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Billy Corben's Instagram has better reporting on local Miami politics than our city newspaper! (https://www.instagram.com/billycorben/?hl=en https://www.instagr
by dayvid 5y ago
Billy Corben's Instagram has better reporting on local Miami politics than our city newspaper! (https://www.instagram.com/billycorben/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/billycorben/?hl=en)
The current mayor's father was also a mayor of Miami and was subject to intense fraud in his election campaign (https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/05/us/fraud-ruling-invalidates-miami-mayoral-election.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/05/us/fraud-ruling-invalidat...). They also hired a police chief recently who was almost immediately fired when he exposed how corrupt the city commission is (https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/19/fired-miami-police-chief-art-acevedo-sues-city/ https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/19/fired-miami-po...). The same city commission is being sued and investigated by the feds for extorting and trying to shut down a local business one of the commissioners didn't like (https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miamis-joe-carollo-sued-for-allegedly-attacking-ball-and-chain-bar-10816257 https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miamis-joe-carollo-sued-f...).
- 0xbadcafebee 5y agoCorruption is just part of Miami's character, like cuban coffee, and needles on the beach.
- enkid 5y agoThis is why the federal government is important. People talk about the "swamp in DC" not realizing how swampy it is in their local courthouses, and would be a lot swampier without the federal government looking over it.
- KennyBlanken 5y agoYup, this sort of thing likely falls under the FBI's color of law investigations.