and millions needed annually to produce their programming (controlled ENTIRELY by Cuban "exiles," and financed entirely by U.S. taxpayers) provide the staff, guests (have been the fathers of Cuban "exiles" Congresspeople Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) and figures from Miami life.
They pretend it's INFORMATION desperately needed in Cuba, as there's a news blackout. That's a lie. Anyone who goes to Cuba can tell you they get tv stations from the States, from other islands, and from Latin America easily, as well as radio stations, and periodicals. They hope no one will know since they are trying their damnedest to keep Americans out of Cuba who might reveal the truth to others.
They don't realize Americans can get the truth from Canadians, and Europeans, etc., who travel to Cuba. Dipsticks!
American Congressman, Democratic Rep. David Skaggs from Colorado attempted to get the financing for TV Marti cancelled as it's a stupid, wasteful expense. Congressman Linoln Diaz-Balart told him he would destroy everything Skaggs held near and dear to his heart in his own Colorado projects, and did it. Then Diaz-Balart took out advertising all over Colorado saying Skaggs had lost all these projects for Colorado, and Skaggs was not re-elected.
Dealing from principle --- ex-Representative Skaggs
However, in 1993, former Representative David Skaggs (D-CO), in an attempt to trim unnecessary budgetary spending targeted for the Martis, was able to convince his House brethren to block funding for the two operations --- a measure which did not meet the same success in the Senate, where it was inevitably defeated. Skaggs paid a high price for his bold move, and came under withering fire from anti-Havana hardliners. Marti’s congressional supporters, led by none other than treasury plunderer Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart responded with a stark warning that revenge would be exacted on those who might threaten the continuation of the Marti operation, making an example of Skaggs by attempting to slash federal funding for projects in his home district. However, Skaggs refused to give up the fight, and he continued his campaign against the project, in particular its television component, until he retired in 1998. Skaggs admitted, "You know that if you kick the Cuba issue, you're going to have a bad day.” As a result of his personal experience, the Miami New Times reported in a November 12, 1998 article that Skaggs bitterly expressed outrage at the “corruption of United States policy that is inherent in our Cuba policy,” explaining, “by corruption I mean the untoward influence of a relatively small segment of the population in Florida and the money that small segment of the population brings to bear, and how it distorts the policy choices this government makes.”
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http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_12/issue_07/opinion_04.html~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~snip~
After having funds for Radio and TV Marti deleted in a closed mark-up session, the House Appropriations Committee restores funds for Radio Marti but not TV Marti (CAC, 6/22/93; CM, 6/25/93; MH, 6/25/93). Rep. Diaz-Balart succeeds in cutting $23 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in an effort to repay Rep. David Skaggs (D-CO) for cutting $17.5 million from Radio and TV Marti. Rep. Skaggs complains, "I was greatly disturbed and saddened that the normal business of this House was subject to these retributive tactics. This is an example of how difficult it is to pull the plug on a program, even one as ineffective as this one." Skaggs believes the programs are unnecessary because Cubans are able to view commercial broadcasts from Florida. (MH, 7/3/93) Another Cuban American Member of Congress, first-term Representative Robert Menendez (D-NJ), tells the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call that he intends to monitor projects in the districts of Members who are "obviously on a mission" to oppose the "peaceful diplomacy" programs of Radio and TV Marti: "It could be anyone...For every action, there's a reaction." (CAC, 7/23/92; RC, 7/5/93)
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http://cuban-exile.com/doc_126-150/doc0146b.html
David Skaggs, and dirtbag Lincoln Diaz-Balart
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