Death of Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian stuns, saddens

Death of Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian stuns, saddens

Most people were shocked when they learned that Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian died Wednesday. Mayor Dan Gelber announced the death late in the commission meeting, one of several recent meetings that Samuelian had missed, right before they took a 30 minute recess. “Mark was a brilliant and thoughtful man who cared deeply for our […]

Fighters Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, Alex Fernandez win runoffs in Miami Beach

Fighters Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, Alex Fernandez win runoffs in Miami Beach

Two ‘new’ commissioners the community already knows, and well Miami Beach voters chose two longtime City Hall regulars and resident advocates as commissioners in Tuesday’s runoff election — despite the deep pockets running against them. Former Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, who left in 2018 to run for Congress, is back in office with […]

Miami Beach election ramps up with mostly familiar faces in the running

Miami Beach election ramps up with mostly familiar faces in the running

There are 16 people running for four seats in Miami Beach, but many of them are somewhat known to voters already. They include incumbent Mayor Dan Gelber and Commissioner Mark Samuelian, former Commissioner Kristin Gonzalez Rosen, who left her office to run for Congress, and repeat candidates Stephen Cohen, Blake Young, Raquel Pacheco, Michael “Mike […]

Let Kristen Rosen Gonzalez stay in Miami Beach, as voters intended

Let Kristen Rosen Gonzalez stay in Miami Beach, as voters intended

The Miami Beach commission will appoint someone later this month to fill the seat of Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, who was forced to resign when she ran for Congress by a Republican law aimed squarely at the Democrats in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. City commissioners should reject the GOP measure’s calculated retroactive effect […]

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