Matti Herrera Bower Campaign Update

Date: Friday, September 07, 2007 4:16 PM



Dear Friend:



I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! Another month has passed and

as always I have been keeping very busy with the campaign. I have attended

additional Meet and Greet events and a fundraiser hosted by Rudy Bustamante,

Mike Adams and Irela Bague. I am very diligent about continuing to walk

throughout different Miami Beach neighborhoods several times a week. Even

though it is really hot outside these days, I am really enjoying the

opportunity to meet new people and talk to them about my plans as Mayor of

Miami Beach. Most recently I was interviewed by and featured in Wire

Magazine. I want to thank everyone at wire for a terrific picture and

wonderful article and wish to share a question posed to me.



Interviewer: Why do you want to run for mayor?



Matti: It's a natural progression for me and this race is a very important

race. I have been lucky to serve the eight years I have with a great group

of people. We had a vision of what we wanted to do in Miami Beach that

started with Barbara and her historic preservation movement. That vision

carried forward even though it took us a while to get the right people

elected. This is the first time we're going to have so many new

commissioners. We had activists on the commission. Now, the pendulum has

swung back a little bit. Special interests have been left off the commission

for a long time. So I think that in this election, you have to really look

at the candidates because a lot of what we have gained is now at stake and

can be lost. There are candidates who are being funded in hopes of regaining

that special interest influence. That's why I'm running and feel that this

election is so important. My race is important and the other races are just

as important.



My friends and neighbors on Miami Beach, I still need your help in a couple

of specific areas. The areas in which I need immediate help are ...