In Miami, the controversy with Mayor Carlos Alvarez is ongoing. And it seems endless as new evidence shows Alvarez favored the checking accounts of personal friends by allowing generous salaries.
According to a Hispanic TV station, these salaries were about $200,000 a year. Come on Miami, wake up! Just a single salary paid to one of these "executives" can pay for the job of at least four non-executives, who most likely are the ones running the county.
These salary increased that Alvarez called of "not a significant amount", referring to a total of $80,000 at $20,000 per employee, can afford the county other expenses such as hiring clerks and bureaucrats to keep local processes efficient and smooth. And even contractors for public projects such as, low-income housing. A project so much needed for a city like Miami, which ranks third poorest in the country, behind Cleveland and Detroit.
Then, he goes on to saying the typical political demagogue that it was the people who put him in office. Well, my dear big bird friend, it is called democracy and impeachment at the federal level. Ever heard that word Alvarez? perhaps you've had since you're super familiar with the DC model of paying government officials. Miami -Dade County officials were, or still are, getting paying at the level of high-rank federal employees, whose responsibilities and accountability goes beyond those of county officials. Even American Diplomats and soldiers, risking their lives in war zones aren't getting pay what these Miami executives are making. It opens unavoidable questions: What exactly these executives do that's worth these yearly salaries? Can someone else with the same qualifications, but not closely-related to the mayor, do the same job for less? Managing a county, like a business, also entails this kind of budgeting. And from the beginning, not after you get caught.
And the signatures needed to get you out were collected already. Isn't obvious that the same people who voted you in, now want you out? Well, your political facade is falling, and if politics resembles sales in any way, then Miami voters are having a buyer's remorse episode, meaning, they don't want you anymore. A smart politician would rethink his strategy at this juncture. It would look more decorous and classy to resign rather than to be pushed out of office for corruption.
According to a Hispanic TV station, these salaries were about $200,000 a year. Come on Miami, wake up! Just a single salary paid to one of these "executives" can pay for the job of at least four non-executives, who most likely are the ones running the county.
These salary increased that Alvarez called of "not a significant amount", referring to a total of $80,000 at $20,000 per employee, can afford the county other expenses such as hiring clerks and bureaucrats to keep local processes efficient and smooth. And even contractors for public projects such as, low-income housing. A project so much needed for a city like Miami, which ranks third poorest in the country, behind Cleveland and Detroit.
Then, he goes on to saying the typical political demagogue that it was the people who put him in office. Well, my dear big bird friend, it is called democracy and impeachment at the federal level. Ever heard that word Alvarez? perhaps you've had since you're super familiar with the DC model of paying government officials. Miami -Dade County officials were, or still are, getting paying at the level of high-rank federal employees, whose responsibilities and accountability goes beyond those of county officials. Even American Diplomats and soldiers, risking their lives in war zones aren't getting pay what these Miami executives are making. It opens unavoidable questions: What exactly these executives do that's worth these yearly salaries? Can someone else with the same qualifications, but not closely-related to the mayor, do the same job for less? Managing a county, like a business, also entails this kind of budgeting. And from the beginning, not after you get caught.
And the signatures needed to get you out were collected already. Isn't obvious that the same people who voted you in, now want you out? Well, your political facade is falling, and if politics resembles sales in any way, then Miami voters are having a buyer's remorse episode, meaning, they don't want you anymore. A smart politician would rethink his strategy at this juncture. It would look more decorous and classy to resign rather than to be pushed out of office for corruption.
