Lobbyist Mitchell Bierman and His Campaign Contributions. By Geniusofdespair

I suppose you could call Mitchell Bierman an attorney as well.

CH2M Hill, with a big bid for over a billion dollars, has Mitchell Bierman as a lobbyist. He is with Weiss Serota Helfman (bla bla) lawfirm.  He is also on the Board of the Miami Foundation and a Trustee of PAMM. So he has Social creds as well. They don't want you on their board only these types. Anyway he has work pending before the County Commission but he is giving campaign contributions.  It is my understanding, if memory serves me, that in Miami Beach you cannot give campaign contributions if you have work coming up before the board of City Commissioners...not so in the County.

Mitchell Bierman has donated to Lynda Bell ($500) and Miguel De Grandy has donated to her. He represents the other firm. Pepe Diaz, Sally Heyman  ($1,000) also got Bierman donations (Weiss Serota has donated to Monestime not Bierman directly), Rebeca Sosa has Miguel De Grandy for $1,000. So all the commissioners that are running have financial ties in their campaign reports to stuff they are voting on in the near future, including that $1.6 Billion dollar contract.

Looks bad to me.

From Pepe Diaz's campaign report. I think the first 5 are all from the same lawfirm (don't make me check)

Same goes for Mitchell Burnstein (pictured above) and Michael Popok also with Weiss Serota. Although not registered lobbyists, their giving is tied to the clients of the firm (you can see their names above on Pepe Diaz's financial disclosure) and the Commissioners know it. Or are they lobbying without registering? Don't know.

There are MANY other lobbyists representing both CH2M Hill and AECOM and also their many, many team members who are making lots of campaign contributions also.

 

Here is what Miami Beach has to say about Miami Dade County's policy....