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HAAB Backup 07/26/2001 Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board Backup Documents July 26, 2001 NOTICE OF MEETING & AGENDA COLLIER COUNTY HISPANIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2001 7:00 P.M. County Commission Meeting Room Turner Building (Building F), Third Floor Collier County Government Center, Naples, Florida * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * NOTICES .. Public COllUTIents will be limited to 5 minutes unless permission for additional time is granted by the Chainnan. Collier County Ordinance No. 99-22 requires that all lobbyists shall, before engaging in any lobbying activities (including, but not limited to, addressing the Board of County Comntissioners) before the Board of County Comntissioners and its advisory boards, register with the Clerk to the Board at the Board Minutes and Records Department. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AGENDA I. 7:00 P.M: Meeting called to order and determination of quorum. II. Approval of minutes of the June 14,2001 meeting. III. Determination of excusal of absences from June meeting. IV. Welcome New Member to the Board. V. Discussions: A. Discussion with Jennifer Edwards, Elections Supervisor, on promoting voting in the Hispanic community. B. Follow up discussion on the Farm Workers issues. VI. New business and public comments. .. Invitation to the Board by Victor Valdes to attend the Las Naciones News Second Community Forum. Recruitment of a Hispanic Board Member to volunteer to participate in a diversity forum at Florida Gulf Coast University. VII. Meeting adjourns. NOTICE OF MEETING & AGENDA COLLIER COUNTY HISPANIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2001 7:00 P.M. County Commission Meeting Room Turner Building (Building F), Third Floor Collier County Government Center, Naples, Florida * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * NOTICES .. Public comments will be limited to 5 minutes unless permission for additional time is granted by the Chainnan. Collier County Ordinance No. 99-22 requires that all lobbyists shall, before engaging in any lobbying activities (including, but not lintited to, addressing the Board of County Comntissioners) before the Board of County Comntissioners and its advisory boards, register with the Clerk to the Board at the Board Minutes and Records Department. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I. II. III. IV. v. s,w~~, t\:~ Ibee '"7 . VI. \~. AGENDA 7:00 P.M: Meeting called to order and determination of quorum. Approval of minutes of the June 14, 2001 meeting. Determination of excusal of absences from June meeting. Welcome New Member to the Board. Discussions: A. Discussion with Jennifer Edwards, Elections Supervisor, on promoting voting in the Hisp.anic community. '.. .L -3 (. ~I t... I fU., .bOVlf_' ~ B. Follow up discussion on the Farm Workers issues. New business and public comments. .. Invitation to the Board by Victor Valdes to attend the Las Naciones News Second Community Forum. Recruitment of a Hispanic Board Member to volunteer to participate in a diversity forum at Florida Gulf Coast University. VII. Meeting adjourns. COLLIER COUNTY DAVID C. WEIGEL COLLIER COUNTY ATTORNEY 3301 Tamiami Trail East Naples, Florida 34112-4902 Telephone: (941) 774-8400 Facsimile: (941) 774-0225 Heidi F. Ashton Ellen T. Chadwell Jacqueline Hubbard-Robinson Ramiro Manalich William E. Mounttord Thomas C. Palmer Michael W. Pettit Marjorie M. Student Patrick G. White Robert N. Zachary FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET TO: Sheriff Don Hunter NO.: 793-9333 PHONE NO: FROM: Ramiro Manalich, Chief Assistant County Attorney DATE: July 20, 2001 PAGES: 5 (including cover sheet) RE: HAAB COMMENTS: The attached is per your request. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. The information contained in this facsimile message is attorney privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone and return the original message to us at the above address via the U. $. Postal Service. Thank you. If there are any problems or complications, please notify us immediately at (941) 774-8400. Facsimile Operator: Marilyn White JUN-14-2001 11: 4.j EX~CUIIV~ INVESTIGRTIONS 850 410 8:::!3B P.02 FDLE FlOtk1ll OtJpar1meOl Qt. Law Enliorcement Po&! Off_ aD" '489 T.lI.h...ee. RDrid.8 32302.1489 (850)410-700' www.fdIe.&lGe.fl.us Jolb SulI1, Gc>\'eInor KaltlerIne HBniII, s.......J of SfIie Rd:leIt "- BulIeI<o.Ath. ~ ~ Aab8It F. ..... c.:........... Tom G8IIV1er, TI8II8iIl!II" CIlIlIIes It. BRnIaI1, Cu..., ~J"Iet''''~ Chartit Crill; C<lr1.,1!IlllfoI1lI/' of Ht~ .I<llMll 1: 'l1fn" IoIc<lre Cammissioller June ll, 2001 The Honorable Don Hunter Sheriff, Collier County 3301 Tamiami TlllilEast Building j Naples, FL 34112 RE: FDLE File EI-73-3677 Dear SheriffHuuter. We have received yoIII' letter aod attachments, da.b::d tWIll 8,2001, regarding recent comments on previoU$ FDLE iDvestiptiODS made by Mr. Victor Valdez and Mr. Gary Martin. Lei me ""iterate FDLE's position on this matter. In all public corruption investigations, FD)'..E will interview any witness who hIlS personal, first hand information that a public "ffim.] oommitted a criminal offense. TheBe interviews are sworn and recorded in order Ie remove any doubt about exaclly what was said duril\g the interview. We will also review and evaluate any physical evidence, documentation or other materials that are germane Ie the investigatiOI\- Once OUr investigation is complete, we submit our investigative findiDglllo the appropriate proseootor for prosecutorial assessment. Th ill is precisely the process that was followed in both our previous investigations of your ol&e. .Regarding the perjlll)' allegations /I18de against you by Mr. LagI1D and Mr. Valdez in July 2000, while 1bcse gentlemen may have personal opinions about this ~, they were not interviewed becaU$e they do not have personal, :first hand information regarding the allegations. Several witrleases willi personal, n18t hand information were interviewed and appropriate documentation was reviewed. Finally, Assistant U. S. Attorney Doug Molloy reviewed our investigative findings and found your ....stimony in the deposition did not constitute perjury. I hope this letter cJari:lies the posldon ofFDLE regarding this closed imlestigation. If I can answer any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. 01'~ s T. Moore Commissioner JTMhno Oommllted ID SsNIce . /nlllflt/Iy " Re#/*t . Qua/iry TOTAL P. 02 ..'~ ~r.iA~ 1;;- 'Co, '._-~~~.~6\ hlol '_ .c.....:;ieJ ~:~~.~~"~~~~:, STATE OF FLORIDA ~ffice of the ~olJernor THE CAPITOL TALLAHASSEE. FLORIDA 32399.0001 JEB BUSH GOVER!\OR www.f1gov.com 850-488.7146 850-487-0801 fax May 31,2001 Victor Valdes 5349 Holland Street Naples, FL 34101 RE: CIG#200012200001 Dear Mr. Valdes: The Office of the Chief Inspector General received your complaint on May 25, 2001 in which you continue to allege corruption and violations within the Collier County Sheriff's Office. As you have previously been advised, our office does not have the authority to conduct criminal investigations. On December 21, 2000 our office referred your previous complaint to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for their review. As a result of our referral to FDLE, we were notified that two previous investigations concerning similar allegations against Sheriff Hunter were conducted and those investigations concluded that there were no criminal violations committed by Sheriff Hunter. Therefore, we are forwarding your complaint to the Collier County State Attorney's Office for whatever action they deem appropriate. In the event you have any further questions, please contact Michael Provost, Assistant State Attorney for Collier County at (941) 774-8470. Sincerely, 9~~\.VL Patrick I. Noble Director of Investigations Office of the Chief Inspector General PIN:sa S:\jnspect\whislleWaldes 200012200001-2 I) Governor's Mentoring Initiative r<.;[ aE A MENTO" au alG HEL' \ ("... '.800.825.3786 LAS NACIONES NEWS VOICE OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY LAS NACIONES IS THE HISPANIC NEWSPAPER SERVING OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. Serving South Florida Since 1984 PaginaUno.com May 21, 2001 Governor Jeb Bush. Executive Office Of The Governor. The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001 Honorable Gov. Bush Once again, I am contacting you regarding the conuption and violations within the Collier County Sheriff Office headed by Sheriff Don Hunter. This time I am enclosing an article from the Naples Daily News, dated Tuesday, May 1st, 200 1 about the sentencing of the fooner Collier County Sheriff Office's captain Jim Sandets. Additionally, I' am submitting the last issue of Las Naciones News, of \\hich I am the Chief Editor. During the sentencing hearing. Mr. Sandets made statements that directly impIicates Sheriff Don Hunter. pointing at him as responsible for the conuption and violations I have been denouncing to you for more than two years. Jim SandeIs' statemenls in federnI court, must not be ignored: "/ was one of 27 out there. "he said. "/ certainly was not the only one not stopping the gambling. / was nothing but a deputy." Then, when Sanders addressed the prosecution's claims that he stopped deputies under his supervision from making drug arrests, he said that he was told by Sheriff Don Hunter to stop the effort. Sanders clearly stated: "/ did so at the direction of the sheriff" Honorable Gov. Bush, these statemenls by themselves, are sufficient grounds to initiate a new and unbiased investigation of Sheriff Don Hunter and the alleged 27 other cooupted elemenls in the force. For years, this writer fium the pages of Las Naciones News has been playing the role of David against Goliath; for many years I have been subjected to the harassment and ~ of men under the canmand of Sheriff Don Hunter, but I will continue my fight against all odds, because I speak with the truth. Respectfully, 1 demand that a new investigation be conducted by an independent investigator, since the previous investigations conducted by the Florida Department of Law EnfUl<.u<1eIIt were not other than a fJagrant cover up in favor of Sheriff Don Hunter. 