“This is a huge complex that will bring to Brickell Avenue, downtown Miami and East Little Havana an energy it has never, ever seen before,” said Regalado, who will take the nontraditional step of presenting a developer’s project to the City Commission.
“I think it needs to carry the clout of the office of the mayor to send a message that this is a huge project for the city of Miami.”
THEN
Tomás Regalado, the longtime city commissioner whose campaign platform centered on putting a stop to what he has called wasteful spending on large public projects, won a sweeping victory in Miami's mayoral race yesterday. He had attacked Mayor Manny Diaz, who was not up for reelection, on development initiatives like downtown highrises...
Ask the man most people expect to be Miami's next mayor to describe his vision for the city, and you might as well stick eight years of skyline-filling rapid development in mothballs.
"Tell the people how their money is being spent. No backroom deals. Any grandiose projects, we take to the voters,'' says Miami Commissioner Tomás Regalado. ``We do need to take a breather.''
The anti-Manny Diaz? The approach may be sticking.
Mr. Regalado comes across as favoring a quieter, simpler time in Miami’s past, serving the constituents he’s sipped cafecitos with for decades while trying to protect them from the “uncompromising dream of a bustling metropolis”. As far as he is concerned, the city is trapped between the vise-like grip of developers and politicos, and is in danger of losing its’ soul.
I have known Tomas Regalado for 30 years. I used to sell Spanish Language radio ads and do some marketing for WQBA-FM.
Tomas was a star newscaster on WQBA-AM. He is a first class gentleman. I don’t know how he has managed to survive in the snake pit that is Miami politics and government. I told him today that this day for him announcing his candidacy for mayor is long overdo.
I am most confident that he will win.
Miami deserves to be lead by a leader that cares about the people and not one that is pals with the developers and lobbyists.
Oh Harry...
We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
Who cares ??
ReplyDeleteI have come across some information that both Johnny Martinez and Alice Bravo are looking to leave the City of Miami. They have put feelers out. In turn, that information came to me.
ReplyDeleteTo Who Cares Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteWe do. We are collectively ignoring you. Go back to being one of Miami's Bitches.
Sincerely,
THE NORTH OBSERVER
In the "Take Back Miami" posting herein, it reports that a couple years ago a nameless individual, who has known Tomas Regalado for 30 years and use to sell Spanish Lanaguage radio ads and do some marketing for WQBA-FM, does not know how Tomas -a star newscaster on WQBA-AM and first class gentleman-has managed to survive in the snake pit that is Miami politics and government.
ReplyDeleteWell to the nameless individual who I think is Armando Gutierrez. Your first class gentleman Tomas Regalado is no gentleman and he has survived the snake pit because he is the mother of all snakes and KING COBRA.
omas was a star newscaster on WQBA-AM. He is a first class gentleman. I don’t know how he has managed to survive in the snake pit that is Miami politics and government. I told him today that this day for him announcing his candidacy for mayor is long overdo.
In the "Take Back Miami" posting herein, it reports that a couple years ago a nameless individual, who has known Tomas Regalado for 30 years and use to sell Spanish Lanaguage radio ads and do some marketing for WQBA-FM, does not know how Tomas -a star newscaster on WQBA-AM and first class gentleman-has managed to survive in the snake pit that is Miami politics and government.
ReplyDeleteWell to the nameless individual who I think is Armando Gutierrez. Your first class gentleman Tomas Regalado is no gentleman and he has survived the snake pit because he is the mother of all snakes and KING COBRA.
Where is Harry Emilio Gottlieb these days anyhow?
ReplyDeleteRegalado has secured support from neighborhood associations fed up with rapid development.
ReplyDelete"Tomás Regalado has been much more supportive of protecting and preserving neighborhoods," said Upper East Side activist Elvis Cruz
This is not a metropolis.
ReplyDeleteNeither Martinez nor Bravo is going anywhere. They love the City and love their jobs ... They could leave anytime they want ... But won't ... Because they love it in the Magic City...
ReplyDeleteWho cares about the NORTH OBSERVER ?? What kind of a perverted nom de guerre is that anyway ?? Are u a voyeur ?? Why don't you change ur alias to something with conviction ?? OBSERVER is WEAK ...
