Surfside, still shaken by condo collapse, caught up in conflict-of-interest allegations involving vice mayor and his construction company

By Francisco Alvarado, FloridaBulldog.org

Prior to his run for a Surfside Town Commission seat, Jeffrey Rose received stern guidance from Miami-Dade’s ethics watchdog about not voting on matters in which his construction business and his clients “would or might, directly or indirectly, profit or be enhanced.”

Yet, six months into his tenure as Surfside’s vice mayor, Rose has voted on at least two legislative measures in which he had conflicts that the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust warned him to abstain from, according to residents who have filed complaints against him.

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