In his bid to unseat Miami-Dade Commissioner Vicki Lopez, challenger Joe Sanchez was pleased when a newly redeveloped public housing complex in Little Havana agreed to let him hold a campaign meet-and-greet there earlier this month.
Then Sanchez, a former Miami city commissioner, got some bad news. While Lopez had been there a month earlier for a county ribbon-cutting ceremony for the complex, management at the county-funded building, the Related Group’s Brisas del Sol, was canceling his event.
“I regret to inform you that we are no longer able to proceed with the event scheduled for May 12th at Brisas Del Sol, and it has therefore been cancelled,” Andrew Ponce, assistant community manager at Brisas del Sol, wrote in a May 8 email to Sanchez’s campaign manager, Michelle Niemeyer. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.”…