Real estate developer Rishi Kapoor, aiming to become the United States’ first trillion-dollar developer, hired Miami Mayor Francis Suarez as a $10,000 a month consultant. The developer's emergent empire collapsed over a dispute involving $80,000, triggering a federal bribery investigation into the mayor. The rise and fall of Rishi Kapoor ensnared Miami’s mayor, leading to a political scandal. Commissioner Joe Carollo, implicated in a $63.5 million case, has been accused of turning the City of Miami into a criminal syndicate. The messy state of Miami government and its political culture have baffled Miamians for decades.
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Conflict is his cafecito. Bad blood nourishes him. It’s baffled Miamians for decades. How has Joe Carollo remained in power despite the messy state of Miami government? 🧵 https://t.co/gCb1yh3EjO
“I think Carollo has made Miami worse by holding it back,” said Winker, a lawyer known for representing citizens in grass roots vs Goliath cases. Miami’s political culture is different, Winker says. “It’s not government for the people. It’s government for the commissioners." https://t.co/DxYuQSmrEz
Commissioner Joe Carollo turned City of Miami into a criminal syndicate masquerading as a municipal government. City Attorney Vicky Mendez was implicated when Carollo weaponized code enforcement against businesses. A judge ordered him to pay $63.5 million. https://t.co/ODRXMxTEaN
Miami’s political godfather Joe Carollo, unfazed by $63M beating, can’t wait for next fight https://t.co/4nIAUfQBmR
Read #ShakedownCity Part 3 “The Condo King” — a profile of a little known, rising-star developer whose ambition and hubris were the first dominos in a chain that resulted in a federal bribery investigation into Miami’s Mayor. ✍️ @jayhweaver @tessriski https://t.co/BIabUiAetr
How the rise and fall of Rishi Kapoor ensnared Miami’s mayor | Miami Herald https://t.co/yDG6jt1W5y
South Florida real estate developer Rishi Kapoor cultivated an image of impressive wealth. In the end, Kapoor’s reckoning came over a dispute involving a relatively paltry $80,000 and an outsider. https://t.co/2ck2dpFoMN
From the orange McLaren he drove around South Beach to the $4M Princess yacht that was too big for the dock at his estate, developer Rishi Kapoor cultivated an image of impressive wealth. Behind that image of success, his emergent empire was in free fall. https://t.co/2ck2dpEQXf
The developer that secretly paid $10,000 a month so Miami Mayor Francis Suarez — now under an FBI bribery investigation over it — fast-tracked his luxury projects had his 68-foot yacht seized by U.S. marshals and his waterfront home is being foreclosed. https://t.co/xcgOZaXtpK
The first three parts of a new @MiamiHerald investigative series, #ShakedownCity, that takes a deep dive into the scandals that have engulfed Miami City Hall are now live. Here's a quick recap: 🧵
Rishi Kapoor: He dreamed of being Miami’s next condo king. His implosion triggered a political scandal https://t.co/fGT7ovYnAr via @jayhweaver @tessriski @Blaskey_S
Real estate developer Rishi Kapoor “wanted a face” to help sell his projects, colleagues said, as he talked of becoming the United States’ first trillion-dollar developer. He hired Miami Mayor Francis Suarez as a $10,000 a month consultant in July 2021.🧵 https://t.co/2ck2dpEQXf
He dreamed of being Miami’s next condo king. His implosion triggered a political scandal https://t.co/GPOiY5KlrN
NEW: He dreamed of being Miami’s next condo king. His implosion triggered a political scandal ✍️ @jayhweaver, @tessriski & @Blaskey_S https://t.co/atugzvLjOd