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Republican wins Miami-Dade Mayor's office formerly held by Democrat
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-dmayornov03,0,3287427.story?coll=sfla-news-miami ^
Posted on 11/03/2004 1:05:49 PM PST by StopDemocratsDotCom
The drive to rid Miami-Dade County's image of scandal and corruption will be led by the county's former top cop, Carlos Alvarez, who won the mayor's race Tuesday over County Commissioner Jimmy Morales.
Alvarez, a Republican, had more than half of the votes in the nonpartisan race.
The former director of Miami-Dade Police Department will head a county government long plagued by political scandal that operates on a $5.9 billion budget with more than 30,000 employees.
In his victory speech at the packed school auditorium of St. Timothy's Catholic Church in West Miami, Alvarez acknowledged it was a tough race and credited his family and supporters for his victory.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: carlosalvarez; hispanicrepublicans; miamidade; napalminthemorning
To: StopDemocratsDotCom
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posted on
11/03/2004 1:12:16 PM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: StopDemocratsDotCom
Cool ... More Republicans :0)
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posted on
11/03/2004 1:13:18 PM PST
by
Mo1
(one country, one Constitution, and one future that binds us)
To: StopDemocratsDotCom
Finally! It'll be good to have a REAL mayor down here in Miami-Dade! GO ALVAREZ!
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posted on
11/03/2004 1:13:35 PM PST
by
Rafterman
(Nipple piercings make one waaaaaay too easy to interrogate...)
To: GraniteStateConservative
Epiphany.
Use touch screen voting to get rid of voter fraud in NYC, Cleveland, Philly and Detroit. Elect better people. Remember Rudy DID win in '89....
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posted on
11/03/2004 1:14:54 PM PST
by
fooman
(Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
To: StopDemocratsDotCom
The mood here seemed to be vote for Morales and get more of the same. I even know democrats that voted for Alvarez. Here's hoping he cleans up the joint.
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posted on
11/03/2004 1:18:30 PM PST
by
twin2
To: All
Here is what is not being mentioned.....
He was a vocal Bush Supporter and called John Kerry a "closet commie" and got critized as a right wing nut...(Death for a candidate in Dade)....AND....
HE WON ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:29:27 PM PST
by
Bushite
To: Bushite; StopDemocratsDotCom
Wow Thank you all for posting this informative stuff. Important to many of us who care.
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:42:17 PM PST
by
Spirited
To: Rafterman
Don't I know you from somewhere?
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:51:01 PM PST
by
Brytani
(A changing mind is a terrible thing to waste - Vote John Kerry)
To: twin2
Don't be too happy. Alvarez is a former police chief. That means he was a member of the extremely anti-gun International Association of Chiefs of Police. Hear about the Morales plan to ban semiauto firearms in Miami-Dade? Well Alvarez has such a plan as well. I doubt he'll be able to push it through, but the fact that he has such a plan is worrisome. He'll work hand in hand with Re-elected Rundle (State Attorney) to persecute gunowners, you can bet on it. I voted for him as part of the party line. But I held my nose.
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posted on
11/04/2004 6:29:08 PM PST
by
ExSoldier
(When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic.)
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