Natacha Seijas, facing another recall election, is once again buried in her own grievances. On Wednesday, the county commission is meeting to discuss authorizing upcoming recall elections certified by the Clerk of the Court, Harvey Ruvin. Mayor Carlos Alvarez who will face a county-wide recall and Seijas, a recall in the district encompassing Hialeah, should be on the same ballot. Combining the two recall elections will save taxpayers at a time of severe municipal budget woes. But Seijas doesn't want to be lumped together with Alvarez. If that happens, she is worried that voters will be inclined to throw all the bums out and she could be swept out on her witches' broom.
So what will the county commission do on Wednesday? Save taxpayers money, or, schedule a separate and costly recall election for Seijas and save one of their own? It escapes no one's attention that Seijas has been, for many years, the de facto chair; organizing votes to service lobbyists, insiders, and the land speculators. In the last recall in 2006, they kept her broom from catching fire. The economic crash has not dimmed their enthusiasm to command and control of the county commission. They did everything in their power-- including thwarting Charter Reform which would have let some daylight into the closed, warped world of county politics-- to save Seijas from an angry electorate. Miguel DeGrandy, Stephen Cody, the board of US Century Bank: why would they stop now?
5 comments:
There is no legitimate reason why there should be two recall elections when one is sufficient. Any argument that there should be a second election would be based on the assumption that voters are stupid and can not distinguish among different candidates and issues.
Does any one think Seijas and her supporters will raise the "voters are stupid" argument?
The County Budget does not include any funding for the Mayor's recall ($5 Million); or, if recalled, a primary race for the new Mayor ($5 million); or the run-off election for finally select a Mayor to serve the remaining 17 months of the term ($5 million). Lester Sola, the Elections Supervisor, needs Norman Braman to keep his checkbook open for the taxpayers who will be paying for all of this.
Why isn't there adequate funding, anon? The mayor and the commissioners were given sufficient notice before they passed the budget that there would be recall election if they voted to raise taxes. It was just more poor planning on their part. The good news is that the commissioners only need cut their office slush funds to find enough money for the recall election.
$5 million for an election? That is absurd. There is no way an election should cost that much money. It costs a fraction of that everywhere else. I would like to see where every penny of that $5 million is being spent.
1st Anon maybe they can find the 5 Million in somebodies drawer at Metro Transit Authority.
That will be the best $5million spent by Miami Dade County Gov since 1993.
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