SANTIAGO. - Although she affirms her confectioner's business makes in just one day what she earns monthly as director of Santiago’s Ornate, Plazas and Parks Department, Sarah Bernardita “Benny” Sued says her only interest in the City Council is to contribute with the city and help her brother, the mayor Jose Enrique Sued, whose administration has paid millions to the that family’s business, as well as to other close friends.
Since 2002 Benny Sued heads that Department whose monthly payroll is RD$897,070, of which 16.7% (RD$149,997) is paid to assistants and aides.
Among the City Council’s employees and services suppliers are her daughters, her ex husband Manuel Perez, one of her sons-in-law and one of her daughter’s ex husband.
The official is also linked to the company “Benny’s Postres Eventos y Algo Mas,” which has billed Santiago several million pesos for services.
A list of City Council payments obtained by news source clavedigital.com shows that just in 2009 the Mayor’s Office wrote a total of RD$3.89 million in checks to Benny Sued, of the confectioner “Benny Eventos y Algo Mas,” as well as to other close friends of the official.
The document also reveals that just in 2009 the City Council wrote a total of RD$1.72 million in 19 checks out to “Benny Eventos y Algo Mas” or her associates.
Written by: generoso, 25 Feb 2010 4:40 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya
The whole Sued family has being living off off the municipality of Santiago, for many years, and their cara dura mega-corrupt mayor and candidate wants four years as mayor for the PLD-PRSC.
The Sued's have been sucking on the tit of professional politics since Trujillo, then Balaguer and now the PLD.
It is time these fat porkies get a job and leave a little meat on the municipality's bones, for some new hungry mayor to chew on.
Written by: juanb, 25 Feb 2010 4:47 PM
From: Dominican Republic
No wonder the PLD wants Sued as their candidate.
He understands their way of doing business. Is it true that last year Sued paid more than 800,000RD for baseball tickets?
I'm not as upset about the $1.7million paid for candy. Take a look at the mayor and you'll know where that money went.
Written by: Sajomero, 25 Feb 2010 5:14 PM
From: United States, Del primer Santiago de America....y el mejor!!!
Gen I agree with you on the corruption, but they've done a lot of good for Santiago. Currently we have the nicest, most organized and beautiful parks in all of the country. I posted some pictures recently of one of them and its just stunning. I wish someone would come along and do the job well without stealing away all they can. I remember Moronta who was a dishwasher in NYC, then sindico with the PRD. That man let the city fall into ruins and filled with garbage. He did nothing at all for Santiago, not a side walk, not a park, not a church, not a single repair, yet no one ever questioned his tenure.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Honorable Generoso,
Well said.
This is what I see as major problem in DR, regarding grafting and the like, and that is that the people are so accustomed to getting screwed that they've come to accept the overt shenaniganism because the perpetrators did something nice and now the streets are paved and the parks are beautiful and clean, etc.
To me, these are feelings of an underexpecting and under-receiving populace that will continue to get screwed in perpetuity. We see similarly with the election of presidents, and what annoys me even more is that every time any politician, or anybody taking advantage of photo-ops, states anything even remotely logical-immediately, everyone clamors for that individual to become president.
If we expect and demand more, we will get more and be better off for it.
I couldn't care less how much good a politician may have done; if caught grafting, I want him prosecuted to full extent of law. No exceptions or pardons.
MJEV.
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 7:30 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
"Gen I agree with you on the corruption, but they've done a lot of good for Santiago."
The MUSSOLINI type menatlity, Ah but he made the trains run on time!
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 7:38 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
This is an “Honorably” Corrupt family that our “Honorably” Corrupt Presidente LIE-onel Fernandez has endorsed and continues to endorse.
They are so “Honorable” and Genetically Corrupt that even after they divorce their spouses even the x's continued Pigging out at the Public Trough!
To coin a new take on the old saying: The Family That Pigs Out Together Stays together!
¿Y No Era Y Que Pa'Lante Que Íbamos?
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 7:44 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
The amazing thing is not that these porkers continue to eat up the taxpayers monies but that people are not outraged that LIE-onel Fernandez, “the second coming of Christ,” is still respected when he is the one who allows the raping of the public's resources with full knowledge of what is occurring!
What a Hypocritical Travesty is being committed against the Dominican people!