0theIwi<;e, how can they justify not finding that there are P.O, Box 10503 - Naples, Florida 34101 - PhoneIFax (951) 417-5998 Message Line: (941) 264-4117 - e-mait: PaginaUno@aol.eom at least 27 other deputics involved It is lime that the GClI\..'r.l1 Attorney of Florida dcsignate an special prosecutor to investig;Ue the allegations I have made to you, and supported now by statements made, in open federal court, by Jim Sanders. The crimes committed by Jim Sanders and his a'i.<;OCiated, fonncr Sergeant, Glendell Edison, were too big to be committed by these two elements alone. Sandi..'I'S and Edison were very close to Sheriff Htmlcr and enjoyed his full support while in the force. The 27 elements Sanders said are still in the force, and Sheriff Don Htmlcr must be investigated. 1 am confident that you want to run a government free of c.orruptioo, drug selling and shake downs under the color of the law, protected by a shield, imposed on them to serve and protect the citizens, not to run an empire of crime. Governor Bush, the community is still waiting for justice! Thank you for your attention. -Ic~ Q.vW~ Victor. A . Valdes Civil Right Activist & Journalist. Ce. Attorney General Robert A. Butterworth Cont I rmat ion Repo r t - Memo ry Send Pale 001 Date & Time: 07-20-01 09:04 Line 1 941 774 0225 Machine 10 : Collier County Attorney Office Job number 213 Date 07-20 09:02 To 87939333 Number of pages 005 Start time 07-20 09:02 End time 07-20 09:04 Pales sent 005 Status OK Job number 213 *** SEND SUCCESSFUL *** COLLIeR COUNTY DAVID c. WEIGeL COLLieR COUNTY ATTORNEY 3301 Tarnlarnl Tr=JI l!as1' Napl-.s. Florida 341 1.2-4902 Telephone: f9"'1} 774-8..00 Facsimile: {941} 774-0.225 Heidi F_ .....shton EJltilU'l T. Chc:u:fvvetll Jacqueline HubbQrc:I-Roblnson Ramlro l'Y'lonanc:h W'fIIrorn E_ lV\ountforcf Thomas C. Palmer """chael 'VV_ Pettit IV":;:lIrjc:"i. JVl.. Stud_n'" Pa"trlck. G. ""'hlte. Rot::u=-p- N_ Zachary FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET TO; Sh.rtrr Don Hvn1'e.- NO_: 793-9333 PHONE NO: FROJVl.: Romiro Mai'\olieh. Chief Assistant County At'tornsy DATE: July 20.2001 PAGES:: 5 (InCluding cove... she-eo") RE: HAAS C::ON'lMENTS: Tn_ at'tCllch_d I. per your request. PI_ose let" me kno........ It I can be c::>f further ClsslstanC::::&I_ Tho Inforrnc::ulon conh:::llnO!!l'Cll In thl. fc:Ic::slmlle me..cg_ bI Ottorn..,... prlvlleg_d and confldentio' Infarrnatfan Int;'nc::f.a only "far- th_ u_ 01 the Inc::frvlc::fual or entity named Qb~. 11 the ..-.::ader- of this ,........sag_ Is not th_ Int.......cfed ...c:JpJent. you Cr'e h_by notlned thelt any c:fls....-nlnctlo..... dl.tr1butlon or copy of '''1. cornrnunlo:atfon I. .,r1ct1y prohlb:tted. If you have ....c;'elv-.d tnl. eomrnunlc;::otlon In erT'CH'". !:>lea,... Imm_dlately nottt'y .... I;)y t_phone and r-ot........ th_ orlglng' m_s5C:Ig_ to .... gt th_ cbove address vlo the U. S. P'ostQI Service. Thank. you. If th_ c.... any ~1:o1_r-ns or c;ompnccatTons. pl..os.. notify.... Irnrnealotely at (941) 774-8-400. Foeslmn. O~tar. Marilyn WhUe HISPANIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS DAVID CORREA 9720 VANDERBILT DR. NAPLES, FL 34108 WORK: 417-6340 HOME: 514-0006 FAX: 593-8369 (work: 417-6341) TERM EXPIRES: 6/25/02 PETE CADE, JR. 1903 LEED AVE IMMOKALEE, FL 34142 WORK: 867-3130 HOME: 657-1763 TERM EXPIRES: 6/25/01 FRANK LONEY 131 TAHm Sf NAPLES, FL 34113 WORK: 370-8613 HOME: 394-5507 TERM EXPIRES: 6/25/03 ROBERT"BOB"J.PINA APARTMENT 113 5501 RATTLESNAKE HAMMOCK RD NAPLES, FL 34113 HOME: 774-4920 TERM EXPIRES: 6/25/02 SOFIA PAGAN 3399 GULFSHORE BLVD N #205 NAPLES, FL 34103 WORK: 732-7800 HOME: 263-0006 TERM EXPIRES: 06/25/03 SUSAN CALKINS 740 HIGH PINES DR NAPLES, FL 34103 PHONE: 434-8095 E-MAIL ADDRESS:aritas540(a)aol.com TERM EXPIRES: 06/25/05 EUGENE GREENER, JR. 4021 GULFSHORE BLVD N #1602 Naples, Florida 34103 WORK: 435-9800 Fax Number: 435-9802 E-Mail Address: Greener@naDles.infl.net CARLOS AVILES 713 N 9TH ST IMMOKALEE, FL 34142 PAGER: 279-8372 Home: 657-4493 Voter Registration Compared to Ethnic Background 7/25/01 Registered Voters* Voters % * Statistics as of 06/26/01 White Hispanic Black Other Total 120560 ~ '-'m9 3596 132759 90.81% 4.68% 1.80% 2.71% Population Over 18* Number % * 2000 U.S. Census Data White Hispanic Black Other Total 157074 Q,3555 ~ 027 3780 201436 77.98% 16.66% 3.49% 1.88% Registration Rates by Ethnic Background White Hispanic Black Other 76.75% 18.52% 34.00% 95.13% * Note: A deciaration of ethnicity is not required for voter registration purposes. The registrant may choose from several options or leave it blank. .Las \' aciones 1-." ('1 i'!: -! ' ''',~ ",:., . ~t .""........ .,'0 ~.'. ' :\' e"~s Victor A. Valdes, Chief Editor Naples. Thursday. July I::'. ::'00 I LAS NACIONES NEWS IS SPONSORING ITS SECOND COMMUNITY FORUM. lhe recent unnecessary killing of ,'vlarvin Ilanis' of River Park. in the city of Naples. should he an awakening ealll"r all of us. The pll\\er given to the Law Enl'lfeement hy our laws docs not entitle them to use excessive and deadly force. I 'nll,rtunatcly. some clement or the Collier County and the City of Naples' La\', I.nl"rcenlL"nt AgL'IlCics interpret the laws as their imlllunity to commit all kind of excesses and civil rights violations under thc color of the law. Las Naciones News invites you to its Community Forum: at this Ilmllll wc will prescnt the cvidence this newspapcr has collected through 17 years of investigation into the corruption. ahuse of power. discrimination. as wcll as the pattelll and practice in the Collier County SherilTOl'Iice. Hispanics. Haitians. African Americans and oth,'r minoritics have heen systematically subjected to police ahuses of all types by bad cops within the I"rce C(1I11nUlIlded by SherilTDon Hunter. Sheriffllunter was advised or the corruption and violations within the Ol'i;ee hejust had take over in 19X9 by a group ot'leadcrs I'rolll thc llispanic eonnlHlIlity. including the hlitor and Publisher of this newspaper. The community Ieadcrs raised complaints against Glendale Edison and other clements in the I,,,'ce. who \\ere conductlllg illcgal husiness in the Illlmokalee community protected by their depuly sherillshicld. Instead of launching a full in,estigation. Sheriff Don 1l1ll1ler turned the hack to the community and hy his inel1ia allowed the now eomicted criminals. I,mner Sergeant (dendale Edison and Capitan Jim Sanders. run their crime and terror cmpire in hmnllkalee and its ncighhoring communities. Edison and Sanders are now serving their sentences in Iederal jails. however. during the sentencing hearing. Jim Sanders stated that he was not the only one responsihle 1,)1' what was going on in Immokalee. and he said: "j was one of n out there." When disputing the claim that he stopped deputies under his supetvision Irom making dmg 'UTests. Sanders said that he was told hy Sherin' Don Ilunter to stop the elllJt1s. FUI1henl1ore. he clearly stated: "I did so at the direction ol'the' sherin:" For years this newspaper has heen in,cstigating and denounellJg the abuses and corruption. However. no one scctor of the community alone can resolvc the corruption within thc Collier County Shcriff Department. and the flagrant civil rights violations committed hy them and other law enrOrC~ll1('nt agencies in the cOLlnt}'. 1'0. Box 10503, Naples. Fl. 34101- (941} 417-5998 Voiet'lFax ('hiefEditor~<<'LasNacioncsNcws.c()m - (,asNm,'ionesNl.'ws.<:om V./\V By joining f,xees in demanding that police hrutality. exccssive usc or 1()I'Cc, unnecessary police killings. harassment and all type or civil rights violaliolb to stop once and I(lr all. we are sending a strong message that the community is not willing to stay siknl. By coming together in a li,rtlm vvherc ideas afC joined and commitments arc formed. we can crealL' a \vorking plan whereby a strong. message is sent td the corrupts and ahu:-icrs of power. and would get the community mohilized li,r the hetterment and sall-ly orall Collier County citizens. Las Naciones News invites you to build upon our peopk's hope 1(,1' a belleI' and safer community, to plan I()I' translating our hope into a working plan, and identil) the tools, which would allow the actions to produce the '\Culled results. We invite you to attend the t\\O days Las Nacioncs News Community Forum. August l) ,md !O, 2001 at Collier t 'Olmty (iovcfllment Center, Building 1',',1 J-'L ].\(11 Last Tamiami Trial. Napks, J-'Iorida. Be ready to take part in a very challenging and t,Lsk-orienlcd brum. Please, register hy completing the enclosed application. No lees arc involved. it is a ii'ee and op<:n to everyhody. J-'or ILllther inlllJ'lllation you may call (941 ) 4!7-5')98 or e-mailusat[()rum(ilLQ~l.-I.1I9iIILc~.Ne_\\C.._...)lll. Sineen:ly, ticEriC.(f!4~ \/iclllr /\. Valdes Chief I.ditor & Iml Rights Activist iW8Di_1WtREii6wg~Wf! , NOTE: I he case or Marvin Harris will not be discussed at the Forum duc 10 thc tact that this case is still under investigation and \\:e do not ,-vant to .icopardi7c its outcome. -' V .J\. V MAYOR BONNIE R. MACKENZIE CITY COUNCIL \'ICF MAYOR R j( JSEPH HER\IS GAR) GALLFBERG Will 1\\1 R. \lAcIlY\INE mil) T.