Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s war on the new police chief is having all kinds of fallout effects, including two new lawsuits against the city that are a direct result of Monday’s oh-so-special meeting.
And it could cost the city $28 million.
Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo‘s fight with the city’s relatively new police chief could become a factor in the upcoming election on Nov. 2, especially after the top cop said he contacted the FBI about the elected’s “misconduct.”
Six weeks before the election and a week or so before absentee ballots are mailed to voters, the three candidates challenging the commissioner should take advantage of his shameful, bizarre rant against Police Chief Art Acevedo at Monday’s special meeting. Because voters are taking notice.
Congratulations are in order for Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian. The city election is not until Nov. 2, but Samuelian won re-election to his seat last week when a judge ruled that his challenger be removed from the ballot because he was not qualified to run.
Fabian Basabe, a New York City transplant socialite and reality TV alum turned real estate pro, filed paperwork to run in the Group 2 race earlier this month, saying he lived on Belle Isle. But records show Basabe voted in Bay Harbor Islands in the 2020 general election.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Keon “Pay-to-Play” Hardemon showed his true petty colors on Tuesday when he tried to take $550,000 allocated in the county budget from the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center in North Miami — which just so happens to be operated by Gepsie Metellus, who ran against him last year for the seat vacated by Audrey Edmonson.
And he did it using the same dirty tactics he used in the campaign.
County employees get a 2% bonus and a 6% raise