Written by: generoso, 25 Feb 2010 8:05 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya
josean
Municipalities are fairly autonomous entities and get their funds (a set percentage) religiously from the Liga Municipal Dominicana, which is another unnecessary thieves den, which has no real function except to funnel the central government's monies after they take their cut.
Most all municipalities without exception are coveted jobs throughout the country and a way of enrichment. Even a "regidor" in a big city ayuntamiento is a job that most politicians will do anything to get, because of all the corruption opportunities, even on a daily and weekly basis.
And Sajomero I understand what you are saying, but as progressive Dominicans we can not tolerate and accept a token less corruption than the guy before, but our standard should be: Zero Tolerance, and then and only then we might get away with a lower 20 or 30% corruption rate, which for our young nation, is a figure we can live with for the present, hoping to decrease it as our voting population gets more educated.
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 8:13 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Professor,
LIE-onel Fernandez has had three helpings at presidential trough, two consecutively.
Why hasn’t he at least in the last two, and especially in the current one with majorities in the two legislative chambers, done away with the LIGA?
Written by: generoso, 25 Feb 2010 8:16 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya
glomarexplorer
I agree 100% with you statements as per mine above. I like the example of the abused wife who regularly gets beat up by her husband, and yet does not leave him hoping it will get better, as a couple of days pass without being beat up. You can not be complacent when crumbs of affection are thrown at you, but you must demand respect and integrity 100% of the time.
If a public servant throws some crumbs of public works at us and steals 75% of the income, yes it is better than someone stealing 100%, but we want and should expect much better than that.
Dominicans have this genetic memory that the state is the "vaca" that should feed all, and specially those are particularly close to her tits, and we have to understand that a "public servant's" job is to serve others, not himself.
Written by: generoso, 25 Feb 2010 8:19 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya
josean
The Liga Municipal Dominicana (created by El jefe Trujillo) is tightly controlled by the Don Corleone of the East, Amable Aristy Castro, and it is a source of clientelism, cronyism and populism for the PRSC and their allies the PLD.
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 8:22 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Professor,
I apologizes, the question was semi-rhetorical, but thank you for the obvious answer anyway!
Written by: generoso, 25 Feb 2010 8:34 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya
josean
No need to apologize, my reply will be better understood. But the answer is obvious, to do away with the Liga creates LF more opposition and takes away votes, even though it will be much better for the country not to have that toll gate.
From a "Dominican" style political point of view, to do away with the LIGA is a lose-lose decision, the way that traditional politics are conducted in our beloved DR.
Written by: juanb, 25 Feb 2010 9:41 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Are we doomed?
Must we forever be subjected to this abuse?
Written by: Sajomero, 25 Feb 2010 9:42 PM
From: United States, Del primer Santiago de America....y el mejor!!!
Gen,
I agree with you 100%, but it irritates me that Moronta is still trying to be sindico, yet again....Unfortunately right now, Santiago can not afford to go back to the PRD clowns that took all the money and left us with nothing at all to show for their despotism. Im not happy that this corrupt family has a stanglehold on my city, but Ill be the first one out in the streets if the PRD returns to power there only to throw us back 10 yrs. We need progressive ideas, people and legislature to move our municipalities into the 22nd century.
As for Josean, go eat crow with Hippo and his buddies....You alsways stick up for them eventhough they ran our country to the ground.
Written by: juanb, 25 Feb 2010 10:10 PM
From: Dominican Republic
I was just thinking about the lack of integrity shown by our politicians. In their desperation to continue feeding at the public trough, how many of them have forsaken the party to which they have sworn allegiance for so long so that they can maintain their income.
Written by: generoso, 25 Feb 2010 10:28 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya
juanb
Wise words.
Politicians in DR like to suck on public moneys, and keep some or a lot to themselves, like a feeding child. Even the priests in DR are business men also.
But even with all the corruption, graft, influence peddling going on, The DR is becoming a regional political force, thanks to the proven statesmanship of Leonel Fernandez.
There are minuses, but they are also many pluses, and the government is running well, showing leadership to other more powerful countries.
Still from a purist form of view, we have room for a lot more improvement. And josean, yes I do agree that the "metro" was wasteful spending, but please do not remind me every day. They are some things that I will like to forget.LOL.
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 11:22 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
"As for Josean, go eat crow with Hippo and his buddies...."
Please back up your allegation?
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 11:28 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
"The DR is becoming a regional political force, thanks to the proven statesmanship of Leonel Fernandez."
