Tema: Cuba y Puerto Rico

Iniciado por Michael

Comisión del Condado vota en contra de remover banderas españolas y puertorriqueñas de Ponce de León Landing.





La bandera de España, arriba a la derecha, y Puerto Rico, abajo a la derecha, se quedarán en el Ponce de León Landing, al sur de Melbourne, después de un voto 3-2 por la Comisión del Condado de Brevard. También están incluidas las banderas de Estados Unidos y La Florida.




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DAVE BERMAN | FLORIDA TODAY | 6:02 pm EST December 11, 2019


Las banderas de España y Puerto Rico continuarán ondeando en Juan Ponce de León Landing, al sur de Melbourne Beach, después de que comisionados del Condado rechazaran la propuesta del Comisionado John Tobia.



Una estatua de Juan Ponce de León está entre las características de Juan Ponce de León Landing al sur de Melbourne Beach.


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Ojo, el que lanzó la moción para quitar la estatua de Ponce de León es un tal John Tobia, según se puede ver en la noticia que enlazaste:

The flags of Spain and Puerto Rico will continue to fly at Juan Ponce de Leon Landing south of Melbourne Beach, after county commissioners rejected Commissioner John Tobia's proposal to have them removed.

Tobia contends the flags are inappropriate to have in the county park, on the same display as a U.S. flag and a Florida flag. He said the flags — displayed on a flagpole with an "unconventional 'nautical' design" — were creating "an inordinate amount of confusion and consternation among local residents."

Furthermore, Tobia questions the theory that the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon's landing in Florida in 1513 was in what is now the Melbourne Beach area, calling that theory "extremely unlikely." Other theories place Ponce de Leon's first landing in Florida at what is now St. Augustine.

"Santa Claus spent as much time in Juan Ponce de Leon Park as Juan Ponce de Leon," Tobia said.

¿Y de qué partido es este John Tobia? Lo vemos en la Wikipedia:

John Tobia (born January 6, 1978) is an American Republican Party politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 53rd District, which includes southern Brevard County, from 2012 to 2016, previously representing the 31st District from 2008 to 2012.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tobia

Por el contrario, se opone a la retirada de esta estatua una tal Samantha Nazario:

Melbourne Beach, Florida. USA. December 10, 2019, Local concerned citizen Samantha Nazario criticizes Brevard County Commissioner John Tobia who wants the Spanish and Puerto Rican flags removed from Juan Ponce de Leon Landing Park. Tobia maintains it is unproven were the founder landed and the park should be renamed. The commission voted 3-2 against any changes.

Melbourne Beach, Florida. Ee.Uu.. El 10 de diciembre de 2019, el ciudadano preocupado, Samantha Nazario critica el Comisionado del Condado de Brevard John Tobia - Alamy

¿Y de qué partido es doña Samantha Nazario?

Samantha Lynn Nazario's Florida Voter Registration

Melbourne, Florida

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Samantha Lynn Nazario (age 42) is listed at 2433 Burns Ave Melbourne, Fl 32935 and is affiliated with the Democratic Party. She is a hispanic female registered to vote in Brevard County, Florida.

Samantha Lynn Nazario from Melbourne, Florida | VoterRecords.com

Muy brava esta señora Nazario y menudo cabronazo el John Tobia:

Four flags fly high at Melbourne Beach's Juan Ponce de Leon Landing — the American flag, Spanish flag, Puerto Rican flag, and Florida's state flag.

It’s a tribute to the explorer's landfall, debated for centuries if indeed he came here.

The park and monument was built in District 3 Brevard County Commissioner John Tobia's domain.

He is proposing the Spanish and Puerto Rican flags be replaced, but that doesn't sit well with residents like Samantha Nazario.

"By removing the flags, you are hiding Florida's true history" she told Spectrum News 13. "It's a flag from when we were colonized by Juan Ponce de Leon, when he became the first governor of Puerto Rico, by bequeathal of King Ferdinand of Spain."

"It's an absolute joke," Tobia said.

Tobia says a previous commission spent $67,000 honoring someone who did not land there. He decided to take action when some of his constituents brought it to his attention.

He cites a UCF study proving the explorer never visited the now Melbourne Beach area.

"You might as well have a sign up there for Santa Claus," Tobia said. "Because Santa Claus has spent just as much time in that park as Ponce de Leon has."

Tobia wants to save taxpayer dollars by replacing the two flags instead of taking the entire pole down. He even wants to rename the park.

"I think they should find where Ponce de Leon landed and fly the flags there," he suggested.

"It should be something of pride, something you hold true to your history" Nazario said.

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/...tested-history

Tomen nota los aficionados al pensamiento maniqueo que vienen planteando en los últimos tiempos una dicotomía entre republicanos (buenos y amigos de España) y demócratas (malos y enemigos de España).