Charles Burkett is going out with a whimper — or rather, a desperate, unhinged bang. While he is clearly having a public mental breakdown, his desperate emails are now hitting our inboxes 2-3 times a day, growing more divisive, more vicious, and more detached from reality with every blast.

In his latest rant, he branded former Mayor and current candidate Shlomo Danzinger as “corrupt and dangerous” for his open, transparent affiliation with Surfside First — a resident-created PAC formed by locals who were sick of two years of dysfunction. Danzinger disclosed this affiliation from day one. No hiding. No games.

What Burkett and his allies have deliberately silenced is far more damning: Tina Paul’s cozy relationship with some of the sleaziest players in South Florida politics.​

While Danzinger works with a local resident PAC, Tina Paul has quietly brought in Christian Ulvert — one of Miami-Dade’s most notorious political consultants. Ulvert is deeply tied to the Democratic establishment and has been involved in controversial development pushes, including the Fontainebleau waterpark proposal that raised serious red flags among residents worried about overdevelopment and backroom deals.

That’s not all. Tina Paul’s campaign is being sponsored and funded by the Miami-Dade County Democratic Executive Committee, whose war chest is stuffed with millions from the biggest and most notorious large-scale developers and lobbyists in South Florida (over $7.5 million reported in 2026 alone). She’s also being boosted by Equality Florida Action PAC ($7,643,642 in contributions last year) and SAVE Action PAC ($107,073), both heavily focused on advancing national LGBTQ+ agendas.

This isn’t local leadership. This is Tina Paul selling out Surfside to big-money outside interests and shady consultants.

Residents should be asking Tina Paul some very uncomfortable questions:

• Why did you bring in Christian Ulvert and sell out to these massive developer-backed PACs if you claim you want to “save the old Surfside”?
• What exactly did you promise these developers, lobbyists, and special-interest groups in exchange for their cash and endorsements?
• And why has no one — not Burkett, not the local press — dared to talk about this obvious hypocrisy while they obsess over Danzinger’s fully disclosed local PAC?

Look at the expensive onslaught we’re seeing: the flood of phone calls, aggressive text messages, slick TV commercials, and glossy mailers. All that money has a source — and it’s not coming from Surfside living rooms.

The real question every resident needs to ask is: What is this really going to cost Surfside if Tina Paul gets in?

Because when you climb into bed with Christian Ulvert, big developers, and out-of-town PAC machines, they don’t do favors for free. They expect payback. And “preserving the character of Surfside” is rarely part of the deal.

Shlomo Danzinger has been upfront and transparent with the people who actually live here. Tina Paul? She’s playing a very different game.​

The hypocrisy is glaring. The corruption is staring us in the face. The choice for Surfside has never been clearer.

Don’t let the noise and the money bury the truth.