Miami-Dade Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Remove Mayor
Published March 16, 2011
| Associated Press
Voters furious with spending decisions and new taxes voted Tuesday to oust Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez.
MIAMI -- Mayor Carlos Alvarez was ousted Tuesday by voters angry over a property tax rate increase and salary raise for county employees in a county struggling to recover from the recession.
With 100 percent of precinct votes counted, 88 percent voted to oust the mayor, making Miami-Dade the most populous area, with more than 2.5 million people, ever to recall a local official. Just 12 percent of the 204,500 who cast ballots were in favor of allowing Alvarez to finish his second term, which ends in 2012.
Alvarez said he was confident the county's professional staff will work hard to ensure a smooth transition to a new administration.
I agree Neptune. It is worth noting that there are Republicans that, we in the Tea Party call Rhinos, that need to be aware of the wishes of the People.
This is one of my wishes.
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He may have been a republican - but it does not sound like he was much of a conservative when he was raising taxes to pay county government employees more money while the taxpayers are trying to get by with less.
It may be hard for a democrat to get elected in Miami since most American Cubans are republicans. They (American Cubans) are pretty conservative - anti-communists as a result of Castro.
