Lobbyist David Custin is having a fundraiser for Miami Beach 
Commission candidate Betsy Perez.
Oh, it doesn’t say that on the invitation. The invitation is from Mayor Philip Levine and four of the sitting commissioners: Michael Grieco, Joy Malakoff and newly-elected Ricky Arriola and John Aleman.
All five of them had Custin as their campaign consultant. He also runs Perez’s campaign.
Commissioner Micky Steinberg, the only one not on the host list, is also the only one who did not hire Custin to run her campaign.
Perez came in number two Tuesday, with 25.5 percent of the vote. She’s headed for a runoff against Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, an independent candidate who Custin threatened to pull all stops against and who got 28 percent.
The fundraiser starts at 6 p.m. Monday at Lucali Restaurant & Lounge, 1930 Bay Rd.
Who knows? Maybe we’ll find other Custin clients there, like State Reps. Bryan Avila and Jose Oliva or former State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez.
Meanwhile, Rosen Gonzalez has a fundraiser of her own at exactly the same time Monday at the home of Carla Probus.
That host committee includes Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez, Miami Beach Commissioner Ed Tobin, former Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower and former Miami Beach Commissioners Michael Gongora and Jorge Exposito, as well as a few Beach activists and Daniel Ciraldo, the assistant to failed mayoral candidate David Wieder.
There won’t be any Custin clients there.
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