ReplyDeleteYou are right. Anonymous is a lot stronger than Observer.
ReplyDeleteTomas Regalado is a liar and a cheat.
ReplyDeleteHe cheated on his taxes. He cheated on his wife. He cheated on his friends. He cheated the people when he stole gas.
Ask Cheater Regaldo how he abandoned his father on his deathbed.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahaaha ... Who cares ?? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteI don't care either!!!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Hey, who cares....
ReplyDeleteYou are a complete moron.
you only post two word comments because your mom and dad never taught you to be a real thinker.
You think that you're posing a deep, introspective question that will be thought provoking but instead come off as a two bit loser..
Who cares asshole? Read Crespo Gram, Take back Miami, Investigation Miami, Straw Buyer etc...
THEY DO!
The North Observer is informative, thought proviking, and poignant.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Who Cares, it seems your father and mother did not care about you and neither do we!
Who cares is Sarnoff or one of his toadies. They're baa..ack!
ReplyDeleteI felt a sense of hope and peace sweep over me as I witnessed Tomás Regalado being sworn in as Mayor today.
ReplyDeleteThe part in his speech about accountability and ethics really got to me.
Where is Grace Solares and Miami Neighborhoods United?
ReplyDeleteHad Manny Diaz taken "the nontraditional step of presenting a developer’s project to the City Commission" they would have been up in arms!
Just found out that the City is buying another property for Sarnoff. I wonder if he is going to help another campaign contributor or is he just looking to buy votes from upper eastside.
ReplyDeleteIt is probably both!!! What's the deal?
ReplyDeleteWhere is Kathy Fernandez Rundle?
ReplyDeleteRead in the Biscayne Times that the seller is trying to flip the property to the City for $635,00. When he brought it looks like he only paid $285,000. Sarnoff is even paying for the appraisals so that he can make sure that he gets the right guy at the right price to appraise it. Ms. Rundle I think that you should really look at purchase closely. Why is a commissioner paying for the appraisals? Why is the City letting someone make a $350,000 profit? Is it going to go towards Sarnoff's campaign or one of his cronies?
ReplyDeleteMigoya knew better as he slammed on the brakes. I bet that Ron Nelson also has something to do with it. He works behind the seens.
ReplyDeleteSomebody should take a hard look at Sarnoff and Ron Nelson's involvement in it all. Why would his office pay for the appraisals? Who is the Van Cel? Did he contribute to the campaign?
ReplyDeleteWho cares???
ReplyDeleteYou should... its our hard earned tax dollars being thrown away on another property to help another campaign contributor and/or crony.
ReplyDeleteBig deal. Sarnoff is going to win by a landslide. So is Regalado.
ReplyDeleteNot if they go to jail first...and they can take Ron Nelson and Ada Rojas with them to help fight their battles in jail.
ReplyDeleteWho is going to arrest them? Kathy?
ReplyDeleteFat fucking chance.
Sarnoff is going to win by a landslide. Regalado's daughter is our next mayor. Stop complaining and learn to live with it.
Just wait and see. It will all be revealed real soon.
ReplyDeleteOh sure.
ReplyDeleteHow exactly does a property that is undeveloped when this Van Cel character bought it for $285,000 a year ago increase in value to $635,000 in this lousy real estate market? And why are the papers picking up the story about this particular purchase by the city? Is Sarnoff the official real estate broker for the city now ordering appraisals and negotiating land purchases? Katie Rundle should start doing the freaking job she was hired to do and start investigating these worthless politicians instead of just letting the city go down the drain because she is too useless to do the job the people elected her to do. And Sarnoff's days are definitely numbered-avarice will be his downfall!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 17:55 Well said.
ReplyDeleteLets just see how much they finally end up paying for this piece of property. I heard that Van Cel and Bob Powers are lovers I'm sorry the current term is "lifetime partners".
