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CORAL GABLES
Police behind flier attacking candidate
-CAMPAIGN, FROM 33E
2000. Rosenblatt, 24 at the
time, pleaded no contest He
paid restitution and was
placed on probation. He was
not convicted — a fact that
the mailer omitted.
John Bar itz, the presi-
dent of the Coral Gables Fra-
ternal Order of Police, con-
firmed that his union had
contributed to Donner's
group, known as The Ac-
countability, Project, for the
mailer. The statewide group
has raised $98,000 and
spent $93,757 since it was
formed in August
"We asked him (Donner)
to help us during this cam-
paign," Baublitz said.
Donner said the flier pro-
vided accurate and factual
information culled from
news reports and public re-
cords — and is a well- estab-
lished form of political
communication
"It's an issue that every -
one is talking about;" said
Donner, who has run previ-
Cold campaigns for Commis -'..
sioner Ralph Cabrera and
Miami Beach Commission-
ers Saul Gross, Jerry Libbin
and former Palmetto Bay
Mayor Eugene Flinn.
Rosenblatt's former but i-
ness partners, Richard Ol-
sen and his son, Christo-
pher, have said Rosenblatt
bounced hundreds of
checks at Channels Interna-
tional Magazine, a lifestyle
magazine he published with
the Olsens. Richard Olsen
was a major investor in the
venture. While hewing at the
magazine, Rosenblatt also
ran a courier business called
Delivery and Logistics.
Richard Olsen said Ro-
senblatt transferred money
from the magazine to both
Delivery and Logistics and
his own personal bank ac-
count. Rosenblatt said it was
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n sa'dari!+I,
n �m
standard operating proce-
dure to write company
checks to company officers
or to cash them for expense
reimbursements. He said
the Olsens were partners in
Delivery and Logistics and
that he was allowed to move
money between that com-
pany and the magazine. The
Olsens deny that
This week, Rosenblatt
said the flier has distorted
Ills past
In an e-mail he sent to
supporters and voters on
Wednesday, he wrote: "I was
innocent of the charges. I
was never found guilty of
any of the charges against
me. That's because they
were based on false, vindic-
tive tactics used in a busi-
ness dispute:'
Richard Olsen said
"That's an absolutely ridicu-
lous statement"
He continued: 'The Mi-
ami -Dade state attorney's
office reviewed the evi-
dence and brought charges
against him Whenhe fileda
civil suit against us, the
judge threw it out. I'd be
happy to meet him at any
public forum and go over
the evidence and the cases
with him."
Rosenblatt blasted the
mailer, saying it was part of a
smear campaign against
him that is disgusting.
"This isnot thekindol be-
havior we like to see in the
City Beautiful;' he said.
City of South Miami
NOTICE OF CITY COMMISSION
PUBLIC WORKSHOP
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City
Commission will be holding a public
workshop for the Murray Park pool project
regarding a pool operator, Thursday.
March 24. 2011 at 7:30 P.m. in the City
Commission Chamber in City Hall located
at 6130 Sunset Drive.
All interested parties are invited to attend.
Maria M. Menendez, CMC
City Clerk
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