The list of people who are calling that shady Miami Beach Relentless for Progress PAC for what it is — at best, a conflict of interest, at worst an extortion scheme involving Mayor Philip Levine and Commissioner Jonah Wolfson — is growing and growing. Commissioner Deede Weithorn sounded the alarm early and Commissioner Ed Tobin […]
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 […]
Finally! Someone has stepped up to the plate to challenge Miami Beach Mayor Philip “Mr. Ego” Levine. Ladra’s hero is attorney David Wieder, chairman of the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board. Former Commissioner and mayoral candidate Michael Gongora, who almost got into a runoff with Levine in 2013, first announced it on his newsletter Tuesday. “He […]
Two electeds in Miami Beach are scrambling to defend themselves after their shady political action committee — the one taking $100,000 checks from vendors and developers who work in the city — came under fire from the local media. The latest salvo is a full page ad in the Miami Herald — the back page, which […]
The photos and videos are startling. They show clouds forming in Biscayne Bay where the city of Miami Beach pumps water out to keep the streets dry. Activists say that the the thousands of gallons of storm water are accompanied by plastic bags, Styrofoam, construction debris and other pollutants — creating a cloudy and sometimes […]
Just what are a couple of Miami Beach electeds who are not in contested races this year going to do with the funds they shake out of city contractors and would-be developers for their political action committee? That’s the $1 million question. The two ads produced so far by Relentless for Progress — the PAC […]
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 […]
The new, half million Miami Beach PAC funded by vendors and special interests and chaired by the termed-out Commissioner Jonah Wolfson has also had some interesting expenses. My bad for not mentioning before. Ladra got too caught up in the specter of a possible shakedown scenario. And it could be a war chest for Mayor Philip Levine‘s […]
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 […]
Three open seats on the Miami Beach City Commission this year have really brought the wannabes out of the woodwork: November’s Beach ballot keeps growing, with two new candidates, bringing it to a total of nine all-new faces in the three group races. And while nobody’s running yet against Mayor Philip Levine — who hasn’t […]