Regalado’s empty seat
We all know that every citizen has a key to the courthouse for the purpose of filing meritorious lawsuits. While Raquel Regalado and Norman Braman have teamed up to block Miami-Dade’s subsidizing of the SkyRise Miami observation tower, (Auto magnate joins Regalado in lawsuit over SkyRise money, Feb. 6), Regalado is credited with leading the opposition to public funding of a new county courthouse.
The real issue is who is keeping watch over her Miami-Dade School Board seat while she is busy planning her anticipated county or city mayoral run. Seems those being penalized most are the remainder of the board, Miami-Dade teachers, school administration and the hundreds of thousands of students who may be represented by an empty seat on the board.
Albert Halsey, Homestead
This story was originally published February 9, 2015 at 7:16 PM with the headline "Regalado’s empty seat."