Why am I running for Mayor in this election

Today I filed to be your next Mayor, the 39th Mayor of Miami Beach. Why run for Mayor and why now? It’s all about refocusing our priorities and getting back to the basics. I will lead as I have governed, with a sense of urgency to provide safe, clean, quiet neighborhoods. All too often our focus and City resources are unnecessarily diverted. This must change.

I am listening carefully to you, our residents. Most of you tell me that you enjoy living in Miami Beach ... but it could be better. I agree. Every day I am determined to measurably improve our daily quality of life.

Although law and order and reducing crime is job number one the fight does not stop there. I have proven to be a bold leader, and an independent voice with a strong moral and ethical compass, asking the tough questions to counter overdevelopment, easing our nightmare traffic, addressing our homeless issues in a meaningful way, providing clean streets and sidewalks, proposing resident-friendly resiliency measures to keep our streets and homes dry, reducing excessive and obnoxious noise, and earning our residents’ trust by improving the transparency in our government so everyone is on a fair and level playing field.

There is so much more we can accomplish at City Hall. We need a sense of urgency. And we must prioritize City resources (time and money) for the benefit of our residents, and no one else.