Miami-Dade Voters Oust Mayor Alvarez in Largest Municipal Recall
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Miami-Dade County voters ousted Republican Mayor Carlos Alvarez after he raised property-tax rates to help close a deficit. Florida’s most-populous county is the largest U.S. municipality to recall a top official.
The county, home to the city of Miami, backed Alvarez’s removal by 88 percent to 12 percent in voting yesterday, according to the elections office. Commissioner Natacha Seijas was also recalled. Forty-one percent of respondents in a March 5 poll for the Miami Herald cited the tax increase as their reason for favoring a recall.