Miami-Dade County, Florida, has a more important county government than many metro areas. There is an elected “county mayor” but most power is in the hands of the County Commission and a professional county manager appointed by the Commission. On January 23, there will be a referendum on whether to change to a “strong mayor” system, which will give greater power to the mayor, including the power to hire and fire the county manager. Story here.
Good or bad idea?
I haven’t even decided how to vote on this yet, I’ve been living here less than a year. But I’m very aware of it because the public library where I work is serving as an early-voting station.
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Miami-Dade County, Florida, has a more important county government than many metro areas. There is an elected “county mayor” but most power is in the hands of the County Commission and a professional county manager appointed by the Commission. On January 23, there will be a referendum on whether to change to a “strong mayor” system, which will give greater power to the mayor, including the power to hire and fire the county manager. Story here.
Good or bad idea?
I haven’t even decided how to vote on this yet, I’ve been living here less than a year. But I’m very aware of it because the public library where I work is serving as an early-voting station.
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I don’t really care one way or the other, so I will probably not be voting. I wonder if this means I’m a bad citizen.
Dallas went through this debate a year or so ago. I voted no. The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know.
Nobody has an opinion? I gotta vote on this tomorrow.
Started an IMHO thread, too, just in case that’s more appropriate.