Miami-Dade Special Election
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Wilbur 'Short Stop' Bell |
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Roosevelt Bradley |
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Former Transit Manager |
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Luther 'Luke' Campbell |
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Former Rapper |
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Jose 'Pepe' Cancio |
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Businessman |
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Carlos Gimenez |
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Former Dist. 7 Commissiner, Fire Chief, City Mgr |
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Dr. Farid Khavari |
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Economist |
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Jeffrey Lampert |
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Community Activist |
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Eddie Lewis |
Facebook |
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Marcelo Llorente |
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Former State Rep. |
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Gabrielle Redfern |
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Property manager and transit activist |
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Julio Robaina |
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Hialeah Mayor |
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Julio Robaina |
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Former Stater Rep. |
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Xavier L. Suarez |
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Former Miami Mayor |
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Carlos Amaro |
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Businessman |
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Esteban Bovo |
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Former State Rep. |
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Tania Castellanos |
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Self Employed |
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Alan Rigerman |
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Animal Activist |
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Charter Amendment 1
would give commissions a salary of more than $92 thousand, currently they receive a token salary of $6 thousand a year. The measure would also forbid commissioners from having any outside employment, and would establish a term limit of 12 years in office. |
Charter Amendment 3
would establish that a charter review task force would meet every four years. The task force would suggest future revisions to the charter. If two-thirds of the task force agrees on an item, then it would automatically be placed on the next ballot for voters to either approve or reject. |
Charter Amendment Number 2
would bar county commissioners from lobbying the county for two years after leaving office. |
Charter Amendment 4
would enshrine the office of the Inspector General in the charter, making it harder for future commissions to do away with the watchdog agency. |
Charter Amendment 5
would do away with the county s strong mayor form of government. Commissioners are hoping to take advantage of the anger and frustration voters felt at former Mayor Carlos Alvarez and do away with his administrative power. Critics argue this is nothing but a naked power grab by county commissioners |
Charter Amendment 6
The final charter proposal would do away with the requirement that the folks gathering signatures for petitions and referendums provide sworn affidavits with every petition. |
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Early Voting Locations
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North Dade Regional Library
2455 NW 183rd Street
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North Miami Public Library835 NE 132nd Street |
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Lemon City Library
430 NE 61st Street (Reading Room)
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Aventura Government Center19200 W Country Club Drive (2nd Floor Commission Area) |
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Miami Beach City Hall
1700 Convention Center Drive
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West Flagler Branch Library5050 West Flagler Street |
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Coral Gables Library
3443 Segovia Street
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South Dade Regional Library10750 SW 211th Street |
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Florida City - City Hall
404 West Palm Drive (Commission Chambers)
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West Dade Regional Library9445 SW 24th Street |
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West Kendall Regional Library
10201 Hammocks Boulevard
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Elections Department(SOE Main Office)2700 NW 87th Avenue |
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Miami Lakes Public Library
6699 Windmill Gate Road
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Stephen P. Clark Gov't Center(SOE Branch Office)111 NW 1st Street (Lobby) |
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Kendall Branch Library
9101 SW 97th Avenue
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Model City Library @ Caleb Center2211 NW 54th Street |
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John F. Kennedy Library
190 West 49th Street
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Coral Reef Library9211 SW 152nd Street |
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City of Miami City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive(Entrance is located at the northeast side of the buildingADA entrance is through the front door of City Hall)
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North Shore Branch Library7501 Collins Avenue (Program Room) |
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MIAMI (CBS4) – Two opponents of the FCAT take aim at the controversial test on CBS4′s News & Views with Eliott Rodriguez this weekend.
United Teachers of Dade President Karen Aronowitz wants the state to declare a moratorium on the FCAT. She points to the dismal performance by 4th graders on the writing section of the test. While 81 percent passed the writing test last year, only 27% got a passing grade this year. The State Board of Education responded by dropping the grading standards for the test.
Broward School Board member Nora Rupert plans to present a resolution before the Broward School Board calling for the state to move away from the FCAT.
“Everybody is done with the FCAT.” Rupert said. “When it comes to teaching and kids there can’t be one be all end all. You have to have more than one assessment otherwise everyone loses.”
Rupert added that the only winner in the FCAT scores debacle is Pearson Testing, the company that has a multi-million dollar contract with the state of Florida to administer the FCAT.
Aronowitz also took aim at the test. “The FCAT has corrupted what educational achievement means for our schools.”
You can watch the entire interview with Aronowitz and Rupert on News & Views with Eliott Rodriguez on Sunday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m.
