From the Miami Herald:
To win recall, Mayor Alvarez may need to appeal to new groups.
And what groups are these?
"To defeat the effort, Alvarez will have to rely on the support of county employees and their unions."
"Alvarez’s campaign could hinge on whether county employees — whose jobs, salaries and benefits Alvarez’s budget helped preserve — cast ballots in large numbers in the special election. Miami-Dade County employs 27,647 workers; many of them belong to unions that back Alvarez and know how to reach out to their members to go to the polls."
Not coincidentally, there is an early voting sight at County Hall, where bureaucrats are only a short elevator ride away from the voting booth.
It is a telling indictment of Alvarez' tenure that while he "was the darling of suburban Hispanics who saw him as a reformer who would clean up corruption in Miami-Dade County," he can no longer count on his base for support. All that is left are the County workers whose salaries were increased on the back of "suburban Hispanics" and the rest of Miami-Dade County.
Mayor Alvarez has arrogantly dismissed any attempt to justify why he should stay in office, instead relying on old politics union tactics, where those at the public trough are scared into voting for their protector.
These so called "public servants" need to learn that they have an obligation to the people they serve. If they no longer like or accept the will of the people, then let them find jobs in the private sector alongside the rest of us.
No amount of union protectionism of outrageous county salaries can overturn the will of the people.
