Friday, May 24, 2013

Mark Bell Running for Mayor of Homestead? By Geniusofdespair

The rumors are flying all over Homestead.  It was reported by Homestead is Home blog that County Commissioner Lynda Bell's husband has picked up a packet to run for Mayor of Homestead.  That means we now have two bad candidates: Steve Bateman or Mark Bell.  I never thought I would say this in a million years, but I think Bateman is the better choice if the rumor is true.  Two Bell's in office would be truly awful.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is getting worse every election cycle. Is there anyone running against lynda bell this year or javier souto ??????

Anonymous said...

Bateman is a crook. Bell is not. Porter is a crook enabler. Sewell is a court jester.
Bateman and his lapdogs Maldonado and Williams have to go. That's it in a nutshell.
The Kingpin of Homestead Mike Marcus is not backing Bateman he has gone to Porter. The downtown folks will support Bell and possibly the NW.
All I know is Bateman's treatment of staff is uneven his bi-polar dais displays call into question his decision making and Homestead has lost millions under his giveaways and mismanagement.

Anonymous said...

Javier Souto? Why bring him into this conversation.
He is the most responsive and commited of all in the BCC. He stands up against county department "lords" (i. e. WASD) in defense of his constituents. Wish more were like him.

Anonymous said...

Doctor Anonymous, second from the top: I beg to differ.

I'd bet my Ivy League sheepskin (and 200k student loan) that Bell is indeed the one who suffers from Bi-Polar disorder, exacerbated by acute Narcissism.

Regards.

Anonymous said...

Mark Bell and that whole downtown gang of CRA or other type of grant funding recipients including Mark Bell 20k to be exact not to include all the other money the Redland Hotel received before the Bell's bought it. That whole "downtown" gang includes a much bigger train wreck as a whole than Lynda Bell on her own! They cannot sustain their own businesses without grant funding then either serve on the boards where these grants are being doled out or they kind of pick cards as to who receives what. It's the biggest scam on taxpayer funding Homestead isn't paying attention to. Even Eye on Miami posted about one of these "grant" cycles in addition to the CRA's in Homestead. Talk about free money for no results. Yep, let those freeloaders back Bell. It would be par for the course. It's only comical when I read the New Times story about who's bitching about the "downtown" (now slumtown) and I kept calculating how much money these people have received showing no results while downtown dives deeper in to the slum pit. The mirror needs to really point back to them. Bateman was right not to approve it. He knows it's a mess and what these people are. And, don't think Shiver isn't up to his ears in some of this anti Bateman stuff.

It will be an interesting comedy show watching this 2013 election.

Anonymous said...

Many are trying to encourage John Burgess to run. He needs to feel there is a strong base of support to do so.Those who care about a more ethical government should encourage him.

Anonymous said...

Shiver is on the Bateman and Williams team.
Look for Shiver to once again be the recipient of Homestead money. $30,000 or so for some foolish educational initiative run out of 47 North Krome Avenue.

Anonymous said...

Neither money raised by his wife nor effective campaign management will place Mark Bell in office. He is an unknown and has no political traction, whatsoever. He is a distraction; a red herring.

It would be wise to carefully research him before you commit your time or more importantly, your vote.

Anonymous said...

He is not Bateman. He should win because Bateman is an abusive individual who can't control his temper and demeanor.

Anonymous said...

I must be having a dream. I was hoping it was Mark picking up the package for Lynda and she was going to run again for Homestead Mayor, resigning her Commission seat. Guess it's just a dream. Shiver? WTF is he even doing showing his face in town. I guess the criminal statute of limitations wore out. I'm sure the investors he screwed would like some $$$$$. Let's hope it's not on the back of the stupid Homestead grant machine. I think they totally miss the part that taxpayer funds, at all levels, is them unless they don't pay taxes then the IRS would like to get involved. Another wish, the Fed's would start arresting these criminals in Homestead. All of them and the County too. Robaina's a good start though.

KG_Dreamer said...

Mark Bell is not Steven Bateman but he's not a shoe in either. He'll have to win the votes of the 2000+ voters that head to the polls during off cycle city election season. It's a shame that for a city of 60K+ residents we can only get 2K out to vote.

Anonymous said...

Is this the same Mark Bell the plumber that worked for Action Plumbing for a few years that place a house over the septic tank in Florida City? Just wondering if anyone knows please comment.

Anonymous said...

the Bells live in a dream world! If he runs, and should she decide to run for re election, or worse a higher office, they had better tread very carefully. A whole lot of dirty laundry about to be aired, from right to life to favors for children to fraud to wasting of tax money to vindictive behavior and misuse of the legal system... the list goes on and on!!!

Anonymous said...

how many personal vendettas can one family have??? so we should give them more power? are you crazy???

Anonymous said...

It seems to me that there is no substance to any of the comments posted here . Before anything , shouldn't we inform ourselves ? Become an educated voter but please be involved .