Ron Book announces lawsuit after Miami Beach pulls homeless housing tax measure days before Election Day
Homeless advocates will sue Miami Beach a day after City Commissioners yanked a homeless housing tax referendum off the ballot mid-election.
Ron Book, a lobbyist behind the campaign supporting the proposed tax, told attendees of a Florida TaxWatch event he won’t tolerate the attack on the democratic process.
“I am a nice guy until I am not,” he said.
The legal action comes after Miami Beach City Commissioners voted 4-3 six days ahead of the Nov. 5 election to pull the binding referendum off the ballot.
“I do not believe this is in the best interest of our city,” Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner said, according to the Miami Herald.
More than 20,000 voters in the city have already cast ballots,...
