Kristen Rosen Gonzalez needs her turnout in Miami Beach

Kristen Rosen Gonzalez needs her turnout in Miami Beach

The Miami Herald got it right for once Wednesday in their endorsement of Kristen Rosen Gonzalez for Miami Beach Commissioner. The Miami-Dade College professor is headed to a runoff Tuesday as the last hope to get an independent voice on the commission after the two other open seats went to cronies of Mayor Philip Levine. […]

Miami Beach voters elect Philip Levine and slate mates

Miami Beach voters elect Philip Levine and slate mates

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine is going to be downright insoportable now. If you thought the millionaire mayor was a bit of an egomaniac before, expect King Ego to get only cockier and bossier after this veritable mandate from voters who re-elected him with 65% of the vote Tuesday against attorney and preservationist David Wieder. […]

Miami Beach deserves a fresh start, sans David Custin

Miami Beach deserves a fresh start, sans David Custin

We have just a week to go for the Miami Beach elections that should usher in a brand new, strings-free majority that would not be beholden to any one person and would bring individual and independent thought and experience to a commission that really needs it. Lucky for all democracy loving people, the election is […]

Rebecca Towers and a campaign manager’s $10K a month

Rebecca Towers and a campaign manager’s $10K a month

UPDATED: This week, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine was on the defense about everything, it seemed. He’s taking a PR hit on massive flooding he’s boasted about fixing in glitzy TV commercials paid for by shaken down vendors and developers through a shady PAC. And he’s been questioned by his coveted viejito voters for his […]