Another business owner accuses Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo of misusing power

MIAMI – One other enterprise proprietor accuses Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo of misusing his energy.

Esther Alonso doesn’t need the town to show Virginia Key — loved by nature lovers who rented paddle boards, kayaks, and bicycles from her enterprise — right into a homeless camp.

Surveillance video reveals when law enforcement officials arrived on Friday afternoon on the Virginia Key Out of doors Heart to close it down and threaten Alonso.

“In the event you refuse to signal this kind, then I’ve to take you to jail, bodily,” a Miami police officer stated.

Alonso stated she couldn’t imagine what she was listening to. It was outrageous to her {that a} police officer would threaten to take somebody to jail for refusing to signal a type.

The officers have been with two inspectors from the Miami Code Enforcement Workplace who accused her of working with no certificates of use and of owing greater than $140,000 in late lease.

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Alonso, a metropolis of Miami tenant, denied the accusations.

“I mailed in checks,” Alonso stated including these appeared to have “disappeared” and that as a Cuban-American she was rapidly in a position to acknowledge “the abuse of energy.”

Carollo is spearheading a plan to construct tiny properties in Virginia Key metropolis property to maneuver the homeless out of the city areas. In July, commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of the pilot program. Commissioners Ken Russell and Manolo Reyes have been the dissenting votes.

Earlier than Alonso stated to her it was apparent that Carollo was misusing his energy over metropolis staff, the commissioner confronted related accusations that resulted in lawsuits.

The proprietor of the Little Havana nightclub Ball and Chain, Invoice Fuller, accused Carollo of misusing his energy to punish him for supporting his political opponent.

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Former Miami Police Chief Artwork Acevedo additionally accused Carollo of misusing the sources of the Miami Police Division “to hold out” his private agendas.

This Week In South Florida: Aug. 7