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Former Florida Official Who Claimed Surfside Building Was in ‘Very Good Shape’ Leaves Job
Breitbart ^ | 06/30/2021 | Joshua Caplan

Posted on 06/30/2021 2:00:22 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Rosendo “Ross” Prieto, who previously served as a municipal official in Florida and once told Champlain Towers South board members that their building was in “very good shape,” has left his new job.

A Doral spokesman confirmed Prieto is presently on a leave of absence from a contracting business position that offers services to the city. Prieto assured Champlain Towers South board members in 2018 that their property was solid, a claim which followed an engineering company’s warning that it possessed structural deficiencies. The firm said sizeable repairs were needed to fix the building’s various issues.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: building; collapse; florida; offical; prieto; rosendoprieto; rossprieto; surfside
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Leaves Job? Must be a rat.
1 posted on 06/30/2021 2:00:22 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

WHO TO SUE,WHO TO SUE?????? That’s the question......


2 posted on 06/30/2021 2:02:42 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Mr. Prieto is a cornerstone in this fine institution.

-PJ

3 posted on 06/30/2021 2:03:49 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Hambone 1934

WHO TO SUE,WHO TO SUE??


Good question, but who’s going to have the money to pay the claims? Rosendo Prieto won’t have that deep a pocket. The town of Surfside? How much insurance are they likely to carry?


4 posted on 06/30/2021 2:09:52 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Any investigation of corrupt south Florida officials will be like an Alice in Wonderland voyage—the rabbit hole will lead everywhere and anywhere...

It would be easier to throw all of them in jail now and then try to figure out what happened....


5 posted on 06/30/2021 2:13:17 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: hanamizu

Really the owners have the bulk of the liability, I guess the estate of the pancakes will be sued.


6 posted on 06/30/2021 2:13:46 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bagdad Bob moved to Florida and took a Spanish name.
Next thing you know...


7 posted on 06/30/2021 2:14:12 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Hambone 1934

He’s gonna be lucky to avoid prison for fraud resulting in negligent homicide.


8 posted on 06/30/2021 2:14:19 PM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What do you think it’s hard to imagine - yes the palpable fear !! day in and day out that

Miami and south Florida Florida residents are going to be feeling who live in the 12 -30 story 40 plus year old apartment complexes and condos

I know a lot of us have been on this planet a long time and I’ve seen a lot of crazy stuff i.e. construction catastrophes and collapses

But are you with me that that was somewhat frightening that that entire 12 story building just collapsed into a pile of rubble in a matter of seconds?

I was reminded of the giant building in Gaza that Israel blew up with three cruise missiles and the way that it collapsed into rubble

But wait a minute three cruise missiles actually hit that it just a point where it would cause the collapse

As far as we know and I can’t believe anything different there is no such attack on the structural integrity of this seaside building

And it’s going to be almost impossible for engineers in that giant pile of rubble when they can’t even find 160 poor souls who were crushed

A real engineering review that would determine the final cars of that spectacular Collapse. to figure out exactly why did that happened

So now let’s just say you’re living in the building next-door or a very similar building built at the same time

How can you not have tremendous anxiety now?

Again just to reiterate that was a spectacular frightening collapse


9 posted on 06/30/2021 2:20:39 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How much was the bribe he received to issue that glowing report?


10 posted on 06/30/2021 2:21:19 PM PDT by DFG
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There are gonna be many,many lawyers who make serious,serious $$$ out of this.


11 posted on 06/30/2021 2:22:39 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Some surviving owners have already sued the association.

With a caper like this, everyone is going to get sued.

The owners, if they rented out their units.
The association. Every engineer and contractor who’s ever worked on the project. The owners and developers of the building next door. The original developers of the project, along with the general contractor and architect if they are still around.

And now it looks like there’s a chance that the city of surfside will also be sued.

It’s going to go on for many, many years.


12 posted on 06/30/2021 2:24:19 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: absalom01

There are lawyers who move in to these units when they’re first completed. Their job is to find defects and sue. I don’t think they’re into issues of this magnitude. Could be wrong.


13 posted on 06/30/2021 2:30:02 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (1)
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To: absalom01

There are probably more lawyers than rescue workers on site.


14 posted on 06/30/2021 2:31:40 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: lee martell
Next thing you know...

...he'll be driving a White Bronco.


15 posted on 06/30/2021 2:32:43 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He’s now probably somewhere in South America.


16 posted on 06/30/2021 2:32:56 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He holds a boatload of licenses with the state:
License Type Name Name
Type License
Number/
Rank Status/Expires
Certified General Contractor PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary CGC054030
Cert General Current, Active
08/31/2022
License Location Address*: 1711 DAYTONIA ROAD MIAMI BEACH, FL 33141
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160
Certified Roofing Contractor PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary CCC057342
Cert Roofing Current, Active
08/31/2022
License Location Address*: 1711 DAYTONIA ROAD MIAMI BEACH, FL 33141
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160
Building Code Administrator PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary BU1526
Building Code A Current, Active
11/30/2021
License Location Address*: 130 W. 53 STREET HIALEAH, FL 33012
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160
Mailing Address*: 130 W. 53 STREET HIALEAH, FL 33012
Standard Roofing Inspector (SRI) PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary SRI24
Std roofing Ins Current, Active
11/30/2021
License Location Address*: Private
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160
Mailing Address*: Private
Standard Inspector PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary BN2888
Inspector Current, Active
11/30/2021
License Location Address*: Private
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160
Standard Plans Examiner PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary PX2817
Plans Examiner Current, Active
11/30/2021
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160
Provisional Building Code Administrator PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary PBC255
Provisional Bld Null and Void,
10/20/2008
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160
Provisional Plans from BEST PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary 157
Null and Void
04/23/1998
License Location Address*: Private
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160
Provisional Building Code Administrator PRIETO, ROSENDO E Primary
Application in Progress
Main Address*: 210 172ND ST, #436 SUNNY ISLES, FL 33160


17 posted on 06/30/2021 2:36:00 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: NonValueAdded

About that license application in progress, Rosendo ... fuggedaboutit


18 posted on 06/30/2021 2:37:42 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: Gay State Conservative; absalom01

Lawyers can file all the lawsuits they want, but any insurance coverage is probably going to have a limit per incident — and it’s likely to be divided more than 150 ways. This may not be as lucrative for the legal profession as it seems at first glance.


19 posted on 06/30/2021 2:37:46 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The I40 Bridge connecting Memphis to Arkansas was pencil whipped into great shape until a drone enthusiast photographed the bridge horizontal support beam on the south side cracked in two.

At work I call those the PB51 logs. (Parker Brothers) Enough to bill for your services, justify your job, satisfy auditing agencies, or qualify for federal funds. Pure Parker Brothers work.

20 posted on 06/30/2021 2:37:56 PM PDT by blackdog (Joe Biden, Deep State Cuckold.)
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