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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Miami city commissioner Frank Carollo speaks during a November 2017 commission meeting. Frank is once again running for a seat on the commission.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Miami city commissioner Frank Carollo speaks during a November 2017 commission meeting. Frank is once again running for a seat on the commission.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Screenshot via City of Miami media archives<\/a><\/p>\n Just when you thought the Carollo dynasty might be on its final chaotic lap in Miami politics<\/a>, a court ruling has seemingly snatched change from the clutches of election reform. <\/p>\n On Wednesday, Judge Peter Lopez of Miami-Dade County\u2019s 11th Circuit Court released a ruling that effectively keeps Joe Carollo\u2019s brother Frank<\/a>, an accountant who is running to fill his older brother\u2019s District 3 seat, on December\u2019s runoff ballot. Oscar Alejandro, a candidate who came in third for District 3 Commissioner, accused Frank Carollo<\/a>, who served two terms from 2009 to 2017, of violating the city\u2019s new term limit ordinance by attempting to serve a third term as city commissioner. With 79 percent support, voters strongly approved the referendum to end lifetime term limits.<\/p>\n Lopez, on Wednesday, however, declined to enforce the new rule retroactively, according to the plaintiffs\u2019 attorneys.<\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s decision is deeply disappointing and disenfranchises the more than 80 percent of Miami voters who overwhelmingly approved lifetime term limits applied retroactively, as clearly written on the ballot, to end the revolving door of politicians cycling through public office,\u201d reads a written statement from plaintiffs Alejandro, Victor Milanes, and Alex Almirola. \u201cBy failing to uphold the measure exactly as written, the court has undermined the will of the voters and weakened the mandate for reform that Miami residents so clearly demanded at the ballot box. This decision does not just impact one election \u2014 it undermines confidence in our city\u2019s democratic process and the principle that the people\u2019s voice should be final.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen news happens, Miami New Times is there \u2014 \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re aiming to raise $30,000 by December 31, so we can continue covering what matters most to you. If\u00a0Miami New Times\u00a0matters to you, please take action and contribute today, so when news happens, our reporters can be there.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cMiamians spoke decisively for change, and we will not stop until that change is fully realized.\u201d<\/p>\n
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