the airport is the first impression once anybody gets to Miami, and it is also the first impression for Miami-Dade County.
This is... Go ahead.
It is risky that there is an approved project of a soccer stadium here in the city near the airport when that is going to bring a lot of tourism, a lot of people coming to Miami, and where are they going to go?
What is the intention of destroying an airport that has all the elevators out of inspection, the stairs are That they need us.
No, I personal.
When do you got it?
The alfombras are damaged.
There is no personal to receive the traveler when he arrives at 8 hours of flight from Europe.
That is, it is a real chaos what there is in Miami airport.
And I think it has to be one of the first points that, under my administration, we can resolve.
Under my administration, this is going to be one of the first points that we are going to resolve.
It is honestly sad that right now there is a huge budget for what would be a top-of-the-line field, a sports field, very near the airport.
But how are people going to get to that field?
Many people will fly to Miami just to go to that sports field to see games.
They are going to arrive there, of course, through the airport.
But the airport is run down.
The elevators don't work.
The stairs don't work.
The carpets are dirty.
There is no personnel there to receive people who have been traveling there for 8 hours, for 6 hours.
Under my administration, we are going to rebuild the logistics, all internal aspects of the airport.
This is music to my ears.
I think this is a sleeper issue.
One that all the other politicians essentially ignore.
You just put your finger on yet what I think is another vitally important issue and that is traffic.
Traffic in Miami-Dade County is horrific.
For me to get from where I live in an undisclosed location in Broward County to your ranch in western Miami-Dade County It took twice as long as it should.
So what is the answer to dealing with the traffic problems in Miami-Dade?
A key point that you mentioned, Alex, is regarding traffic.
Very intense traffic in Miami-Dade County.
For example, where I live, in Broward County, to get to your ranch, it took twice as long as the GPS told me.
It's a chaotic issue.
It's a chaotic topic.
Please, Alex, how would we manage this topic of traffic?
Well, I think first that we can make an investment in a specific transport that moves a certain range of age.
And I'm talking about the older people, 60 years old, that moves directly into specific lines to the places where they are going, whether supermarkets, clinics, Yeah.
of medical care, the shopping centers, and other things.
I think that we can help that there are less vehicles managed in the street.
It's unfortunate, but it's so.
In Miami-Dade, people manage terribly well and that's why the number of accidents that have.
The number of people who manage with suspended license or without a license, I think we should work to reduce the access to vehicles of this type of people.
Roger, I think we would start off with generating a very specific form of transportation for those over the age of 60.
For example, they may need to go to a clinic.
They may need to go to the market.
They may need to go to a shopping center.
This would definitely help with less vehicles.
Less vehicles, for example, in Miami-Dade County, which are truly badly driven.
There's many bad drivers in Miami-Dade County.
Many people driving with suspended licenses or no license.
And for us to find a way to prevent those with a suspended license or no license to hop inside of these vehicles.
I also think that a greater use of the bright line is part of the answer.
También creo que un uso superior del Bright Line también es parte de la respuesta.
The Bright Line is very modern.
El Bright Line es muy moderno.
Very clean.
Muy limpio.
Very well operated.
Muy bien operado.
And virtually nobody knows that it exists.
Y nadie sabe casi que existe.
The traffic between the two counties in South Florida could be cut very quickly if more people would utilize the Bright Line.
And the ticket costs less than a quarter of a tank of gas.
Or maybe an eighth of amount of gas.
Okay, this has been fun.
And the ticket costs less than a quarter of a tank of gas.
Or maybe an eighth of amount of gas.
Okay, this has been fun.
I've almost lost track of the time because Alex Oteola is a man of ideas.
He's a man of vision.
Alex, I hope you will really, really consider making this race for mayor.
Well, Alex, we've had a very good time.
When you have a good time, time obviously goes by fast.
Alex Oteola is a man of ideas.
Alex Oteola is a man of vision.
And Alex, I'm happy that you're exploring the possibility of applying very seriously.
Thank you, Roger.
A lot of people are asking me about this.
It's an honor to be able to share your support and experience in North American politics.
I think that if we're together, there's no doubt that I'm going to do it and we're going to win.
Thank you, Roger.
A lot of people are asking me about this without a doubt.
It looks like it's going to happen without a doubt.
And definitely, you and I together will make this happen.
There is no doubt about this.
At 70 years old, I'm more interested today in writing and talking about politics.
A 70 years of today, I'm more interested in talking or reading or commenting on politics.
However, there's one campaign that I would be excited to be a part of.
Sobre la cual yo estaría contento en participar.
And that is your campaign for mayor.
Y esa es tu campaña por la alcaldía del condado de Miami-Dade County, Alex.
So God bless you, my friend, and thank you for being with us today.
Entonces, que Dios te bendiga, mi amigo, y gracias por estar con nosotros en The Stone Zone hoy.
Gracias por la invitación.
Un abrazo.
Thank you.
That was Alex Oteola.
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