From the Miami Herald: With almost all precincts reporting results, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas have been ousted from office.
Results from the controversial recall election, including absentee and early votes, show a vast majority of voters, around 88 percent, want to kick the politicians out of office.
So, what did these politicians do wrong so that they were kicked out of office by a verywide margin?
“Today is the first day of a new day for Miami-Dade County. County voters have demonstrated by their ballots that they are tired of unaccountable officials, of being ignored, and of being over-taxed in this very difficult recessionary time,” he said. “I say, ‘congratulations Miami-Dade voters!’”...
Alvarez and Seijas were subjects of the recall vote after petition efforts Braman and Miami Voice. The two drives began after Alvarez pushed through a budget that hiked the county’s tax rate and gave raises to county employees. Seijas voted for the budget. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/15/v-fullstory/2115658/polls-open-for-recall-election.html##ixzz1Gj0ZmNaf
Miami is not exactly a hotbed for conservatism but they overwhelming turned out these tax and pay raisers by about a 65% margin.
Liberals be warned: You tax and pay raise days are over.
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