Bob Powers acts like the Palm Grove neighborhood in the Upper Eastside of Miami is his own personal kingdom. Maybe he is thinking of taking the profits on this deal to fix their home. Or maybe he will end up being the landscaper that happens to get the landscaping contract for the site, once it is purchased. Wasn't he also appointed by Sarnoff to the Miami Bayside Foundation? What monies are they using to purchase the property? Is anybody getting the link???? Yes Ms. Rundle you have a lot to look at as it couldn't get clearer.
Let's just see if I got this right.....
ReplyDelete1. Appraisals are paid by Commissioner Sarnoff to ensure price.
2. The Commissioner's appointee to the Bayside Funds is also the "lifetime partner" of the seller.
3. The "lifetime partner" may end up getting the contract to landscape the park.
4. The City is going to give the happy couple $350,000 to renovate their new home.
5. Ron Nelson orchestrated the whole thing.
I wonder what other Sarnoff employees are involved in this fiasco. Well I guess all you have to do is follow the trail for this story to unfold.
Dear Al Crespo, Investigation Miami, Straw Buyer, and Take Back Miami,
ReplyDeleteSeriously, the City of Miami is festering with crooks and thugs at every level. Once again another Miami Firefighter has been arrested for mortgage fraud. The firefighter's name is Thomas Thelusma.
i have confirmed the information from my source by conducting extensive research on the incident. Below is what I found.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/foreclosures/two-more-indicted-in-alleged-versailles-mortgage-fraud-1442539.html
Dear City of Miami Employee Relations Department,
ReplyDeleteAre you recruiting and hiring jail inmates?
Is being a criminal a pre-requisite to being hired as a city employee?
Another city employee arrested for stealing federal grant money while working for the City. Her name is Chante Sweet.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/29/2193049/former-miami-city-employee-charged.html
Has anybody reviewed Carlos Migoya's Agreement with Jackson Health System? I've attached the link below for your perusal.
ReplyDeleteMr. Migoya shall be entitled to a Performance Bonus of $75,000 plus 2% of the sum of which the Earning BEFORE Interest Depreciation and Amortization (EBIDA) of JMH exceeds One Million Dollars up to a maximum bonus payment of 50% of Mr. Migoya's Base Salary.
First, what is referred to EBIDA in the agreement is not the correct definition of EBIDA. EBIDA must include Interest Depreciation and Amortization back into the Earning.
Second, the aspect of having a financially sound organization must include the factors of Depreciation and Amortization because Migoya can use a different method of calculation to depreciate Jackson's capital assets and refinance loans for longer terms (thus encountering long-term debt) at the expense to free up money in the short-term to increase Jackson's earnings.
MIGHT AS WELL FORK UP THE FUCKING BONUS MONEY OF $295,000 TO MIGOYA NOW. THIS IS A JOKE!
http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2011/04/29/10/AgreeementJHSandMrMigoya42811.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf
I am thinking the city will pay whatever amount this Van Cel character and his lifetime partner want and then since Sarnoff is now the real estate broker/city attorney/commissioner we can add landscaper to the list so with his financial accounting experience he can find some money from the city's coffers so as to further bankrupt the city so he can pay his two "special friends" some more money before he is kicked to the curb from his seat in office! And meanwhile at the State Attorney's office the very incompetent Katie Rundle sits by the sidelines letting her friends at city hall get away with any and all illegal activity they desire while she puts jaywalkers in the electric chair!
ReplyDeleteSkip Van Cel has been trying to flip the vacant lot on 77th Street for a year. It was worth $285,000. Worth less now. No one is building residential units.
ReplyDeleteWatch Van Cel and Powers con Sarnoff.
$285,000.
Skip Van Cel has been trying to flip the vacant lot on 77th Street for a year. It was worth $285,000. Worth less now. No one is building residential units.
ReplyDeleteWatch Van Cel and Powers con Sarnoff.
$285,000.
Who cares !! ... And who cares what u losers think of my parents ... What a bunch of sorry crying Weasels ... Why dony u smell the coffee and move TOO America ... Just cross the county line to sunny AMERICAN Broward ... And give up on the cess pool of Miami ...
ReplyDeleteSarnoff FOUR MORE YEARS!!!
