# FloriDopers: Yea or nay on the Miami-Dade "strong mayor" referendum"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-yea-or-nay-on-the-miami-dade-strong-mayor-referendum/388963>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-yea-or-nay-on-the-miami-dade-strong-mayor-referendum/388963 "2007-01-22T16:18:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-yea-or-nay-on-the-miami-dade-strong-mayor-referendum/388963/1 "2007-01-22T16:18:32Z")

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You can get the background in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=404025) GD thread, which for some reason didn’t get much response, so I’m trying it here. Gotta vote on this tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-yea-or-nay-on-the-miami-dade-strong-mayor-referendum/388963/2 "2007-01-22T16:32:33Z")

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It’s hard to form an opinion when I don’t know what the local government is like in Miami-Dade, but it seems to me that’s a whole lot of power to give an elected official. I’d most likely vote no.