There are minuses, but they are also many pluses, and the government is running well, showing leadership to other more powerful countries.
Professor,
Could you give me some evidence of this because like 180,000 daily riders this seems to elude most objective observers and even those who are not like me!
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 11:58 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
La delincuencia gana terreno
"Los secuestros han proliferado y continúan expandiendo su radio de acción, sin dejar de lado el tráfico de personas, de armas, de drogas, en los que también se encuentran rastros de la presencia de agentes policiales u oficiales, como ha quedado evidenciado en los casos Paya y Figueroa. Toda la lacra que produce la propia sociedad, y que debe ser reducida al mínimo, no puede borrarse con discursos.
“La criminalidad y la violencia representan serios desafíos a las capacidades del Estado y a su adhesión al sistema democrático”, dice Lilian Oviedo, en el más reciente estudio dado a conocer sobre el tema por la Fundación Friedrich Ebert.
El Estado ha fracasado en su combate a la delincuencia. Ni siquiera los asesinatos extrajudiciales han servido para frenar la pendiente resbaladiza en la que vamos."
http://www.clavedigital.com/App_P....ion/Firmas.aspx?Id_Articulo=16971Written by: BASTA, 26 Feb 2010 6:44 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
As for Josean, go eat crow with Hippo and his buddies....You alsways stick up for them eventhough they ran our country to the ground.= HO; What has our failed president done but run our Failed Nation further into a bigger hole and made us the laughing stock the world over. WE need our General back too remove all these swine. To the wall with them!
From: United States
The corruption by this family is unacceptable. My family has seen it going on for ages and it needs to stop. Since corruption is illegal and this is an obvious case why doesn't someone prosecute them all. Our government is completely corrupt and inept is why. If we started freezing the entire family's funds and taking back all they have stolen maybe this will stop.
From: United States
You guys are still in the little leagues. RD3.89 million is $111,000+ US. Now you know where the term "Banana Republic" comes from when you hear in the US that corruption in Washington is starting to resemble a "Banana Republic". I live in a city in the US that has a population of around $250,000. The city gives millions of Dollars every year to cronies of the city government and even when it's discovered, nothing ever happens. Just look what Goldman Sachs alone has done to the US. I know that the DR is a lot poorer than the US but corruption is ALL the same. The sad thing is your corruption is in millions and even billions of pesos, here in the US it's billions and trillions of dollars.
Written by: danny00, 26 Feb 2010 6:36 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
seems like a little bit crazy to think.....
so they did some good, but they also took more then they gave much more.
wish some one would place me into a government office i will make lots of beautiful parks 4 you, as long as u let me steal 7 days a week and fill my bank account up.
Written by: danny00, 26 Feb 2010 6:40 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
VERONICA VERY GOOD COMMENT.....
U SAID
Written by: VeronicaDR, 26 Feb 2010 1:49 PM
From: United States
The corruption by this family is unacceptable. My family has seen it going on for ages and it needs to stop. Since corruption is illegal and this is an obvious case why doesn't someone prosecute them all. Our government is completely corrupt and inept is why. If we started freezing the entire family's funds and taking back all they have stolen maybe this will stop.
UNACCEPTABLE IS THE KEY WORD.
ROBIN HOOD STOLED FROM THE RICH AND GAVE TO THE POOR....
IN SANTIAGO THEY STEAL FROM THE POOR AND GIVE TO THEM SELFS.
Written by: danny00, 26 Feb 2010 6:44 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
"metro" was wasteful spending, but please do not remind me every day. They are some things that I will like to forget.LOL.
PROBLEM IS hard to forget.... when kids have no chairs to be seated in class rooms, go to the hospital in pop.... see the dirt, the flith, and THEN TRY AND FIND ONE DOCTOR TO HELP U.
THATS WHY ITS HARD TO FORGET THE METRO.,
{ the lack of chairs is the least of all problems in the schools}
Written by: josean, 26 Feb 2010 7:51 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
danny00,
You’re absolutely RIGHT!
That’s why until the day biology takes its course everyday of his life LIE-onel Fernandez should hear, even hopefully as he takes his last breath, “you stole the future of MILLIONS of Dominican school children by your stealing, corruption, mindless borrowing and spending on useless METROS!”
By what happen yesterday to Trujillo’s little witch LIE-onel should see the handwriting on the wall as to what the future will hold for his children do to the atrocities he is committing against the Dominican masses today!
