Lawyer claims ethical violations in special election
Will start to look at possible campaign reforms
But the amendments petitions may be on target
‘Compromise’ amendment makes significant changes
It started as a bold move by a newly-elected and reform-minded city commissioner to right a terrible wrong. But the ordinance to amend regulations that allow giant LED signs in Miami has been stalled over and over.
Commissioner Damian Pardo, who has also sought a temporary moratorium on any new sign permits, will try again Thursday.
If there ever was a municipality that needs an independent inspector general, it is the city of Miami.
One commissioner who was suspended after his September arrest on 11 felony charges, including bribery and money laundering, in connection with is vote to give away a public park. Another former commissioner is being investigated for promising a city job in exchange for an endorsement. The mayor is embroiled in an FBI investigation over other bribery allegations in “consulting” payments made by a developer who was seeking permits and concessions from the city at the time. And the city manager has given incomplete accounts of the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of office furniture that the city has purchased from his wife’s family business.
