Posted on 03/21/2007 4:52:20 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
CBS4) MIAMI Miami-Dade’s former Transit Director is going public with his side of the story.
Last week, Mayor Carlos Alvarez fired Roosevelt Bradley, one of the county’s highest African-American administrators. Bradley has been in charge of the transportation department for the last 4 years, but has been with department for more than 20 years.
Alvarez defended his actions saying Bradley was fired for a number of performance and personnel issues, including violating the county’s nepotism rule. He denied it was racially motivated as some have claimed.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs4.com ...
'course, we wouldn't want to tell the whole story down here in liberal Miami.
See, the voters JUST approved a "strong mayor" form of government. The mayor can hire or FIRE department heads and supervisors--without going through the City Council.
Sound familiar??? I think so. :)
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Looking at the excerpt, it only took into the second paragraph to play the race card.
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