\RRANT PEN"Y TAYLOR TAMELA WISEMAN PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, a Community Forum will be held at the Collier County Government Center to bring the entire community together to analyze civil rights issues; and WHEREAS, whel} civil rights are violated, all citizens are affected; and WHEREAS, it is of great importance to establish communication between all sectors of our community and City officials; and WHEREAS, the civil rights of every citizen will be improved by having better communication between the citizens of the City of Naples and its officials; NOW, THEREFORE, I, BONNIE R. MACKENZIE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Naples, Florida, do hereby proclaim August 9th & 10th as COMMUNITY FORUM DAYS and urge all Neapolitans to promote and preserve everyone's civil rights and to be aware of and attend the Community Forum events arranged for those days. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of July 2001. u,~ 'e' . BONNIE R. MACKENZIE, ( 7J"i EIGHTH STREET SOUTH. NAPLES. R..ORfDA 34102-6796 TELEPHO\'E ((JJ!l 213-)000 . FAX(941)213-J010 LIlY~(lunclllJ: Il:tpksgovcom Pnnled ,'n Re(ycbJ Parer 0 GOODMAN, GLAZER, GREENER & KREMER, P. C., OF MEMPHIS, TN., ATTORNEYS HE;RBEAT GLAZER EUGENE GREENER. jR ,~".. '" ~ tNt RICHARD H. KREMER B. PERCY MAGNESS HARRIETTE R. COLEMAN EUGENE GREENER. JR. RESIDENT PRINCIPAL 600 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH SUITE 203 NAPLES, FLORIDA 34102 TELEPHONE (941) 435-9800 FAX (941) 435.9802 EDWARO E. WOLLMAN 'N~PLES 'u Of COUNSEL MORRIS l. STRAUCH RETIRED WilLIAM W. GOODMAN 11900.1961] AVAilABLE BY APPOINTMENT SUNTRUST BUILDING MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA (ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO NAPLES) July 5, 2001 James D. Carter, Ph.D., Board of Collier County 3301 East Tamiami Trail Naples, FL 34112-3602 Chairman Commissioners Dear Dr. Carter: I certainly appreciate your letter of June 27th advising me that I have been appointed to the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board. I appreciate this action and will do my best to perform this responsibility. By copy of this letter, I am also writing to Ramiro Mafialich, Chief Assistant County Attorney, asking that he provide me appropriate additional information, including the names of all of the members of the advisory board and any ather material that I should read so that I can be prepared to perform my responsibility. Thank you very much. .~With ~kindest regards, ,.' .-- . ,-- C~'/~ ...." ugene G e~~r. EG/ds cc: VMr. Ramiro Mafialich, Chief Assistant County Attorney ,..., <:=::1 C~ -'"(') o Qo L-Tl U?'_ -il :'..:.1("" -< r-r; ~O -1T' 0_4 :D- 2= r-::1 (::..:: r I "" U'1 COLLIER COUNTY DAVID (, WEIGEL COLLIER COUNTY ATTORNEY 3301 Tamiami Trail East Naples, Flarida 34112.4902 Telephane: 1941) 774.8400 FAX: (941) 774.0225 July 19,2001 Heidi F. Ashlon ElI,n 1. Chadw,lI Romiro Monolich William E. Mountfllrd Thomas C. Palmer Mi{hoeIW. Pellit Jacqueline Hubhard Robinson Marjorie M. Student Patrick G. White RoberrN.Zochory Eugene Greener, Jr., Esquire 600 Fifth Avenue, South Suite 203 Naples, Florida 34102 Re: Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board Dear Mr. Greener: At its public meeting on June 26,2001, the Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to appoint you to the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board (HAAB). On behalf of the HAAB, I welcome you. I am enclosing a copy of the codified version of the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board Ordinance and a 1995 memorandum addressing the State's Sunshine Laws. The next meeting of the HAAB is scheduled for Thursday, July 26,2001 at 7:00 P.M. at the County Commission Meeting Room. Enclosed is the agenda notice and backup for this meeting. Be advised that this meeting may be filmed for broadcasting in connection with a diversity forum being presented by Florida Gulf Coast University. If you are unable to attend this meeting, you must contact either me or my Assistant, Kay, before the meeting to explain your reason for not appearing. If you have any questions relating to the enclosures or the HAAB in general, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, ~ Ramiro Maiialich Chief Assistant County Attorney and Liaison to the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board RMIkn enclosures cc: David C. 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Variety of bills tackle regulation issues for farmworkers Monday, July 16, 2001 By JENNIFER SERGENT, serg~Dtj@.hD..com Farmworker rights are becoming a hot topic in Washington these days, with the United States and Mexico negotiating guest-worker programs and three forms of legislation that are either in the works or have already been introduced. But because there are so many competing ideas and concepts, some doubt that the politics will ever translate into reality. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Miami Lakes, came within an inch of passing major legislation last year that both growers and farmworkers supported, but Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, put a halt to the bill at the last minute, objecting to its amnesty provisions. Both Graham and Gramm are back this year. Graham is planning to re- introduce his bill from last year, while Gramm is contemplating guest- worker legislation that would force workers back to their home countries when the harvest season is over. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, joined the mix last week with his own bill. Several conservative Republicans and growers support it, but farmworkers strenuously oppose it. On the diplomatic level, the Mexican government has told the Bush administration that they will not accept any new guest-worker program that doesn't offer broad "regularization," which would allow Mexican workers to legally live in the United States and have access to benefits such as Social Security. Back in Florida, migrant worker Lucas Benitez says none of the talk in Washington addresses workers' true needs: better wages and improved working conditions. http://www.naplesnews.com/01/07/naples/d618022a.htm r--r(iO}i I \..._.. I I ' ! i SHOP.;Y APLES I : f:nJ :''''';>;'~,' ,.~,;"y i : : :".' .' '.:,\,' ; i~ :: i, ._::,,::1 . i ! J(\;'.,,-. ,'n" '}It::r, ;s.J.-j ~-~ 7/18/2001 Variety of bills tackle regulation issues for farmworkers Page 2 of7 "In the long term, this isn't the path to better working conditions and better treatment," said Benitez, who is based in Immokalee. He spoke through a Spanish translator. The government needs to include agricultural workers in the list of groups covered by the National Labor Relations Act, he said. That would allow groups such as Benitez's Coalition ofImmokalee Workers to unionize and lobby for an increase in the minimum wage, he said. Politically, that's not going to happen. Such issues are not even on the table as farmworker talks proceed in Washington. But there is one goal that farmworker advocates and growers share: the desire to legalize the large population of workers already living in the United States. That's why Graham and Craig both contemplate an amnesty program. Under both proposals, workers would earn legal residency by working varying numbers of days within six years, provided they were already living in the United States and working the fields for a certain amount of time before the legislation passes. But Gramm is adamantly opposed to amnesty. He says it would effectively grant growers the ability to choose whom they wish to confer citizenship upon by keeping immigrant workers employed. In the Senate, it only takes one senator to keep a bill from going to a vote. "Anything that smacks of (amnesty) we'll oppose," Gramm spokesman Larry Neal said. The mention of amnesty has the Mexican government treading lightly. Although officials argue for "regularization," they know the "A-word" is too politically explosive to discuss. "We have been very careful not to use the 'amnesty' word," said Miguel Monterruvio, press secretary at the Mexican Embassy in Washington. "What we are asking for is the regularization of Mexicans who are leaving (Mexico). " Whether it's called amnesty or regularization, though, the concept will be difficult to pass in Congress. Gramm has allies in fellow Texas Republicans Tom DeLay, the House Majority Whip, and Lamar Smith, who sits on the House Immigration Subcommittee. http://www.naplesnews.com/01/07/naples/d618022a.htm 7/18/2001 Variety of bills tackle regulation issues for farmworkers Page 3 of7 There is not much negotiating room between one side that wants to offer more green cards and another that doesn't want to give out any green cards, immigration expert Mark Krikorian said. "There will be a lot of sound and fury, but there's enough resistance to an idea for amnesty for illegal aliens that it's going to be difficult to get something through," said Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington think tank that favors limiting immigration. The center's research director completed a report last week detailing the negative effects of unlimited flows of unskilled immigrants- particularly Mexicans - into the United States. Increasing the supply of unskilled labor does not affect most American workers, but it does depress wages for the lowest-paid working poor, the report said. The report also showed that immigrants and Mexicans are much more likely than native-born Americans to live in poverty, be without health insurance and use welfare. In Florida, about 47 percent of immigrants live in poverty, compared to 20 percent of natives, the report said. Twenty-one percent of immigrants use welfare, compared to 8 percent of natives. And while 33 percent of immigrants are without health insurance, only 15.3 of Americans in Florida are uninsured. Bringing more guest workers into the country - even temporarily - would prove to be a further drain on the economy and public services, research director Steven A. Camarota wrote. "The focus needs to be on thinking about ways to bring down the numbers," he said. Meanwhile, growers say they desperately need more farmworkers - either documented