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• The making of a mayor, Miami-Dade style

  Carlos Gimenez, elected mayor of Miami-Dade County last week, almost didn’t run.

  His family wanted him to. They told him so over dinner in his Coconut Grove home in April, on the Sunday before the deadline to qualify for the special mayoral election.

  His advisers wanted him to. They had met earlier [...]

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• Gimenez takes oath, then asks for union cuts

  Just hours after officially taking office as Miami-Dade County’s new mayor Friday, Carlos Gimenez sent eight key county unions a letter making a bold request: Give up pay raises, benefits hikes and bonuses to help cover a swelling $400 million budget gap.

  And just that quickly, for some the honeymoon with [...]

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• The camera & eye/I: The Shark Tank captures CaputoCam capturing fleeing Rep.

  Miami Shores Democratic state Rep. Daphne Campbell didn't want to answer questions about a Medicaid-fraud. Circling the incident: El Sharko, of The Shark Tank Blog (nice enough to catch my disheveled appearance). Here are the two vids.

   

  *** A note about the two videos. I normally don't use the first [...]

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• Another title for Rick Scott: Gramps

  Gov. Rick Scott breaks into a broad smile when he tells The Shark Tank blog that he's going to be a grandfather soon. (Scott also talks SunRail, but makes typically little news there)

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