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Danny,
You wrote: "seems like a little bit crazy to think.....
so they did some good, but they also took more then they gave much more.
wish some one would place me into a government office i will make lots of beautiful parks 4 you, as long as u let me steal 7 days a week and fill my bank account up."
This is a point I try to make often here, but without any apparent success.
MJEV.
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The whole Sued family has being living off off the municipality of Santiago, for many years, and their cara dura mega-corrupt mayor and candidate wants four years as mayor for the PLD-PRSC.
The Sued's have been sucking on the tit of professional politics since Trujillo, then Balaguer and now the PLD.
It is time these fat porkies get a job and leave a little meat on the municipality's bones, for some new hungry mayor to chew on.
He understands their way of doing business. Is it true that last year Sued paid more than 800,000RD for baseball tickets?
I'm not as upset about the $1.7million paid for candy. Take a look at the mayor and you'll know where that money went.
Honorable Generoso,
Well said.
This is what I see as major problem in DR, regarding grafting and the like, and that is that the people are so accustomed to getting screwed that they've come to accept the overt shenaniganism because the perpetrators did something nice and now the streets are paved and the parks are beautiful and clean, etc.
To me, these are feelings of an underexpecting and under-receiving populace that will continue to get screwed in perpetuity. We see similarly with the election of presidents, and what annoys me even more is that every time any politician, or anybody taking advantage of photo-ops, states anything even remotely logical-immediately, everyone clamors for that individual to become president.
If we expect and demand more, we will get more and be better off for it.
I couldn't care less how much good a politician may have done; if caught grafting, I want him prosecuted to full extent of law. No exceptions or pardons.
MJEV.
"Gen I agree with you on the corruption, but they've done a lot of good for Santiago."
The MUSSOLINI type menatlity, Ah but he made the trains run on time!
This is an “Honorably” Corrupt family that our “Honorably” Corrupt Presidente LIE-onel Fernandez has endorsed and continues to endorse.
They are so “Honorable” and Genetically Corrupt that even after they divorce their spouses even the x's continued Pigging out at the Public Trough!
To coin a new take on the old saying: The Family That Pigs Out Together Stays together!
¿Y No Era Y Que Pa'Lante Que Íbamos?
What a Hypocritical Travesty is being committed against the Dominican people!
Municipalities are fairly autonomous entities and get their funds (a set percentage) religiously from the Liga Municipal Dominicana, which is another unnecessary thieves den, which has no real function except to funnel the central government's monies after they take their cut.
Most all municipalities without exception are coveted jobs throughout the country and a way of enrichment. Even a "regidor" in a big city ayuntamiento is a job that most politicians will do anything to get, because of all the corruption opportunities, even on a daily and weekly basis.
And Sajomero I understand what you are saying, but as progressive Dominicans we can not tolerate and accept a token less corruption than the guy before, but our standard should be: Zero Tolerance, and then and only then we might get away with a lower 20 or 30% corruption rate, which for our young nation, is a figure we can live with for the present, hoping to decrease it as our voting population gets more educated.
Professor,
LIE-onel Fernandez has had three helpings at presidential trough, two consecutively.
Why hasn’t he at least in the last two, and especially in the current one with majorities in the two legislative chambers, done away with the LIGA?
I agree 100% with you statements as per mine above. I like the example of the abused wife who regularly gets beat up by her husband, and yet does not leave him hoping it will get better, as a couple of days pass without being beat up. You can not be complacent when crumbs of affection are thrown at you, but you must demand respect and integrity 100% of the time.
If a public servant throws some crumbs of public works at us and steals 75% of the income, yes it is better than someone stealing 100%, but we want and should expect much better than that.
Dominicans have this genetic memory that the state is the "vaca" that should feed all, and specially those are particularly close to her tits, and we have to understand that a "public servant's" job is to serve others, not himself.
The Liga Municipal Dominicana (created by El jefe Trujillo) is tightly controlled by the Don Corleone of the East, Amable Aristy Castro, and it is a source of clientelism, cronyism and populism for the PRSC and their allies the PLD.
Professor,
I apologizes, the question was semi-rhetorical, but thank you for the obvious answer anyway!
No need to apologize, my reply will be better understood. But the answer is obvious, to do away with the Liga creates LF more opposition and takes away votes, even though it will be much better for the country not to have that toll gate.