ReplyDeleteWell because across the county line there are a lot more Sarnoff's and a lot more Regalado's and more crap across the county line than there is here. Thank you, but no thank you! At least here, the CrespoGram will try and keep these political thieves in line, up there they are just running amonk with no control.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 12:36 - You want four more years of Sarnoff? Are you Van Cel, Roberts, Ron Nelson, or some other Sarnoff lover that need's a kickback from a land deal, or business venture, or perhaps you are looking for some cheap home/office space in Coconut Grove that Sarnoff can provide you?
ReplyDeleteFace the facts:
ReplyDeleteSarnoff has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars against the pathetic piss poor fund raising from the other candidates. This will ensure four more years of Sarnoff.
And just wait until 2013 when Raquel Regalado becomes mayor.
Suck it.
Van Cel buys vacant lot for $285,000. He immediately trys to flip lot to Sarnoff for $635,000. $350,000 profit.
ReplyDeleteLot worth $250,000? For sale sign on site. There are no buyers.
So what?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 12:40 - If you don't see a problem there you are either the biggest moron in the world, Van Cel, Ron Nelson or Sarnoff...it is obvious our problems are not just the politicians in this city and their dirty back room deals but idiots like you John Q. Public that don't see any problem with what they are doing...this is why before someone is handed a ballot they should check for their IQ that way we won't have some many crooks in office!
ReplyDeleteSarnoff still wins re-election by a landslide.
ReplyDeleteLets hope another mistake like that does not happen...unless maybe Sarnoff wants to be jailed so he can become Bubba's bitch behind bars.
ReplyDeleteRemember when Sarnoff made the City pay $2.8 mil for a vacant lot west of Brickell? It was a scam. Worth $800,000.
ReplyDeletePandering.
Ms. Rundle you need to wake up and take action; otherwise, Sarnoff's toadies will continue to get rich while Sarnoff continues to get elected as long as he continues to buy votes using members of homeowners associations and has members of his staff (Ron Nelson) do his dirty work. First Brickell and now Upper Eastside. If Rundle doesn't take action, maybe the other commissioners will put a stop to all this? I know our household will never be voting for him. We are very disappointed.
ReplyDeleteHA! Who is going to prosecute Sarnoff? HAHAHA!
ReplyDeleteWho cares ??
ReplyDeleteAnonymous @ 21:06, that is what your mother said when she had you.
ReplyDeleteCommissioners should not be allowed to overspend for property just so they can buy a few votes.
ReplyDeleteYou don't want Sarnoff?
ReplyDeleteGet off your ass and vote for Kate Callahan.
Believe me I will.
ReplyDeleteEvery deal brought to the city from Sarnoff stinks of kickbacks and political paybacks...how does Sarnoff get along with his good friend T.H. these days after having the city purchase some of his useless very expensive Brickell property that could not be unloaded on anyone else? I guess this year it's Van Cel's turn to be the generous recipient of Sarnoff's mis-GIVINGS!
ReplyDeleteTibor Hollo scammed Sarnoff into getting the City to overpay for a vacant lot. City overpaid by $2 Mil. Taxpayers raped again.
ReplyDeleteVan Cel's lot worth $200,000?
Latest Crespogramreport.
ReplyDeleteTibor Hollo didn't scam anyone...SARNOFF DID! Tibor had a property, times were bad, Tibor went to his good friends Sarnoff and Regalado and asked-"Don't you need another park within 6 blocks of two enormous existing parks?" and Sarnoff leaped with joy and Regalado said "Jes, parque good ciudad will pagar yur price Tibo." And the city purchased a new park for $3 million...Mr Sarnoff forgot to say he got a good kickback and the next day Regalado gives Tibor a fancy proclamation from the city...all it costs was a mere $3 million-are you gonna give Van Cel a fancy proclamation too Mayor Regalado or are you gonna wait till the city overpays for that property as well so Van Cel can flip another property?
ReplyDeleteWell said 15:12. Well said.
ReplyDelete15:12 and 17:53
ReplyDeleteYou forgot to mention Tibor Hollo and Sarnoff made the taxpayers pay $3 Mil for a lot worth $700,000.
