It may seem unbelievable, but 1,571 people in Miami voted for a man who stands accused of public corruption charges like bribery and money laundering and unlawful compensation from abusing the very position they want to put him back into.
What are these people smoking?
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There are live elections today in four of Miami-Dade’s biggest cities: Miami, Hialeah, Miami Beach and Homestead. Some offer a little more drama than others.
In Miami, there are two seats up for grabs. Commissioner Manolo Reyes is also on the ballot but he is pretty much in like Flint. No muss, no fuss.
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In the Miami District 1 race, candidate Mercedes “Merci” Labrada Rodriguez is fighting for a runoff spot against auto parts dealer Miguel Gabela, who four years ago forced a runoff with suspended Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who was arrested in September on public corruption charges.
Though he will likely be suspended by the governor again, Diaz de la Portilla — accused of bribery, money laundering, unlawful compensation and other charges — is running to regain his seat. And a recent poll reportedly has him leading with Gabela and Rodriguez behind, in that order.
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There are eight candidates vying for the Miami Commission seat in District 2 — which covers the shoreline from Coconut Grove up through Brickell and downtown to Morningside — in what may be a testament to the vulnerability of short term incumbent Sabina Covo, who was elected in a special election last February to replace Ken Russell, who resigned to run for Congress.
It’s almost as if it were an open seat.
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As the Miami election deadline approaches Tuesday, there is one thing that is practically certain: It won’t end there. We won’t have winners in two of the three districts on the ballot.
Sure, Commissioner Manolo Reyes will win easy peasy over whoever that guy is that threw his hat in at the last minute and then didn’t campaign at all. But the races in districts 1 and 2 have five and eight candidates vying, respectively, and none, not even the incumbents, will get more than 50% of the vote.
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