At the top of the list of folks who have been the subject of the most complaints over noise, code enforcement, and providing support for businesses that have been accused of being operated through the misuse of, or non-existent Temporary Use Permits (TUP) is billionaire Moishe Mana, his employees and business partners including Tony Albelo and his partners, who own SWARM, the event production company that produces almost all of the major and minor special events in Wynwood.

Tony Albelo in less than 5 years has become the 800 pound gorilla in Wynwood, and when Tony speaks, everyone is expected to listen and agree with him. One of the people who hasn't always done so is Miami Police Commander Dan Kerr.

Kerr is the commander of the Wynwood District and his actions in trying to insure that city's ordinances are equally and fairly complied with has made him unpopular not only with the bar and club owners, but also with some of his superiors in the police department, a point that was made clear to me in unsolicited comments about Kerr's activities by Assistant Chief Manny Morales during a conversation I had with him on an unrelated matter.

In full disclosure, I have known Commander Kerr for as long as I've written this blog because he happens to be a neighbor of mine in Miami Shores where over the years we've frequently shared concerns and opinions about what goes on in our little Village.

I was not aware however, until I started obtaining documents complying with my public record requests from the Wynwood BID about how unpopular Kerr had become among this group who had decided to challenge the direction originally agreed upon by the original entrepenuaers and business people who were instrumental in seeing a future for the Wynwood District.

Mana, Albelo and the bar and club owners last year decided create their own group in part to track the activities of code enforcement and the police, and especially Kerr

The initial meeting that led to this decision took place in Mana's office, and following that meeting in May of 2019, Albelo created the WYNWOOD ENTERTAINMENT BOARD ALERT GROUP, using a secure end-to-end Whatsapp group chat for the members to use as an early warning system.