ban, but not one that allows the City Commission to dole out exemptions to certain types of businesses like hotels. She told the Herald she would support a blanket 2 a.m. referendum but later changed her mind after studying it further. She said she told Gelber at a luncheon that she supported the 2 a.m. Gelber said it was “misleading” for the opposing campaign to use Ozaeta’s quote in its ad and said his campaign has been “pretty straight” about its endorsements.īower said a “misunderstanding” and some “misinformation” was to blame for the mix-up. “It’s a fix for what I hope is a temporary problem,” Ozaeta said of the 2 a.m.
But it has been interpreted by at least one news outlet to mean Ozaeta does not support the referendum.
He told the Herald his statement was meant to clarify that his views don’t represent the union or its members. In it, Ozaeta wrote that the union “has taken no official position on this issue” and that the executive board had not approved any statements endorsing either side. referendum, Ozaeta released a statement on union letterhead last week seeking to set the record straight after both campaigns had used his name and photo in their ads.īut the statement seems to have only caused more confusion. While he said he personally supports the 2 a.m. campaign ad endorsing the referendum, which he said he did approve.
Ozaeta, the president of Miami Beach’s Fraternal Order of Police, was later featured in a pro-2 a.m.
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