There doesn’t have to be a looming election for another mystery mailer to turn up in mailboxes in Miami Beach. This one, that landed last week, targets Mayor Dan Gelber and calls him a dictator for closing beaches and businesses for too long in response to the COVID19 pandemic. There’s even an image of Gelber […]
There won’t be a mayoral race but the three commission races in Miami Beach this November drew four candidates each for a total of 12 names on the ballot. You just know there’s going to be at least two runoffs. The only other incumbent is Group 5 Commissioner Ricky Arriola, who has drawn three solid […]
With less than two weeks left before qualifying, a third candidate has filed to run against Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola. Stephen Cohen, a real estate investor specializing in the South Beach luxury condo market, on Tuesday joined Raquel Pacheco, a retired soldier, business owner and PTA mom, and Jonathan Welsh, a healthcare marketing executive, in the race to unseat […]
Miami Beach commissioners could move Wednesday to put two bad ballot questions — that wold allow developers to have more height and density on their projects — on the November ballot. It’s really unbelievable that this would even be considered. It’s premature at best, giving in to special interest at worst. And it’s not just […]
Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola finally has not one, but two challengers. After months of flying solo and successfully scaring off one would-be opponent, the only incumbent commissioner seeking re-election has himself a race. Raquel Pacheco, a retired soldier, PTA mom and small business owner, and Jonathan Welsh, a PR and marketing executive at Care […]
The very same developers whose plans for an oceanfront highrise on North Beach were quashed by voters in 2015 have gone another route: They got the city to vacate public streets and sidewalks so they can unify a development site and use the FAR to build the condo tower anyway — and a hotel, street-level shops, […]
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales will likely get a four-year contract extension at Wednesday’s meeting and a salary increase to $305,736. In a move that is largely a rubber stamp vote, Morales — who was hired in 2013 for $255,000 a year — will also get an increase in retirement contribution, from $7,000 to what […]
One incumbent already decided not to run for re-election. An activist and would-be challenger withdrew from another race within days. A former commissioner who resigned to run for Congress wants her seat back and a former State Rep wants to run for another. Oh, and then there’s the candidate who can’t keep it in his pants. […]
A Miami Beach community activist and PTA mom has filed to run against Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola in this year’s November election. Monica Matteo-Salinas, chair of the board of the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation, filed paperwork on Friday to run for the Group V seat, which is currently occupied by Arriola, who is […]
For the past three years, select electeds in Miami Beach have used a city non-profit to “provide assistance to worthy and qualified community needs and projects.” But it looks like a slush fund of special interest money to dole out for political favors and even votes. One Miami Beach, Inc., a 501c3 formed by resolution […]