When did we decide that forums were better than debates? And why? Spoiler: They’re not.
The first commission candidate forum put on by The Miami Foundation was boring enough that Ladra recommends a recording, if they have one, but only for anyone having trouble getting to sleep. Yawn.
Get those calendars out. There will be at least one virtual forum for each of the five Miami-Dade County Commission races on the August ballot thanks to The Miami Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to bring the philanthropic, leadership and civic communities of Miami together.
The forums won’t start until after absentee or mail-in ballots go out next week, so hang on to those for now. And the Miami Foundation is closely allied to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, so one might think that they’re going to be biased in favor of her favorites. But it’s something.
At noon Tuesday, former Miami Beach Commissioner Micky Steinberg became a Miami-Dade county commissioner after nobody qualified to run against her in District 4, where Sally Heyman is termed out.
It is the only county commission race that is uncontested — maybe the $400K she raised scared would-bes away — as 19 other candidates qualified in the five other districts on this year’s ballot.
