Statement From Mayor Raul Martinez

Posted: Mar 25, 2008

4000 Brave Soldiers Dead and Lincoln Diaz-Balart Still Shows No Leadership

Today we learned that the death toll of brave U.S. soldiers reached 4000. This ill-conceived war and its horrible execution has become an American tragedy.

Statement From Mayor Raul Martinez

Posted: Mar 19, 2008

Five Years in Iraq, Lincoln Diaz-Balart Still Refuses A New Direction in Iraq

In 2003, I attended the funeral of Corporal Armando Ariel Gonzalez, a brave US Marine from Hialeah that died during the War in Iraq. The discussion of the War ceased being philosophical and became very real. How would his widow and her child be cared for? How would they be able to move on? Will his child be able to have the same hopes and dreams that my children have had in this country?