A liberal voice on the Miami-Dade commission, Levine Cava seeks a second term
Now her best-funded opponent is
"When I ran for the first time in 2014, I did it because of a commitment to the community,"
Barreiro, who served in the
He sides with
Barreiro also said he supports the majority of the existing commission on the divisive 2017 vote to detain suspected immigration offenders. The vote backed Mayor
"I'm not in favor of sanctuary cities," Barreiro told the Editorial Board. An immigrant from
One of her most unpopular commission moves may have been an ordinance fellow board members passed in 2016 with public griping. It requires candidates for local office to disclose when they're raising money for a political committee. Before the ordinance passed, linking committee donations to a candidate required either a donor or a beneficiary to reveal the connection.
The other challenger in the
"I tell people I've already won," Burke said. "I've had young people say, 'Hey, because you're on the ballot, I'm going to go vote.' "
Burke has a string of arrests on his record through 2010, including felony larceny, battery on a pregnant victim, and drug possession. Court records don't show convictions.
"I was blessed enough to have people who believed in me, and offered me a second chance," said the father of four school-age children. "Actually a second and third chance. ... Maybe people who have gotten in trouble will see me and say, 'Hey, he did it. Maybe we can, too.' "
Burke said he works as a researcher, and his financial disclosure form lists
An heir to a wealthy family from
Barreiro listed
Barreiro blamed it on retribution from colleagues upset over his criticism of the agency's failings. While in the Legislature, Barreiro sponsored a law that banned harsh discipline tactics at state-funded boot camps that were exposed by the death of teenager
A district of about 215,000 people south of
The growth in a district divided by
Because there are three candidates in the
Barreiro would be the second member of his family to serve on the
In
Barreiro said
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