There seems to be another funky, mysterious political action committee working in Miami Beach for the state elections — but this one is against Michael Grieco, not for him. Grieco, the popular populist former city commissioner, was forced to resign and drop out of the mayor’s race last year after he got into trouble with […]
Last week, Dan Gelber became the mayor of Miami Beach. This week, he is using his new political platform to back former Miami Beach Commissioner Deede Weithorn‘s bid for state rep in District 113. This is Gelber’s first endorsement since his victory Nov. 7, but with 82% of the vote, it probably won’t be his […]
Relentless for Progress has $1.4 million to spend on propaganda to push the agenda for Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and Commissioner Jonah Wolfson, who want to elect a slate of pocket commissioners to do their bidding. But they can’t afford a proofreader? A video posted on the web Tuesday by the political action committee […]
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and Commissioner Jonah “Pottymouth” Wolfson tried hard to quash a motion by Commissioner Deede Weithorn to have the Ethics Commission look into their brazen shakedown of vendors and developers who want to do business, or continue doing business, with the city. And they may have won at the dais, after the motion […]
A new Miami Beach political action committee formed by Commissioner Jonah “Pottymouth” Wolfson, who is termed out in November, collected more than half a million dollars last month alone — some of it from vendors or entities doing business or wanting to do business with the city. And that has raised some eyebrows. Commissioner Deede […]
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine has restructured the city’s finance committee, booting Commissioner Deede Weithorn, the longtime chair, and appointing himself and two cronies just as they get ready to tackle next year’s budget. The move — ten months before Weithorn is termed out — has everyone wondering just what he’s up to. Ladra will […]
Attention anyone who wants a high paying job with all the government perks at the city of Miami Beach: Just run for office. That’s basically the message that the city commission sent when it unanimously approved a request by Commissioner Ed Tobin to apply to the police department without waiting the two-year period required of […]
UPDATED: Miami Beach Commissioner Ed Tobin, who is termed out in 2015 and has always wanted to be a police officer when he grows up, is asking his colleagues to waive the two year requirement before he can apply to the city’s police force. Tobin has requested a discussion on the matter at Wednesday’s meeting […]
You could tell right away that newly elected Miami Beach Mayor Philip “Fix It Phil” Levine got a little high on his sudden rush to power. He was quick to tell Commissioner Ed Tobin that it was his turn to control the meeting right after he was sworn in last week and actually got giddy […]
As expected, Alex Fernandez, the aide to Miami Beach Vice Mayor Deede Weithorn, was fired from his city job by the newly-elected mayor Tuesday for endorsing the opponent in the recent mayoral election. The city will defend its action by saying that Fernandez was an at-will employee. But everybody knows that it was because he […]