U.S. residents or on loan from other countries. "We've been at this for a long time and it's getting to a crisis point," said Sharon Hughes, executive vice president of the National Council of Agricultural Employers in Washington. But the amnesty bills being offered - with their working requirements to earn legal residency - amounts to indentured servitude, Krikorian said. "It's really little more than an attempt by employers to hold down wage costs," he said. "Farmworker wages are down 10 percent in the 1990s. If you need more of something, you don't offer less money for it." http://www.naplesnews.comlO1/07/naples/d618022a.htm 7/18/2001 Variety of bills tackle regulation issues for farmworkers Page 4 of7 One of the major differences between Graham's bill and Craig's bill is the wage rate. Graham would offer the average rate of all agricultural jobs - skilled and unskilled - in an area to guest workers employed there. Craig would offer just the prevailing rate for the specific job the guest worker would take, such as picking tomatoes. That rate, which the growers are lobbying for, amounts to much less than what Graham is offering. Rob Williams, the director of the Florida Migrant Farmworker Justice Project in Tallahassee, bluntly said Craig's bill wouldn't pass. He cited the wage issue as the main reason, in addition to the fact that workers would have to work much longer in the fields to earn legal residency than what Graham contemplates. But last year's momentum for Graham's bill is probably gone, Williams added. "We've lost the opportunity to pass a good bill," he said. Although many hold out hope that something positive for farmworkers will result from the U.S.-Mexico talks, the amnesty foes in Congress still might pose an insurmountable hurdle. "It's entirely possible the competing versions of guest-worker programs might well crash and burn," Krikorian said. ~ E-mail this stOry to a friend. .!l Format this stOry for crintina. J:) Search our archive for related stories: ,; advanced search Navigation: Go to today's NaDles section front Go to our 7~dav Nacles archive l(3o.to..anoth.er..se(:tion:.:..:ZJ Also in today's Naples section: A.5. Goldman: Jurors review evidenu focus on CUm! in second day of ... Authorities Identify elderly woman from weekend's fatal wreck Beverlv EnterDrises nursino homes DreDared to weather storm of sale to NMC Businessman says sian axe.Dtio" would make restaurant 'economic catJ!~r....-'-1.L Countv TransDortation staff to hold me.tlna on Goodlette-Frank desian Aala 5.l!lVS commission is trYino to riQht county's course an arowth plannina Gallebera aiyen bad info says an radio that Dast council knew about City......... Gordan River Bridee a year overdue. will be delaved another month GrouD trvina to ban Indoor smokina in stat.. locals skeDtical local Deaths Photo: Bats in the librarv branch Police Beat Re~laimed water maIn installation will slow Radio Road for two weeks http://www.naplesnews.com/01/07/naples/d618022a.htm 7/18/2001 Census: Florida population boom driven by a richly diverse Hispanic influx ISitesections... il Front page I Classified I GoShopNaples Page 1 of7 ':"~~-': ( C:;:;f.'.~ ':'~:~. f~ ~f.'.~.i~;: (:' .'].' Florida I :Nt!.ph~i; iJaiiu tN't'W6 ~ 5 J:) Florida front I Florida archive I hIlR Census: Florida population boom driven by a richly diverse Hispanic influx Wednesday, March 28, 2001 By AMANDA RIDDLE, Associated Press PEMBROKE PINES - Carlos and Elsa Yepez moved to this Fort Lauderdale suburb in 1993, attracted to its safe, quiet neighborhoods to raise their mentally handicapped son. But a population surge during the 1990s brought urban hassles they were trying to avoid - crowded schools, traffic and long waits in the emergency room. "When we moved here it really was ni ce, good service, a good hospital," said Carlos Yepez, 54, an Ecuadorean native. "Now a lot of people are making the services bad." The Yepez family was on the cusp of a Hispanic population boom in the 1990s, primarily in South and central Florida, according to the census figures released Tuesday. C.r" Yepez, 54, . native of Ecuador, .. aeen oubide hia home in Pembroke PinM. Yepez h.. aeen a "rge influx of Hi8lM1nic 'amili. moving from Dade to South Broward County in the I..t five y~r.. Marta Lavandier/Associated Press Many Latin American families fleeing political or economic instability in their homelands, including Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico and Puerto Rico, settled in Florida. That has made the state's Hispanic population more diverse than ever, http://www.naplesnews.com/Ol/03/tlorida/d605082a.htm ~p SHOPflAPLES hnd ',"12-1:<:1:"'; :Ini.;~.. ((",p,:,lt< tl).::!;:',""] ~E'!"; :;1!:":'(;};:1: 3/29/2001 Census: Florida population boom driven by a richly diverse Hispanic influx Page 2 of7 said June Nogle, a University of Florida demographer. "Before 1980 it was predominantly Cuban," she said. "During the 1980s and more during the 1990s, the Cuban flows decreased relative to the new flows from other areas." The census shows Hispanics surpassed blacks in the last decade to become the state's largest minority. Hispanics increased by 70.4 percent from 1.6 million to 2.7 million while blacks grew by 27.4 percent from 1.8 million to 2.3 million. Florida's overall population increased by 23.5 percent from 12.9 million to 15.9 million during the 1990s, making it the nation's seventh-fastest growing state. It gained two House seats, bringing its congressional delegation to 25. Seventy-five percent, or 2 million, of the state's 2.7 million Hispanics, which the Census Bureau considers to be an ethnic group and not a race, identified themselves as white. Hispanics who said they were black accounted for 2.7 percent, or 71,237, of the ethnic group, while 16.7 percent, or 448,113, marked other. Less then 1 percent said they were American Indian, Asian or Pacific Islander. Thirteen years ago, Lourdes Wilson moved from Puerto Rico to a mostly white, middle class subdivision in Seminole County north of Orlando. She considers herself Puerto Rican and American. Her family speaks English at home but she also celebrates Three Kings' Day, a traditional holiday in Spanish-speaking countries. "I make sure that my daughter has a present under her bed the next morning," said Wilson, 35, of Sanford. "It's important to me that she learns the traditions." Wilson and the Yepez family are like many Latinos who bypassed Miami for suburbs that offer community centers, ballfields, good schools, cheaper housing and less traffic. The central Florida suburban county of Osceola led the state's Latino explosion with a 294 percent increase, from 12,866 to 50,727 in the last decade. Bordering Orange County had a 159 percent Hispanic growth. In Miami-Dade County, with the state's largest Hispanic population at 1.2 million, the number of Hispanics grew by 338,330, or 35.5 percent. Just to the north in Broward County, which includes Pembroke Pines, the Hispanic population grew by 163,213, or 150 percent. "We don't like Miami," Yepez said. "We wanted to be in an English- http://www.naplesnews.com/Ol/03/florida/d605082a.htm 3/29/2001 Census: Florida population boom driven by a richly diverse Hispanic influx Page 3 of7 speaking environment... to understand the life, to make a life, to socialize. " Pembroke Pines, 15 miles southwest of Fort Lauderdale, had 1,500 residents when it became a city in 1960. It's now a bustling suburb of almost 125,000. At Flanagan High School, which opened in 1996, 35 percent of ~,*l%' ~- the students are ,,' ~.'" """" f!twW'dll$jllo1il:$ ~~ 1 ""~ Hispanic. Because of ;~:~~=~ . tStt>~~ d h ;::;'~~~~~..i(<I::<<,~~ . ~~~j~ tremen ous growt , ~~~~,~; . ~<<:~_~ the school has a ~~~~,~{;!c,~ ~t;....~~ ""- separate ninth grade ;:;;;i:;;',;':;;':;;;';:~""'" .................................. .....................;; campus made up of Click on the ilRlllle .bove for. full .ize veraion of the portable classrooms gr.phic. five miles from the main campus. :W Likewise, Memorial West Hospital is undergoing a $100 million expansion to double the size of its emergency room and add 25 percent more beds. The monthly birth rate has jumped from 90 births when it opened in 1992 to more than 400 last year. Dozens of subdivisions are springing up west of Interstate 75, a north- south artery on the edge of the Everglades where new strip malls are being built faster than new stores can move in. A typical home stays on the market an average of eight to 12 days, down from 45 to 75 days two years ago. Many buyers are Hispanics from Miami and Latin America. "In Broward, 99 percent of the United States is north of us, but 50 percent of our business comes from the south of us," said real estate agent Pat McDonald. In Weston, a planned city of 40,000 people, manicured entranceways and gated communities with upscale homes, Hispanics make up a quarter of the population and city services are now provided in English and Spanish. Corporations such as Hershey Foods, Levi Strauss and Marriott have their Latin American and Caribbean headquarters in the city. In addition to Hispanic Fottune 500 executives, Weston attracts Latinos who moved after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 demolished thousands of homes in suburban Miami and those fleeing political instability in Central and South America, City Manager John Flint said. In Mirarnar, just south of Pembroke Pines, Peruvian native Andrea Rosa moved from New York City six months ago with her 3-year-old son Daniel because it has a family atmosphere and low crime rate. She lives with her sister. http://www.naplesnews.com/Ol/03/floridald605082a.htm 3/29/2001 Census: Florida population boom driven by a richly diverse Hispanic influx Page 4 of7 "We like the area because it looks safe and is quiet," said Rosa, 38. "My son is still young, but I'm thinking about when he starts to have friends. I want him to have friends that I know, whose parents I know." Also: March 29, 2001: Census may have missed many Hispanic residents in Collier. 