From a "Dominican" style political point of view, to do away with the LIGA is a lose-lose decision, the way that traditional politics are conducted in our beloved DR.
Must we forever be subjected to this abuse?
I agree with you 100%, but it irritates me that Moronta is still trying to be sindico, yet again....Unfortunately right now, Santiago can not afford to go back to the PRD clowns that took all the money and left us with nothing at all to show for their despotism. Im not happy that this corrupt family has a stanglehold on my city, but Ill be the first one out in the streets if the PRD returns to power there only to throw us back 10 yrs. We need progressive ideas, people and legislature to move our municipalities into the 22nd century.
As for Josean, go eat crow with Hippo and his buddies....You alsways stick up for them eventhough they ran our country to the ground.
Wise words.
Politicians in DR like to suck on public moneys, and keep some or a lot to themselves, like a feeding child. Even the priests in DR are business men also.
But even with all the corruption, graft, influence peddling going on, The DR is becoming a regional political force, thanks to the proven statesmanship of Leonel Fernandez.
There are minuses, but they are also many pluses, and the government is running well, showing leadership to other more powerful countries.
Still from a purist form of view, we have room for a lot more improvement. And josean, yes I do agree that the "metro" was wasteful spending, but please do not remind me every day. They are some things that I will like to forget.LOL.
"As for Josean, go eat crow with Hippo and his buddies...."
Please back up your allegation?
There are minuses, but they are also many pluses, and the government is running well, showing leadership to other more powerful countries.
Professor,
Could you give me some evidence of this because like 180,000 daily riders this seems to elude most objective observers and even those who are not like me!
"Los secuestros han proliferado y continúan expandiendo su radio de acción, sin dejar de lado el tráfico de personas, de armas, de drogas, en los que también se encuentran rastros de la presencia de agentes policiales u oficiales, como ha quedado evidenciado en los casos Paya y Figueroa. Toda la lacra que produce la propia sociedad, y que debe ser reducida al mínimo, no puede borrarse con discursos.
“La criminalidad y la violencia representan serios desafíos a las capacidades del Estado y a su adhesión al sistema democrático”, dice Lilian Oviedo, en el más reciente estudio dado a conocer sobre el tema por la Fundación Friedrich Ebert.
El Estado ha fracasado en su combate a la delincuencia. Ni siquiera los asesinatos extrajudiciales han servido para frenar la pendiente resbaladiza en la que vamos."
http://www.clavedigital.com/App_P....ion/Firmas.aspx?Id_Articulo=16971
so they did some good, but they also took more then they gave much more.
wish some one would place me into a government office i will make lots of beautiful parks 4 you, as long as u let me steal 7 days a week and fill my bank account up.
U SAID
Written by: VeronicaDR, 26 Feb 2010 1:49 PM
From: United States
The corruption by this family is unacceptable. My family has seen it going on for ages and it needs to stop. Since corruption is illegal and this is an obvious case why doesn't someone prosecute them all. Our government is completely corrupt and inept is why. If we started freezing the entire family's funds and taking back all they have stolen maybe this will stop.
UNACCEPTABLE IS THE KEY WORD.
ROBIN HOOD STOLED FROM THE RICH AND GAVE TO THE POOR....
IN SANTIAGO THEY STEAL FROM THE POOR AND GIVE TO THEM SELFS.
PROBLEM IS hard to forget.... when kids have no chairs to be seated in class rooms, go to the hospital in pop.... see the dirt, the flith, and THEN TRY AND FIND ONE DOCTOR TO HELP U.
THATS WHY ITS HARD TO FORGET THE METRO.,
{ the lack of chairs is the least of all problems in the schools}
You’re absolutely RIGHT!
That’s why until the day biology takes its course everyday of his life LIE-onel Fernandez should hear, even hopefully as he takes his last breath, “you stole the future of MILLIONS of Dominican school children by your stealing, corruption, mindless borrowing and spending on useless METROS!”
By what happen yesterday to Trujillo’s little witch LIE-onel should see the handwriting on the wall as to what the future will hold for his children do to the atrocities he is committing against the Dominican masses today!
Danny,
You wrote: "seems like a little bit crazy to think.....
so they did some good, but they also took more then they gave much more.
wish some one would place me into a government office i will make lots of beautiful parks 4 you, as long as u let me steal 7 days a week and fill my bank account up."
This is a point I try to make often here, but without any apparent success.
MJEV.