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Miami Gardens residents will have a lot of decisions to make come August 23. Three spots on the city council — Seats 2, 4 and 6 — are up for grabs.
Here’s how candidates responded about why they are running, what makes them the best candidate and what the most pressing issue is in their community.
Earl Sampson is a black man from Miami Gardens, Florida, who, beginning in 2008, was repeatedly arrested by police for trespassing while he was at his own place of employment. His federal civil rights lawsuit against the city was settled under undisclosed terms in 2015.
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A couple years later, after working first as a prosecutor and then in private practice, he vied for the mayoralty of the newly incorporated City of Miami Gardens in 2003 where he lost. He was appointed to the Miami Gardens council in 2008 and 4 years later was elected mayor, [ 2 ] the second African-American to hold the position.
Watson was born in Miami and became active in community affairs, serving as the Director of the Andover Civic Association starting in 1992. She owned and operated Watson Antique and Classic Cars with her husband, and later served as a director on the Florida Limousine Association of South Florida and served on the Dade County Limousine Advisory Board.
Miami Gardens’ rate is 6.9363, which means slightly less than $7 for every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value. “Right now, we’re staying at the same millage over the last several years.
WSVN (channel 7) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Serving as the flagship station of locally based Sunbeam Television, it has studios on the 79th Street Causeway in North Bay Village and a transmitter in Miami Gardens, Florida.