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Arizona Graphics: Population growth: Collier County I Lee County I State of Florida I Hispanic grmtlh From the Associated Press: AP Census Database I Latest 2000 Census stories ~ E-mail this storY to iJ friend. a Format this story for Drintina. ~ Search our archive for related stories: advanced search Navigation: Go to today's Florida section front Go to our 7-dav Florid. IIrchive 1<>0 to another section.... .0i.l Also in today's Florida section: ADD811ate court arants stav of Darental notice rulina Baker wins mayor.' election in St. Petersbura e.D. Coral man DI..ds Quilty to $3.5 million Brinks heist Census: Florida suburbs crow as DODulation Increases Coast Guard: ShiD r8Dorts leakina 200 aallons off Miami Beach Convicted killer SIIVS he's innocent of sDrine break murders Crist. 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Page 1 of7 ~..~~~.: r ~.::;~.~~ ':::'-::;.\'~~f.'.;.€~ .;,,,10' Florida i ~fpl!$ il~ril!! Nenni ~ !l J:) Florida front I Florida archive I htJJ! Census: Hispanics top blacks as largest minority group in Florida Overall, Hispanic population exploded by 70-4 percent from 1.6 million to 2.7 million while the black population increased by 27-4 percent from 1.8 million to 2.3 million. Wednesday, March 28, 2001 By AMANDA RIDDLE, Associated Pre.. MIAMI - Fueled by migration from Latin America and other parts of the United States during the 1990s, Hispanics passed blacks to become Florida's largest minority group. The state's Hispanic population grew more than twice as fast as blacks in the last decade, census figures released Tuesday show. Hispanics, who the Census Bureau considers to be an ethnic group and not a race, make up 16.8 percent of the state's population while blacks, including black Hispanics, account for 14.6 percent. Whites, including white Hispanics, make up 78 percent of the population. Overall, Hispanic population exploded by 70.4 percent from 1.6 million to 2.7 million while the black population increased by 27.4 percent from 1. 8 million to 2.3 million. Florida'S growth 11>o_''''___<I<O''''''''",,",,^ 1'.."",_..~..,li'J.~_. ..~~t>I-:)lf"'~N'W~~~ ~.lM_~ll<l1.!i.!I__. ~_~"""'oo6__ ""- lIWftml..... p.cptll8ImH~ ~__to_ WiN .81_ _ _ t.fl4 ~O~2!O ~~-~ 1l)~-.-c- 40~ ~~1) ~ The Hispanic growth is why St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in the Broward County ~'~T~;h:;;;;'~""""'~"''''''''''''''''''''''''''~'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''W'~A:P Click on the image above for a full aize vera Ion of the http://www.naplesnews.comlO1/03/florida/d609240a.htm I~~\GO i-- I ................../ ' !SHOP,jYAPLES i ire:; ~] 'to , , .. i~.>:,..' :;:'~ '''~l:-:~ 3/29/2001 Census: Hispanics top blacks as largest minority group in Florida Page 20f7 community of gr.phlc. Pembroke Pines started offering a Spanish-language Mass two years ago. There's now about 180 Hispanics at the Saturday night Mass, said parishioner Carlos Yepez, 54, an Ecuadorean native. "Every week it's more people," he said. The number of Hispanics in Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, grew by 163,213 since 1990, or 150 percent. The suburban county of Osceola outside Orlando led the state's Latino growth with a 294 percent increase, from 12,866 in 1990 to 50,727 in 2000. In Orange County, which includes Orlando, the Hispanic population grew by 159 percent to 168,361. In Miami-Dade County, where the Cuban population has traditionally made up most of the state's Hispanics, the Hispanic population grew by 338,330, or 35.5 percent. The census numbers show that the group became more varied and spread into the suburbs, said University of Florida demographer June Nogle. "It becomes a much more diverse group in terms of national origin than when it was predominantly Cuban," Nogle said. "That's the real difference. " In addition to Cuba, many Hispanics moved from Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, EI Salvador, Guatemala and Puerto Rico, she said. The number of Mexicans also increased but the population remains smaller than in California and Texas. State Sen. Daryl Jones, D-Miami, isn't worried that blacks will lose political clout to Hispanics. He said blacks vote in higher numbers. "We just have to roll with those punches," said Jones, who is black. "It will be a long time before they will be the largest minority when it comes to voting time. " Florida's population increased by 23.5 percent from 12.9 million to 15.9 million during the 1990s, making it the nation's seventh-fastest growing state. For the first time, there were 63 different racial categories in the census. About 2.4 percent of the population, or 376,315, considered themselves biracial and .1 percent, or 17,315, considered themselves to be three or more races. Florida remains the fourth-largest state behind California, Texas and New York. 1.. II '^~ '''''''tIn _ _" .,_ l.:Jrnn'" AI"\._ L.... "'''''In/''''nn1 Census: Hispanics top blacks as largest minority group in Florida Page 3 of7 With 3 million new residents, Florida gains two additional House seats, bringing its congressional delegation to 25. The fastest-growing of Florida's 67 counties was Flagler on the state's northeast coast between Jacksonville and Daytona Beach, which grew by 74 percent to 49,832. That was followed by 69 percent growth in Sumter County in rural central Florida and a 65 percent increase in Collier County, where Naples on the Gulf Coast is a prime destination for retirees. Miami-Dade, the state's largest county, grew by 16 percent to 2.3 million people. Sandra Cortes, 29, moved to Miami from Colombia last year. She said most of her friends here are from the South American country. "I don't seek them out," she said, "but we gravitate to each other because we share similar cultures." Lucy Quinones is among many of the state's new residents who first immigrated from Latin America to other states such as California or New York. Quinones, a Colombian who moved to New York City and now lives in southwest Florida, said she notices the Hispanic explosion when she shops. Her neighborhood grocery store used to stock just one brand of espresso coffee popular among Hispanics. Now it stocks five. It used to be rare to hear Spanish spoken in the aisles, said Quinones, 33, who moved to the Fort Myers suburb of Cape Coral five years ago. "Now it's constant," she said. Also: March 29, 2001: Census may have misled many Hispanic residents in Comer. Lee March 28, 2001: Collier P"Pulatlon jumped by more than 65 percent in past !kmk March 28, 2001: Hlspanicl are fast..t-growin, minority ,roup In Comer March 28, 2001: SW FIB. second mOlt populous Loplladve district In state March 28, 2001: HIspanics now la.....t ethnic lrouP in Lee March 28, 2001: Lee "rew 31,6 oereent In 19901: Bonita p"oulation at 32.797 March 28, 2001: Mareo vislton PUtt/nl down roots. conlul shows Mareh 28, 2001: F18J1er County ,rows most in 19901 March 28, 200 1: Florida population boom driven by a rk;,llb'Jllyerse Hispanic iDf1lIx Mareh 28, 2001: Hispanics top blacks as IllI'1lest minority group in Florida Mareh 28, 2001: More than 260.000 missed in census in Florida. Arizona Graphics: Population growth: Collier County I Lee County I State of Florida I Hispanic IlfOwth http://www.naplesnews.com/01/03/f1orida/d609240a.htm 3/29/2001 Census: Hispanics are fastest-growing minority group in Collier I_~i_te:~e:~i<:)~~._.. JtJ Front page I Classified I GoShopNaples Page 1 of5 ~":~-': r'~ :~..~..'.~ ':""C~.f.;~'f.'.~$~;: (:,.,}.. Naples i D\;;!fdc!ilIDaHUD\CUH'i ~ w. J!) NaDles front I Naoles archive I helD Census: Hispanics are fastest-growing minority group in Collier Wednesday, March 28, 2001 By MIREIDY FERNANDEZ, mmfernandeZ@naple.new..com Hispanics are not only the fastest-growing group in the United States, but the fastest-growing minority in Collier County. Census figures reveal a 138 percent increase for Hispanics in Collier, pushing its numbers from 20,734 in 1990 to 49,296 in 2000, U.S. Census figures show. The increase in the number of Hispanics has outpaced the growing number of blacks in Collier County over the past decade. Blacks have increased 64 percent, from 6,986 in 1990 to 11,419 in 2000. Collier's total population in 2000 was 251,377. So what does this mean in terms of local and national impact for Hispanics? Marvin Dunn, Florida International University psychology chairman and race relations expert, said the rise in numbers only reflects what the nation should already know. "America is inevitably turning brown," Dunn said. "These are results of our geographical area because people can walk here from other places and it's impossible to keep them out. There's a lot of work in Florida and people have " --... ~ ~,_'''~1* ::.,.;_:_:_:_;-,..,~ :'.>0';' ::..'jl'~ :: .::tl--. ;.w.)'!l 11....'...=- ~ .......... ~ U4ll,:t,W18 ,. ~:~~:"6'~>l'~_"" :; _ l~ ::'~ - :;,,;,;~, ,~t\, ,_. ".;ow ?:~ :~.~::1 t:~ t.:~_t'..........:t:::toC:';::- ~ - }-~; y~r '= :,!~;:::r>~~:1t t;}~, i :tt: ~ ~_~:,;.;~; ';~::; ;~::t ~ ""';""-:"W":'-"" . ... . ... ...:':"~:':':''''':''':'':'::-:'':'~:':'::'~::~:':':':-:-.-:..... :;,,,,.,. .:........;-...