Thread by @BillyCorben

This makes the Marlins Park boondoggle look like amateur hour. Jeff Loria is a pickpocket compared to Jorge Mas — who‘s Goldfinger robbing Fort Knox. And it cements @FrancisSuarez, due to the size and value of public property involved, as the most corrupt mayor in Miami history.

It’s not a conspiracy, it’s very simple: just follow the money. Like most things in Miami, it’s a real estate scheme. A land grab of the city’s largest parcel with @MiamiMayor as a paid advocate for the developer. It’s no secret. This is how @FrancisSuarez makes a living.

The @MiamiMayor is paid as a lobbyist by the richest people in town to fight against the best interests of his constituents — in one of America’s poorest cities. And he claims his client list is confidential, so we can’t know all his conflicts of interest. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

@MiamiMayor The fact that Melreese is a toxic site is well known. I said last summer it was going to cost more to remediate than the $35 million Mas said he was willing to spend and that taxpayers would be left holding the bag (they now estimate at least $50 million). miaminewtimes.com/news/david-bec…

@MiamiMayor The city built the Grapeland water park at Melreese after millions in required remediation and Miami-Dade's DERM (Department of Environmental Resources Management) approved the rest of the property to be used as a golf course "in perpetuity." Why is this suddenly an issue now?

@MiamiMayor Mas did a traffic impact study last year that is still secret, yet @FrancisSuarez, essentially Mas's paid lobbyist, released this arsenic info on the same day he got it. Why? How does it serve their agenda to get a 99-year below market value lease on a public park? I’ll explain…

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez It helps them achieve two goals (the second being the most important):

1. Expedite eviction of @firstteemiami, the charity that teaches golf to injured veterans and underprivileged youth, who currently leases the property.

2. Delay the city commission vote on the Mas lease.

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami Commissioners set a September 16th deadline, but Mas and his lobbyist @MiamiMayor know they don't have the votes right now. So they want to delay until after the November 5th elections, with three commission seats (Districts 1, 2 and 4) on the ballot. therealdeal.com/miami/2019/03/…

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami Didn't mean to skip #1: once @MiamiMayor gets the golf charity out, he can compel commissioners to "partner" with Mas to "clean" the land using propaganda like this from @AdamHBeasley (local sports reporters love sports welfare cuz it's good for business)

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley Mid-thread reminder: this is NOT about soccer or a stadium or cleaning up public parks. This is a massive multi-billion dollar real estate deal for a hotel, offices, retail, etc. That’s why @MiamiMayor was so quick to Bend Over for Beckham.

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley Back to #2 Delay city commission vote until after elections: Willy Gort, a NO on Mas and Beckham's boondoggle, is being termed out of D1. Francis & Friends are looking to turn that open seat into a YES vote. D4's @Manolo4Miami is also a NO, but unchallenged and likely unbeatable.

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami And crucially, re-elect vulnerable D2 incumbent @kenrussellmiami, a reliable YES vote on Melreese (and anything else @MiamiMayor wants). How @FrancisSuarez intends to pull this off is a classic Only in Miami story which I'll report here for the first time. So #BREAKING...

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami A serious threat has yet to emerge against @KenRussellMiami and @MiamiMayor wants to keep it that way. Ex-D2 Commish @SarnoffMarc (the deciding vote on the Marlins Park boondoggle) was on the verge of challenging Ken — until Suarez contacted Sarnoff's employer @ShuttsBowen...

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami @SarnoffMarc @ShuttsBowen Suddenly @SarnoffMarc decided not to run. Sources say the mayor leaned on the firm and the firm leaned on Sarnoff. Then, a funny thing happened: @ShuttsBowen was selected from 16 firms to represent the City of Miami in negotiations with Mas and Beckham! shutts.com/shutts-bowen-l…

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami @SarnoffMarc @ShuttsBowen So @FrancisSuarez uses taxpayer money to neutralize a threat to @kenrussellmiami and pay the man who was the deciding vote on the Marlins Park boondoggle tens (or hundreds) of thousands of dollars to "negotiate" another sports welfare deal "on behalf of the city." Because Miami.

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami @SarnoffMarc @ShuttsBowen Again, not complicated: follow the money. If anything, it's what I call a "conspiracy of convenience": they don't all meet to plot in a dark smoky conference room; everyone gets on board because they know it’s an opportunity to get paid. Identify common interest and play along.

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami @SarnoffMarc @ShuttsBowen Bottom line: @MiamiMayor is essentially acting as a paid lobbyist for billionaire Jorge Mas in a billion dollar real estate deal for Miami's largest public park and cannot be trusted to represent the best interests of his constituents.

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami @SarnoffMarc @ShuttsBowen Miami Mayor @FrancisSuarez refuses to say how he paid for his new $1.475 million house last year — but we know from his public financial disclosure forms that he couldn't afford it. And Miami remains a sunny place for shady people. crespogramnews.com/sept-9---welco…

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami @SarnoffMarc @ShuttsBowen #BREAKING: I told you. @MiamiMayor's handpicked city manager @emiliotgonzalez does Jorge Mas's bidding, announces immediate closure of Melreese Golf Club. The fix is in. Because Miami.

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami @SarnoffMarc @ShuttsBowen @emiliotgonzalez Mayor @FrancisSuarez's pearl clutching is a con. There's NO new info. We've known it for years, since he was a commissioner and supported the golf charity on the site. He's exposing the city to lawsuits to help a billionaire build a mall on a public park.

@MiamiMayor @FrancisSuarez @firstteemiami @AdamHBeasley @Manolo4Miami @kenrussellmiami @SarnoffMarc @ShuttsBowen @emiliotgonzalez There will be no way to remediate Mayor @FrancisSuarez's reputation after this. Forget Melreese. There’s no place in Miami more toxic than City Hall.