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The Miami Herald called the funds the "biggest achievement" of Monestime's first term as a commissioner. [2] He won re-election for a second term in 2014 in a rematch with Dorrin Rolle. In January 2016, Montestime announced that he would not run for Mayor of Miami-Dade County in the forthcoming, county-wide mayoral election. [3]
The government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida, Florida law, and the Home Rule Charter of Miami-Dade County. [ 1 ] Since its formation in 1957, Miami-Dade County, Florida has had a two-tier system of government.
The CCLW organized the successful campaign for the passage of a Miami-Dade County living wage ordinance in 1999, the first of its kind in the South. [86] The ordinance requires Miami-Dade County and its contractors to pay all employees a living wage pegged to inflation: $12.63/hr with benefits, or $15 without (as of 2018). [87]
The Dade County Sheriff's Office was created in 1836 to serve the newly created County of Dade, which originally consisted of the area comprising the present-day counties of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin. In the early years, the entire area was policed by as few as three deputies on horseback, and Dade's sheriffs were appointed by ...
Seraphin, a former Miami-Dade assistant public defender, became the county’s first Haitian-American judge. Gov. Jeb Bush appointed him to the bench in 2001. Show comments. Advertisement.
In 2018, the Miami New Times wrote, "Miami cops have a storied history of getting caught committing the very crimes they are supposed to police." [7] Jorge Colina became MPD Chief of Police in 2018. [8] In March 2021, Art Acevedo became Miami Police Department chief.
Miami [b] is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeast after Atlanta, and the ninth-largest in the United States. [9]
Miami Dolphins Top 10 Salary Cap Hits, 2024 Tyreek Hill, $31.3 million. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) heads out to warm-up before the NFL game against the Dallas Cowboys at Hard ...