-.;-,... Click on the image above for a full .ize version of the graphic. http://www.naplesnews.com/0I/03/naples/d6]4758ahtm 3/29/2001 Census: Hispanics are fastest-growing minority group in Collier Page 2 of5 relatives here and there are many institutional support networks to help them get established." Dunn believes Hispanic growth will continue on a steady rise for the next few years - a direct result of more immigrants coming over and the birth rate, he said. "Hispanic growth will accelerate rapidly in the next decade and people should not be afraid of it," Dunn said. "I know for a fact that these numbers scare some people. It scares some blacks because they believe that Hispanics are going to be the new majority and that blacks are going to become second on the agenda. " But while Hispanic and black numbers are expected to go on an upward spiral, Dunn thinks "white America" isn't ready to accept these changes. "The amount of influence and control of the country will remain in white hands," Dunn said. "There should be more Hispanics and blacks who have their own businesses and they should be representative of every level of the economy. But I think the country is essentially racist in the sense that we feel as a nation that it's a white country." More Hispanics in Collier is good news for Pilar and Sergio Montes of Naples, who arrived here from Cuba in 1960. "Somehow, Hispanics always try to better themselves no matter where they are," Pilar Montes said. "They have a lot of drive and want to work hard and succeed so they come here and achieve it." A year after Fidel Castro took power with his communist regime, the Monteses fled the island with only $5 and a small suitcase. Sergio Montes established his family in Naples and eventually opened his own civil engineering firm at Fifth Avenue South. "When we first arrived, there were hardly any Hispanics here," said Pilar Montes. "Now, you look in the telephone book and you see Hispanic professionals like doctors and dentists and there are a lot of Hispanic businesses. " Maria Adame, a Mexican-American from Immokalee, thinks the rise in numbers equals "power" for all Latinos. "As Hispanics, we need to take a major role in our community," said Adame, a field director with the Coalition of Florida Farmworkers of Florida. "How many Hispanic commissioners are there in Collier County? We are not being represented and we could have a major impact in what happens in the county. I think these numbers will make a difference in the way we Hispanics view ourselves. " http://www.naplesnews.com/01/03/naples/d614758a.htm 3/29/2001 Number of Hispanic residents may be even higher than census shows ISitesections... .. .ad' Front page I aassifled I GoShopNaple. Napl.. I ~;q11e\1 iaHH~l'ttH.'i ~ !l J!) NaDles front I NaDles archive I h..elP Number of Hispanic residents may be even higher than census shows Some say illegal immigrants, including farmworkers from Immokalee and Bonita Springs, were among those not counted. Thursday, March 29, 2001 By MIREIDY FERNANDEZ, mmfemandeZ@naplesnews.com More Hispanics may actually live in Collier and Lee counties than the number reflected in census figures, which show their population has more than doubled in the last decade, officials say. The U.S. Census Bureau launched one of the biggest public relations campaigns in census history by aggressively reaching out to Hispanic households with door-to-door visits. But census workers may have missed thousands of illegal immigrants in Collier and Lee and millions across the United States, census officials and local Hispanic leaders acknowledged Wednesday. The 2000 census revealed that the number of Hispanics in Collier have grown 138 percent since 1990, making up 49,296 of Collier's total population of251,377. In Lee County, 42,042 Hispanics were among the 440,888 total population, state census reports. The growth of Hispanics in Lee is the highest ever with an increase of 179 percent over 1990's census, which reported 15,094 Hispanics in Lee. Local Hispanic leaders questioned and criticized the numbers the Census Bureau reported. http://www.naplesnews.com/01/03/naples/d620475a.htm "Some of the people we missed are hard to find. People who are in the country illegally are less likely to be receptive to be included in the census because they fear immigration or because they are constantly moving, even if they are given Page 1 of6 ~":~-': f": ~.-::;:..'.: ~'r~. r~'i.r'.~~~:: I;'''P ilGO, I ......<--,,~/ !SHOP}iAPLES f-:;:,:,I;'l:" ;:"'1 '1(," ,.,:..) ',:,-'; , ,.. :' ~ i: ;! ,~<1 ~ 3/29/2001 Number of Hispanic residents may be even higher than census shows Page 2 of 6 Some say illegal imlI1igrants, including farmworkers from Immokalee and Bonita Springs, were among those not cOunted. assurances that their information won't be released." "I know for a fact that these numbers are not - Kevin Deardorff the real numbers in regards to the Hispanic ...................................................... population here," said Ciro Urquiola of Fort Myers, who was born in Venezuela. "There are many more Hispanics in Immokalee and I personally know of people who were not counted because many of them were afraid that if they filled out the forms, immigration would come and get them." Urquiola is sales manager for Energia, a Spanish-language radio station, 1440-AM, in Lehigh that plays Latin music such as cumbia and merengue and provides local, national and international news to listeners who are mainly from Mexico or Central America. Others like Jose Herrera, owner of Gente Bonita (Beautiful People), a Spanish-language entertainment newspaper in Collier and Lee with a circulation of 10,000, said he, too, knows ofloca\ folks who were not counted in last year's census. "1 know some people who didn't get forms in the mail and no one from the census went to their homes," said Herrera, a Mexican-American. "I'm not sure that the (49,296) number (of Hispanics) in Collier and the (42,042) number in Lee is accurate." Cathy Whidden-Perez, director of the welcome center at Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, said the census numbers for Hispanics in Collier and Lee are "definitely under." "Even when these illegal immigrants are being told that nothing will happen to them by filling out the census sheet, they are wary about giving information out," Whidden-Perez said. "To them, it's not worth taking a chance. " It's impossible to reach 100 percent of the population, said CampbeIl Gibson, demographic adviser in the population division of the Census Bureau in Maryland. "It is possible that we didn't count every single person," Gibson said. "But the evidence is that we did a better job counting (in 2000) than we did in 1990." In 1990, the undercount for Hispanics and blacks was estimated at 5 percent compared to the 2 percent for the rest of the population, Gibson said. For the 2000 census, black and Hispanic counts were divided into two figures: Undercount figures for Hispanics of any race was 2.85 percent, http://www.naplesnews.com/Ol/03/naples/d620475a.htm 3/29/2001 Number of Hispanic residents may be even higher than census shows Page 3 of6 compared with African-Americans and non-Hispanic blacks who are of Caribbean descent, who came in at 2.17, according to Raj Singh, a U.S. Census mathematician. The reported net undercount rate for the total population living in households in the United States for the 2000 census was 1.18 percent. The breakdown of Hispanic undercounts for individual states and counties are not yet available, Singh said. But undercount numbers may actually be much higher because the census agency did not count people living in group quarters, college dorms or institutions like jails or prisons, Singh said. Singh said there are specific factors that resulted in undercounts in 1990 and again in 2000: . The Census Bureau doesn't have updated lists of all housing units in the entire country, such as those behind retail stores or above shopping centers. . When people filled out the census questionnaire, they did not list everybody in the household. . Undocumented immigrants who intentionally did not fill out a census form for fear they would be arrested and deported. The Census Bureau calculates undercounts after tabulating all census figures. To determine undercount percentages, census officials sampled more than 11,000 random households across the country and conducted door-to-door surveys, asking the same type of questions such as name, age, race and ethnicity as in the original census survey. Officials then took that information and compared it to original census data. There are 100 million U.S. households, Singh estimates. Demographer Kevin DeardorlT, who is chief of the ethnic and Hispanic branch at the Census Bureau, said census workers know that they miss people, "and we definitely missed some Hispanics in this country." "I think any time you're trying to count anybody, it's going to be a daunting task," he said. "Some of the people we missed are hard to find. People who are in the country illegally are less likely to be receptive to be included in the census because they fear immigration or because they are constantly moving, even if they are given assurances that their information won't be rei eased. " Also: http://www.naplesnews.cOln/Ol/03/naples/d620475a.htm 3/29/2001 Census: Collier population jumped by more than 65 percent in past decade lSite sections... i) Front page I Classified I GoShopNaples Page 1 of6 :-":~-': r~ ~..~..'.~ :-'"C~.\'''f.'.