Citadel founder Ken Griffin, who wants to build a $1 billion tower in Downtown Miami for his company’s new headquarters, gave $500,000 to Our Democracy, the political action committee for incumbent Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who is defending her throne from six challengers.
Ladra doesn’t know about you dear readers, but that makes me a little uncomfortable. Griffin is a smart guy at the top of the business world. He’s a hedge fund giant, and knows how to invest. He’s not going to throw money away. What is this investment for?
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Griffin is the same guy who gave Miami Mayor Francis Suarez $1 million during his delusional, 5-minute presidential campaign. In fact, he is normally a Republican donor, having given also to Gov. Ron DeSantis. According to Influence Watch, a watchdog source for campaign contributions on a national scale, he donated $60 million to political candidates an PACs in 2022, which made him the third-largest overall donor behind Richard Uihlein and George Soros.
Hey Ken, darling, here’s Political Cortadito’s donation page. Invest in grassroots government watchdog journalism. It’s a better cause. We don’t need a half million. A couple hundred thou will do just fine.
This brings DLC’s total fundraising for her PAC to over $10.2 million since 2019, $1.6 million just this year. She has just over $2.1 million in hand counting the campaign contributions in her campaign account also, as of the latest campaign reports submitted Friday.
She’s also spreading the wealth. Four days after the PAC got the Griffin check, it gave $15,000 to the New Leadership for Florida — which is another PAC for her consultant, Christian Ulvert — and a week after getting it, the PAC gave $50,000 to the Florida Democratic Party.
Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid, the frontrunner among the challengers, basically called it blood money.
“The funds that are donated to Daniella Levine Cava’s campaign contribute to the decimation of the middle class in Miami-Dade County,” Cid said in a text message Sunday morning after reading the story in Political Cortadito. “Levine Cava’s administration’s policies, taxes and fees are in direct conflict with the success of working families and small businesses.
“Out of town billionaires are treated better than those local families and businesses who helped make Miami-Dade the beacon of hope for many of us homegrown residents.”
Of course, Cid might just be a little teensy bit jealous. He’s been struggling with fundraising and his latest reports show he had just over $12,000 in hand between both his PAC and campaign accounts as of the end of June.
Absentee or mail-in ballots go out this week.
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