I got this via Email from AvocadoBrian. He said that this is the building that Alberto was offering to renovate as a free clinic. I actually think it is a different building but we will get that all worked out next week.
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We raised money at our Thanksgiving Dinner at Eddys Sports Bar in Sosua to benefit Poor Children on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic. We put together 6500 US Dollars that evening which is big for the Dominican Republic.
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We are getting together with Alberto who owns Anoeca to build and operate a free dental clinic for children and adults of the North Coast. We have room to expand and everytime we raise another chunk we will do more in the Clinic such as Pediatrician or Kidney Dialysis or whatever else is needed.
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Our website goes public in a few days to promote what we are doing. So far we have a few thousand already pledged in cash but hope to do a lot more via a silent auction of goods and services. We have much stuff already pledged and are getting more daily. If you have anything you can contribute please email me at Jazzpaging@yahoo.com . Together we can do great stuff in a poor country without any social infrastructure fallback like we have in N.America and Europe.
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Hasta Pronto!

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R E L A T E D C O N T E N T
CHARLES TRAINOR JR./ MIAMI HERALD STAFF
PROVEN INNOCENT: Shlomo Ben-Tov, a top Hyundai distributor, successfully fought an extradition to the Dominican Republic.
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M O R E N E W S F R O M
• Dominican Republic
• Central America
• World News
Posted on Wed, Mar. 08, 2006
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Multimillion-dollar car deal turned to legal nightmare
A multimillion-dollar sale of vehicles to the Dominican Republic seemed like a winning deal for a Miami businessman. It turned into a legal nightmare that almost ended with him being sent to the Caribbean nation on false bribery charges.
BY JAY WEAVER
jweaver@MiamiHerald.com
Life was good for Shlomo Ben-Tov. He was married with three sons, lived in a comfortable home in posh Pinecrest and had a high-paying job as Hyundai's distributor for Latin America.
Until the afternoon of Aug. 15.
That's when three U.S. marshals marched into his Palmetto Bay office and handcuffed him on a warrant issued by the Dominican Republic. The charge: bribing top Dominican government officials who approved a $56 million contract for the purchase of Hyundai buses and trucks.
Ben-Tov spent seven months in a closet-like cell at the Miami Federal Detention Center -- linked to his wife and three sons by brief daily phone calls -- as he desperately fought the Dominican government's extradition request argued by the U.S Attorney's Office.
Ben-Tov, who goes by the name Sam Goodson, came within a whisker of becoming the first U.S. citizen ever extradited to the Dominican Republic, based on Justice Department records dating to 1963.
To stop the extradition, Ben-Tov and his lawyers successfully proved that the Dominican government's evidence of bribes -- Hyundai money and vehicles -- was entirely fabricated by current Dominican officials. Ben-Tov accused those officials of framing him to smear the previous Dominican administration that did the 2001 Hyundai deal.
''I don't understand how something like this could happen in the United States,'' Ben-Tov, 41, said on Monday, one week after his release. ``It was not an extradition; it was a kidnapping.
''Today, the Dominicans did it to me,'' said Ben-Tov, who moved to Miami two decades ago as an Israeli immigrant. ``Tomorrow, they could to do it to someone else. They will have to pay for what they did. They are corrupt.''
Said his wife, Elena: ``We felt trapped. It was the opposite of everything you believe in -- guilty until proven innocent, not innocent until proven guilty.''
On Tuesday, the Dominican Republic's embassy in Washington said it was fully aware of Ben-Tov's extradition case, but declined to comment.
POSSIBLE FRAUD
In Miami, U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Garber suggested the Dominican government may have deliberately altered documents to secure Ben-Tov's extradition. In October, he had granted the Dominican government's request, based on the low legal threshold for extraditions. He then reversed himself last month citing possible ``fraud or misrepresentation.''
Ben-Tov and his lawyers -- former U.S. Attorney Guy Lewis and ex-federal prosecutor Michael Tein -- said they were stunned by the extent of bogus Dominican government documents but spooked that he could still be extradited on false charges.
''As we looked at this case from every perspective, it was clear to us that the Dominican government's allegations were falsified and their documents were falsified -- that Shlomo Ben-Tov was an innocent man,'' said Lewis, who took over the case from another prominent lawyer, Ed Shohat. ``But he came within a breath of being extradited.''
Ben-Tov's business dealings with the Dominican government began in 2000, just after he had sold hundreds of Hyundai trucks to a Panamanian businessman.
The Dominican deal promised to be even bigger. Newly elected President Hipolito Mejia launched a major public transportation project that included buying 5,000 vehicles.
Thanks to Ben-Tov, Hyundai was the only foreign distributor to win a piece of the Dominican government's contract -- 1,012 buses and trucks for $56 million. Hyundai arranged financing through European banks.
''It was good for both countries,'' Ben-Tov recalled. ``Everything was perfect.''

Read rest of Story here:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14047262.htm

Now this is some scary shit for someone living in the Dominican Republic as well as anyone doing business here. I hope I hear something that has a different slant on this story soon or else I am going to be just a little worried!

Hasta Pronto!

Easter Dinner in the Dominican Republic

Ok, so you have seen what the electrical system in the DR looks like, right? Here it is and this is the clean stuff.

My buddy Paddy posted a comment here that I don't post anymore. That is because you are at the wrong blog Paddy. Checkout my other blog http://www.escottinsosua.blogspot.com where I post about every day.

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I went to Cabrera today to take care of some business. I stopped off at my friend Stephan Shadleys Farm to say hi to him and his family. They are doing well and that was nice to see!

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The road from before Gaspar Hernandez to after Rio San Juan were absolutely horrible and just about dangerous. This government should be ashamed at what the main road on the whole North Coast looks like and the danger they are putting the people in here. Great way to stimulate tourism GUYS. I guess that is why I read in Http://www.dominicantoday.com that tourism is down everywhere but Punta Cana. Those fools better wake up and smell the roses. If tourism goes there AIN'T much left.

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Got the menu for the Easter Dinner today. Here it is below along with the price.

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Mexican Rice or Baked Ppotato,
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Salad Bar 8-10 kinds of salad,
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From the Grill
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Beef Steak
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Whole Roast Pig
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Lemon&Rosemary Grilled Chicken

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Vegetarian Lasange

Dessert- Tropical Fruit Salad

bon- apetit.

399 $ RD per person OF which 74 Pesos goes to the Kids.

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This is the second fundraiser I along with a bunch of other people have put on. First one was on Thanksgiving where we raised over $6500 US dollars which is HUGE for this country. We already have people donate 1500 US dollars towards this event along with a lot of goods and services. We had a $500 Voucher for Foxwoods Resorts and Casino, Dinner for 2 at Peter Lugars and many more things from the US and Many many things from the Dominican Republic.

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If yo want to donate goods or services or even Cash please contact me at jazzpaging@yahoo.com and I will forward this to the right person for inclusion. Please help us help the poor children of the North Coast of the Dominican Republic! If you want to speak with me you can call me at 809-223-1178 on my cell phone or at 845-810-0212 which is a New York number that rings at my home in the Dominican Republic.

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The Radio Station 92.5 Rubi Closed it's Doors Recently so we can't depend on them to help out promoting this so we are going to promote this on blogs and on different message boards.

Hasta Pronto!