When a Good Man Encounters a Bully. By Geniusofdespair

Tim Schmand worked for the City of Miami for over 25 years at Bayfront Park as a grant writer then as Director. The pressure was to keep the park solvent with no funds coming from the city coffers, and amazingly, he did. Before he came, it never was solvent. Have you seen it lately. WOW! The events held in the park paid for all the work he did to fix up Bayfront Park and maintain Museum Park. Ultra went off without a hitch this year. To make up for a shortfall he scheduled a hip hop event in May. Tim has been booking events for years without approval of the Trust. Commissioner Frank Carollo reiterated several times the event had to be approved. First time Carollo brought this up was for the hip hop event, saying "All events have to be approved by the Trust!" That was never the case. The Trust trusted Tim.

You know -- a good man will talk to you in a civil manner but he will not be bullied.  Tim quit after a private meeting with Carollo. Could have been nasty for Tim to quit.

Tim Schmand, my friend, an honest, good man, quit. Carollo said that all events booked have to be approved by the Bayfront Park Trust. That never happened in the past. Maybe because they were not hip hop events (i.e. Black Events).

Here is one of Tim's Poems - he is a writer. He is reading it in the park and you can see some of the wonderful additions he has made, the oak tree promenade, a beach, with chairs. This is man filled with good humor and love. I think the City should have worked with him instead of going to extremes. I can't help feeling this whole situation was fueled because Hip Hop will attract Black people. The police were angry over the event.