Van Cel is now trying to pressure the City into overpaying for his lot in a crack neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteWorth $285,000? Less?
Van Cel seems to have been rattled at finding out his property isn't quite worth what he feels it should be...how to fix that...well one way is to get all his friends in the press to write slanderous columns regarding appraisal practices and then use his close personal "special friend" Sarnoff to strongarm the city into uping the value so he and his special friends can all be gay and merry again and have their pants bulge in all the right places with the money of the proceeds of the sale stuffed in their pockets!
ReplyDeleteVan Cel's vacant lot is worth $200,000. Will Van Cell pressure Sarnoff and the City into paying more?
ReplyDeleteI think Van Cel's property is worth a lot less than $200,000...lets see his neighbors are pimps, hookers, crackheads, johns, porn loving theather goers...everything you want to see on your way to the park with your children...just the type of environment young mothers want to walk through with their children or allowing parents to send little Tommy Tom and Sally Sue to walk to the park! Van Cel stop trying to make a profit on a property you know is not worth it-You made a lousy investment, you have a life time partner, lover, boyfriend whatever the hell you want to call your relationship cry on eachothers shoulders and chalk this up to inexperience investing on your part!
ReplyDeleteIf Van Cel had received a legitimate offer for the vacant lot he would have sold just to spite the City.
ReplyDeleteThere are no buyers.
Watch the City get some BS Mickey Mouse appraiser. Watch the appraiser will come from the Wachovia or Washington Mutual School of corrupt Appraisers.
$180,000?
If Van Cel had any legitimate offers he would have sold that property to the first idiot that paid him what he wanted. In not having any buyers he teams up with Sarnoff and his staff of thieves to try and see if he can get a cool million in a property that is not worth the price of a local neighborhood crack whore. Sarnoff will strongarm the city and force the purchase of this worthless property! Its election time Marc, in my humble opinion I would just walk away and let it die...this may be your Waterloo if you keep it up!
ReplyDeleteIf Van Cel had any legitimate offers he would have sold that property to the first idiot that paid him what he wanted. In not having any buyers he teams up with Sarnoff and his staff of thieves to try and see if he can get a cool million in a property that is not worth the price of a local neighborhood crack whore. Sarnoff will strongarm the city and force the purchase of this worthless property! Its election time Marc, in my humble opinion I would just walk away and let it die...this may be your Waterloo if you keep it up!
ReplyDeleteVan Cel admits he is a speculator. Now he is stuck with a vacant lot he can't unload. Unless he can pressure Sarnoff to make the taxpayers give him a profit Van Cel will have to keep paying taxes on that lot.
ReplyDeleteThe City needs the revenues.
Well if Sarnoff wants the property so badly for the city, why doesn't he just buy it from Van Cel and donate to the city? For that matter if Van Cel wants the site "preserved as a park" as he once said a year ago when he first tried to unload the property, why was he looking into developing it and trying to sell it to the highest bidder? He saw away around his bad investing practices by way of unloading that pile of rocks and weeds on the city by coercing his friend Sarnoff into forcing the deal down the taxpayers throats! Maybe Van Cel has a secret video of Sarnoff and one or more of his "special friends" in compromising positions not proper for a commissioner to be seen in and thats why Sarnoff wants the property so badly??????
ReplyDeleteSarnoff made the City overpay by $2 mil for 1814 Brickell. It was a burial site for chriss sakes.
ReplyDeleteWell Sarnoff seems to be at it again making the city overpay for a land full of rocks next to crack whore residences and a dirty canal. Has anyone read the Biscayne Times? These articles are saying that they are getting THREE appraisals on this crappy site just to make sure that creepy little fruitcake Van Cel gets what he wants for that site. I guess it takes one creepy little fruitcake like Van Cel to hop into bed with another creepy little fruitcake like Sarnoff! They are made for eachother-just another couple of thieves in the night!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Van Cel's boyfriend Sarnoff buddy Bob Powers.
ReplyDeleteVan Cel paid $280,000 for the lot. Silly man overpaid.
Remember when Sarnoff made the City pay $2.8 mil for a vacant lot west of Brickell? It was a scam. Worth $800,000. Pandering.
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