Pobre Hialeah.
They were Esteban Bovo‘s second choice. But one year after he lost the race for Miami-Dade mayor, the former county commissioner — whose political career began on the Hialeah council — voters chose him over four others to be the next mayor en la ciudad que progresa.
What an anticlimactic finish.
There were no big surprises and there will be no runoffs in the city of Miami after both Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Joe Carollo won re-election by huge margins and newcomer Christine King totally stomped on appointed Commissioner Jeffrey “Who” Watson‘s dreams to serve a real term.
An elected was finally arrested in Miami-Dade. But it wasn’t for anything done in public office.
Medley Councilwoman Ana Lilia Stefano was charged with two felony crimes related to her other job as executive director of the Santana Moss Foundation. Stolen: About $24,000 worth of food for the needy.
A group of Palmetto Bay residents scored an incremental victory Monday in their fight to keep a vehicular bridge from being built over the C100 canal on 87th Avenue, connecting 164th Street to 163rd Terrace — a decades old battle that has divided the South Dade community.
The Village crowd was not split for the meeting Monday night. Every single speaker begged and/or demanded the village council reject Miami-Dade County’s interlocal agreement they characterized as lopsided and aprovechado. Even a resident south of the canal was against the agreement.
Sure, all politics are local, and we have several municipal races in the 305 Tuesday that we could regret for four years. Yes, I’m talking to you, Miami.
But there are elections all over the country and among the high-profile races there are several Hispanic candidates who stand out because they could break the political glass ceilings in their lanes, either by becoming the first Latino or Latina in a particular elected office or transforming, finally, the face of the New York City Council.
There are fewer excuses not to vote on Tuesday in Miami’s election.
Lime, the global leader in micromobility (read: electric ride-share bikes and scooters), will provide free scooter rides to and from the polls so it’s harder to blame car trouble.
