It pays to be Mayor Philip Levine's friend [Part one]

This is the first of a series of posts that will examine how Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine takes care of his friends. Beach residents, not so well. But friends, and incompetent employees are a different matter.



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Charles "Chuck" Tear, head of Miami Beach's Office of Emergency Management. 



Last March, Miami Beach threw a birthday party for itself.


From March 22nd thru