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From: Philip Levine 
To: <jeevacation(ii?,gmail.com> 
Subject: YES for Convention Center Hotel Referendum - Let's get the facts straight! 
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:23:01 +0000 
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Dear Friends, 
We've heard from several former elected officials in the last few 
weeks regarding the convention center hotel referendum. It's 
important that we get the facts straight. 
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Under the previous administration led by former Mayor Matti 
Bower and former Commissioner Michael Gongora, the hotel 
was part of a major development project that totaled well over 
$1 billion, but did not include a new iconic public park and also 
required the city to transfer over 50 acres of our most valuable 
land to a third party developer. 
Yes, the same ex-administration who is out there spreading 
misinformation and lies were the champions of a massive 
development effort around the convention center, which 
included an 800-room hotel at a substantial cost to the 
taxpayers. 
Facts are a stubborn thing and all press accounts from 2012 
and 
2013 
show 
consistent 
support 
by 
the 
previous 
administration for major development along the convention 
center corridor, which included residential units, retail shops, a 
full transfer of public land to a private developer, and even left 
open the possibility of a casino on public property. 
Today, I am proud to join a near unanimous City Commission in 
supporting a scaled-back project that features a limited 800-
room hotel with the public retaining ownership of the land, no 
possibility of a casino and NO COST to taxpayers whatsoever. 
Thank you former Mayor Bower and former Commissioner 
Gongora for reminding us that the 800 room hotel began under 
your watch, the one where you both voted YES, was a good 
idea then and an EVEN BETTER idea today. 
Let's finish the progress we started with a YES vote. 
Please read my recent letter to the Miami Herald. 
Sincerely, 
Philip Levine 
Mayor of Miami Beach 
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