~~:~;: (:'...... Naples I t\zlpll'titiilHUt\l'ltH\ ~ S. JD Naoles front I Naoles archive I MJQ Census: Collier population jumped by more than 65 percent in past decade Census figures count Collier's population at 251,377 compared to 152,099 in 1990. Wednesday, March 28, 2001 By GINA EDWARDS, l!Vedwards@naplesnews.com and DENISE ZOLDAN, dczoldan@naplesnews.com Collier County's growing pains are obvious to those who live here, but new U.S. Census figures out Tuesday give magnitude to the hurt. The county's population has swelled by more than 65 percent in the past decade. At the same time, Collier has become more diverse with Hispanics more than doubling their ranks. Collier's growth rate ranks third highest in the state, behind Flagler and Sumter counties - two tiny counties with a combined population of just over 100,000. Census figures count Collier's population at 251,377 compared to 152,099 in 1990. Collier officials, who launched a major public relations effort to urge people to turn in their census forms, said the population number far exceeded expectations. Census data is used to distribute more than $185 billion each year to state and local governments around the country. The new count will mean more state and federal dollars for such things as roads, schools, housing and health-care programs calculated on a per capita basis, said Greg Mihalic, Collier's director of Housing and Urban Improvement. Collier has struggled to keep pace with its booming population growth in recent years as road-building agendas and, more recently, sewage- plant expansions lagged behind. Mihalic said the new data and trends will help county planners map population growth patterns. "Obviously, this will put some new benchmarks in place," Mihalic said. http://www.naplesnews.com/Ol/03/naples/d614760a.htm GO ~PJYAPLES [1....nl:1 '.)'t.'~:I': I(.~< . >''''-''13,.:: ilnL~, (':''If':,:.n,, ,~; III tf)::i'::{"j H[,>f'-t pd!':\ 'J-.J: -~-_"__"_-_"_'_-,--.".~~......_. 3/29/2001 Census: Collier population jumped by more than 65 percent in past decade Page 2 of6 The 2000 figures show a shift in the population breakdown of whites and minorities. Although the white population in Collier County grew 56 percent since 1990, to 216,345 from 139,073, the percentage of whites in the county dropped from 95 percent to 86 percent. The total black and Hispanic population grew to 24.5 percent of the total population in 2000 from 18.2 percent - or to 60,715 up from 27,720. "That gives an interesting indication of the future of Collier County," said Chuck Mohlke, whose business Frasier and Mohlke Associates studies demographics for local businesses and government agencies. The Hispanic designation is an ethnic, not racial category in the census. Therefore, numbers may add up to more than 100 percent because Hispanics may be white or black or of another race. Direct comparisons between 1990 and 2000 weren't possible because people could choose from a total of 63 racial categories in 2000 compared to just five designations in 1990. Hispanics now make up 20 percent of the total county population, up from 14 percent in 1990. The number of Hispanics grew 138 percent, to 49,296 from 20,734. The number of blacks rose 63 percent to 11,419 from 6,986, but the percentage of blacks in the overall county population stood still at 4.5 percent. Mohlke says the numbers indicate that the census-takers did a better job this year of counting, speculating that much of the increase in the Hispanic count reflected better counting methods rather than growth only. "It may reflect growth, but it may also show we are doing a better job of counting people who have been here all the time," he said. "It's a little bit of both." The 1990 U.S. Census is believed to have resulted in an undercount of 4.7 million people nationwide, most of them low-income families and minorities. Collier officials argued that the county was undercounted in 1990, mainly because snowbirds chose to get counted up North and many Hispanic immigrants distrusted government officials and were disinclined to cooperate with census takers. Collier commissioners spent $150,000 on a campaign to get the word out about the importance of a complete count for Collier this year. Each extra person counted could translate to $1,500 to $4,000 in federal and state funding for the area. http://www.nap!esnews.com/01/03/naples/d614760a.htm 3/29/2001 . Census: Collier population jumped by more than 65 percent in past decade Page 3 of6 "For the past eight or nine years, we were losing substantial dollars," Mihalic said. "We really have to thank those census enumerators." Land issues in Collier County could stymie continued similar growth. "First, of all, you have to find a place for these people to live," Mohlke said. "It will not be easy to find sufficient developable parcels of land." Buildout in the county is expected to occur at 500,000 people. "It's going to be hard to find room for 500,000 and once you hit that plateau, growth is not going to continue over time unfettered," Mohlke said. The increase in Collier's total population to 251,377 from 152,099 will have an immediate impact on the locally elected School Board and County Commission, which will have 15 months to redraw district lines. "Each of the five districts had 30,000 people in them in 1990," Mohlke said. "Now they will have to have 50,000 people. And that will require very careful study of how to realign the districts." In the past, the county attorney, School Board attorney and supervisor of elections officials worked on redrawing the local districts, but each board must adopt its own new lines. The Justice Department must approve the locally adopted districts, which must happen by the time people file for the 2002 local elections. Also: March 29, 2001: Census may have missed many Hispanic residents in CoUier. Lee March 28, 2001: Collier population jumped by more than 65 percent in past ~ March 28, 2001: Hispanics are fastest-Irowin. minority group In <:;ollier March 28, 2001: SW FIll. second most populous LelJislative district in state March 28, 2001: Hispanics now lal"lJest ethnic group in Lee March 28, 2001: Lee grew 31.6 percent in 19900: Bonita pooulation at 32.797 March 28, 2001: Marco visiton puttlnl down roots. census shows March 28, 2001: FllllIler County grows most in 1990s March 28, 2001: Florida population boom driven by a richly diverse Hispanie iDfu!x March 28, 2001: Hispanics top blacks aslarlest minority group In Florida March 28, 2001: More than 260.000 missed in census in Florida. Arizona Graphics: Population growth: Collier County I Lee County I State of Florida I Hispanic Irowth From the Associated Press: AP Census Database I Latest 2000 Census stories ~ E-mail this storY to a friend. http://www.naplesnews.com/01/03/naples/d6)4760a.htm 3/29/2001 Census: SW Fla. second most populous district in state ISitesections.... ,;I' Front page I aassified I GoShopNaples Page 1 of6 ~..~~..: r: C;;:~f.'.~ ':"';:::;, ":.~.'~'.'.:i~;: (:'...... Napl.. I t\itplC\1IDa.iln~l'mH ~ S J!) NaDles front I Naoles archive I helD Census: SW Fla. second most populous district in state Wednesday, March 28, 2001 By JENNIFER SERGENT, sergentj@shns.com WASHINGTON - Rep. Porter Goss gained more constituents in the past decade than all but one of Florida's 23 House members, according to new census figures released Tuesday. When the state's congressional districts were established in 1992, each district contained 562,518 people. But just as Southwest Florida has led the state in annual population increases since then, so has the Sanibel Republican's district. Goss' district, which includes Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties, contained 790,852 people in 2000, a 41 percent increase from 1992. The only district more populous is that of Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton, which encompasses the booming outskirts of West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Wexler now represents 800,902 people. When the state Legislature redraws the district maps next year, it will have to make sure each district contains about 636,000 people, which is the state's population divided by what will then be its 25 House seats. Florida will have two new districts because of the state's population increase to 15.9 million people in 2000. They will most likely be located in the southern tier of the state, since the biggest population gains were reported in those districts. The Republican-majority Legislature will undoubtedly want to draw the new lines in a manner that favors Republican incumbents and keeps the GOP in the majority. In 1992, that effect was achieved only after lengthy court battles. The result was 19 districts with huge white majorities and four minority districts: two black-majority districts in Miami and Jacksonville and two http://www.naplesnews.com/01/03/naples/d614756a.htm GO ISHo~YAPLEsl I F:n(! I.'.'t!r_".: !\",..; ..r;'t':l!i I llnL;. ~C'>:i>:,n-- '~:iil ~_~~?!....""i i'ii..~t_-.'. ::'.~:.~~~::J"'. 3/29/2001 Census: SW Fla. second most populous district in state Page 2 of 6 Hispanic-majority districts in Miami. Rep. Corrine Brown's Jacksonville district was later challenged - unsuccessfully - as an illegal racial gerrymander. The situation will be a lot different this time because of the uniformly large increases in Hispanic population in every congressional district. Goss' district gained 56,359 people who claim a Hispanic origin - a 151 percent increase, from 37,384 in 1992 to 93,743 in 2000. Andr_ R~I 38, of Peru, and her aon Daniel .r. .hown .t . aupermarket in Pembroke Pin.. The popu"tion boom In Florida can be credited .argely to HI.panica, many of whom were fleeing politica. or economic inal8bility In their hom..nd.. Marta Lav.Jndler/AssocJ.ted Press It will be a lot harder concentrating minorities into a few districts to carve out mainly white, mainly Republican districts in 2002, said Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida. She was an expert witness while the U.S. Supreme Court was reviewing the state's 1992 district maps. "The melting-pot case of Florida is going to make it much harder to draw majority- minority districts because the (Hispanic) population is so spread out," MacManus said. In 1992 "it was a totally different setup. Hispanics really weren't that much in the picture, and that's the big change." Goss' district started out being 92 percent white. That percentage decreased to 88 percent with the new population figures, while the Hispanic population, surged. The district once had 7 percent Hispanics, who now claim 12 percent of the population. The black proportion held steady at 6 percent, from 31,828 to 43,753. Hispanics are considered an