For Miami Beach mayor, third man Steve Berke is the charm

For Miami Beach mayor, third man Steve Berke is the charm

Steve Berke is looking better and better every day. Berke is the former comedian running for mayor in Miami Beach on a platform that advocates for decriminalized marijuana and a “2020 Vision” plan anchored by a skyline cable car system to boost tourism, which I thought was pie in the sky until he got the […]

Philip Levine brings Bill Clinton as Beach bout money maker

Philip Levine brings Bill Clinton as Beach bout money maker

Former President Bill Clinton stopped by Miami Beach Monday to support millionaire candidate Philip Levine for mayor. So says former State Rep. turned lawyer to the pols J.C. Planas, Levine’s attorney and campaign attack dog. Planas posted a selfie he took of himself standing next to Clinton on facebook from “near Fisher Island” about 1 p.m. Monday, […]

Candidate Philip Levine’s handlers threaten political blogger

Candidate Philip Levine’s handlers threaten political blogger

Can Miami Beach mayoral candidate Philip Levine speak for himself? Apparently only when lobbyist and campaign consultant David Custin gives him permission. In my attempt to talk to a political candidate as a political blogger, I tried contacting his handlers, which include Custin and attorney JC Planas, who I called after Custin threatened and insulted me. […]

Anti-Hispanic race card pulled out in Miami Beach elections

Anti-Hispanic race card pulled out in Miami Beach elections

Two of the big profile candidates in the upcoming Miami Beach elections say that that other candidates, including their main challengers, are running anti-Hispanic campaigns against them. Mayor Matti Bower, a native Cuban who is running for commission, and Commissioner Michael Gongora, who his her hand-picked half-Cuban successor in the mayoral race, both told Ladra […]