Alexander "Alex" Penelas is the former mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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“We all believe that the particular actions of the Coast Guard at that time were unnecessary and unwarranted,”
Alex Penelas
“We all want to make it very clear this afternoon that if the Justice Department's handling of this matter, if their continued provocation in the form of unjustified threats to revoke the boy's parole leads to civil unrest and violence, we are holding the federal government responsible -- and specifically Janet Reno and the president of the United States -- for anything that may occur in this community,”
“An impenetrable type of industry can in fact be penetrated, if you have good legal arguments. I think that's what the tobacco lawsuit brought to this case,”
“Across the globe, Andrew Cunanan is ... a marked man. The world is on notice,”
“to assist the federal government in any way, shape or form to inappropriately repatriate Elian Gonzalez to Cuba.”
“If anyone goes beyond the boundaries of peaceful protest and in any way causes disorder in this community, we will be completely prepared to take action,”
“If anyone goes beyond the boundaries of peaceful protest and in any way causes disorder in this community, we will be completely prepared to take action as we did in January,”
“were a very clear manifestation of 41 years of persecution, 41 years of having loved ones perishing in the straits of Florida, 41 years of violations of human rights and years and years of separation of family members.”
“express those emotions with violence, they must not express them with civil disorder, or any fashion that infringes on the rights of others.”
“We will hit the gun industry where it hurts -- in its wallet,”