ethnic group and individuals could have opted for white or black under the race category. Most of the other 22 districts followed the same pattern. Where several districts were once as much as 95 percent white, no district in 2000 went above 90 percent. The proportion of Hispanics, http://www.naplesnews.com/01/03/naples/d614756a.htm 3/29/2001 Census: SW Fla. second most populous district in state Page 3 of6 meanwhile, increased in every district. For that reason, MacManus said, both parties are trying to attract minorities into their fold in an attempt to keep or win seats in the newly drawn districts. "I think that these numbers are just proof of what the political parties knew in the last election," MacManus said. "You've got to be attentive to diversity. ... Both parties are trying to attract the nonwhite population as fast as possible." The entire process is likely to play out like a game of cards, with map- drawers taking constituents away from lawmakers who can afford them and handing them over to others who need them. Goss, for example, can afford to have constituents taken out of his solidly Republican district, while Rep. Clay Shaw, R- Fort Lauderdale, needs to strengthen his hold after winning by a hair over his Democratic opponent in the last election. White Democrats such as Karen Thurman of Gainesville and Allen Boyd of Tallahassee stand to suffer the most, said Charles Bullock, a professor at the University of Georgia who advised Florida Senate Republicans on redistricting in 1992. "They probably won't get a free ride," he said. The new lines must be drawn carefully to avoid what the U.S. Supreme Court forbids: designing a district with race as the controlling factor. "The word out of Tallahassee is that the Republicans are going to draw any district blacks want, and Hispanics, too," said Richard Sher, a political science professor at the University of Florida, who wrote a book on voting rights and redistricting. "The real battle is going to be how you make it practical as well as constitutional," he added. "That's where the rub lies, in trying to promote diversity in legislative bodies, but not doing so in a way that looks like you're going overboard." Also: March 29, 2001: Census may have missed many Hispanic residents In Collier. Lee March 28, 2001: Collier population Jumped by more tban 65 percent In past decade March 28, 2001: Hispanics are fastest-growing minority croup in Collier March 28, 2001: SW FIR. second most populous Le~I"ative district In state March 28, 2001: Hispanics now largest ethnic group in~ March 28, 2001: Lee grew 31.6 percent in 1990s: Bonita population at 32.797 March 28, 2001: Marco vi.i.on putting down roots. census shows March 28, 2001: Flalller Countv crows most In 1990s http://www.naplesnews.com/01/03/naples/d614756a.htm 3/29/2001 4A Monday, July 16, 200:1. NATION NDpl.es latJu N2I1Ill New report focuses on gaps-in Hispanic opportunities By DEBORAH KONG AssocilllBd Press Mll..WAUKEE - Despite a 58 percent growth in their popula- tion in the United States in the 1990s, Hispanies still live in seg- regated neighborhoods and are less likely to own homes, save money or have health insuranee, a new report says. The report outlines gaps in op- portunities for Hispanies and proposes an agenda for loeal, state and national leaders to eorreet inequities in homeow- nership, edueation, job opportu- nities and health eare. The report is being released Monday at the National Council of La Raza's annual conference, whieh started Saturday and nms through Wednesday. The eonferenee brings togeth- er government offieials, busi- ness and eommunity leaders to discuss policy issues. More than highlighting His- panies' growing numbers, La Raza wants to show people "what's really important is how we are doing, tr said Sonia Perez, the report's author. ''The time of ignoring Latinos as a population is over." Midwest. Wisconsin's Hispanie population has risen 107 percent sinee 1990, Iowa's is up 153 per- eent and Minnesota's grew 166 percent, La Raza notes. La Raza hopes its report turns the spotlight on how Hispanies have failed to reap the benefits of the 1990s economie boom. It proposes focusing on four is- sues: . Hispanies are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to own their homes, with 46 percent of Hispanies owning their home in 1999, eompared to 72 percent of non-Hispanie whites. They are . also more likely to live in segre- The nation's Hispanic popula- tion greW from 22.4 million in 1990 to 35.3 million in 2000, cen- sus data show, It's also a young population: more than a third of Hispanics are under 18. "We have more power, more visibility," Noel Orengo of Mil- waukee said at the eonferenee. "Our cultures are more visible, not in any superfieial way like food or dance, but values, edu- eation for Hispanies." While growth has oeeurred in states with historieaJly large Hispanie populations, sueh as California, New York and Flori- da, it's also taken plaee in the gated neighborhoods, the report says. Providing more funding for first-time homebuyers' eounsel- ing services, ending raeial pro- filing and eurbing police abuse will ereate stronger and safer neighborhoods, La Raza says. . About one in three Hispanie ehildren was enrolled in pre- sehool, eompared to more than half of non-Hispanic whites, the report says. Hispanic ehildren also were more likely to attend segregated schools with poorer faeilities and resources, and less likely to complete high school. . Hispanies are more likely to work in low-wage jobs, sueh as food preparation, personal serv- .iee or eleaning and maintenance jobs. They're also less likely to have pension plans, aceording to the report. It ealls for expanding aeeounts that pair saved income with matching eontributions from private or publie sources. . Working Hispanie adults and their ehildren are less like- ly to have health insurance. La Raza wants a federal program that provides low-ineome chil- dren with health insuranee ex- panded to inelude their parents, and wants more money invested in health and nutrition pro- grams. 4A MandIIy. July 16. 200:1 NIIJIia Iallg N2lIIII NAACP and La Raza conventions highlight new. places for nation's largest minority groups . . . IIJ DEBORAH KONG _allld Press MILWAUKEE - Huddled in a New York apartment In 1909, eivil rights activists convened the first meeting of the NACCP and vowed to lIgbt for anti- lynehlng laW1l, p.....ldent Kweisi Mfume l'llII1lnded delegates at last week's convention. Several fl!neratiollS later. Mfume said the National Associ- ation for the Advancement of Colored People is stili engaged In fighting hate crimes, clting the cue or James Byrd, a black III8I1 dragged to his death from a pickup truck in. 19l1l1 by three whites. "The greater fight is belore us, .. Mfume said. As the National COUlleil of La Raza meets through Wednesday, members too wlll focuS. on llie future - but for llie IDspanie advocacy group It is a future promising Increulng influellC" and power. CellSus data shows the IDspan- Ie population grew 58 percent nationwide In llie last decade - from 22.4 million In 1990 to 35.3 milllon In 2000, Hlspanles now rivalnon-Hlspanic blaelm u the eolUltry's llU'/lest minority group. "Whereas blackll have been the Idnd of establlshed raeW minority group that have made . their way Into polltics, Latinos are llie. emerging group," said Paula McClain. a politlcal sci- ence and law professor at DUke .' University. La Raza wlll use its confer- ence to convene worlmhops to stud:y the emerging Latino com- munities In the southeast and what the 2000 census means to the nation. But the meeting agendas also reveal that the two groups are also trying to tlgure out how to relate to each other In their new roles. La Raza. is devoting s panel speclflcally to black-Hispanic relatlou. At the NAACP meeting In New Orleans. there were repeated calls for the group to reach out to non-blaek minorit:les. "The emergence of new and vi~ brant populatlollS of people of color holds great promise and great peril," NAACP chairman Jullan Bond told the convention. ''The peril lathat our old ene- mies wlll find ways to separate us and divide us. .. AI; the national level there has been a long.establlshed rela- tlolIShlp and a common agenda between blaelm and. Hispanics, said La Rua spokeSwoman LIsa Navm:rete. "At the local level, Irs mueh more problematic. There are a lot of areu In the COUlltry where there are Increased teDJlons and a competition for dwindling resources," she said. The hattle for housing. jobs, government t'undIng and social services is likely to Increase, ex- perts say. The groups may also clash over political rep.....enta- tlon, u they did In the recent Loll Aneeles IIIII101'al election. But bIaelm and HIspanics have worked tollllther on key luues. The NAACP, La Rasa and other . eivll rights groups baeked re- cently Introduced legialatlon that wou1d ban racial profiling by federal agencies. "It doesn't make sense for 1 blaelm and Hispanics to UJlUe over which or us has the smaU- est amoUllt of power. Together we can eonstltute a mighty, mighty force for right," Bond said . A glance ilt La Raza's eonfer- ellCe speakers shows an influen- tlalllst Senate MaJority Leader Tom Duchle, .Sen. Joseph tie- berman and Energy Secretary . Spencer Abraham. Mexican President Vicente Fox will also speak at the conference. "Politicians know that in order to get elected and maintain stat-. ore, they're going to have to speak to the growing IDspanic population," ,aid Jim Johnson, a professor. of management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HI1I. La Rasa senior vice president Charles Kamasakl ,aid IDspan- Ics are optimistic about "not just the growth of the population, but the Increulng political and economic clout that comes with it, the increasing aeeeptance and recognition by the public."