{"id":7986,"date":"2008-04-10T09:18:02","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T14:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/10\/democracy-miami-dade-style-dont-let-the-people-vote-miami-dade\/"},"modified":"2019-04-23T20:57:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:57:29","slug":"democracy-miami-dade-style-dont-let-the-people-vote-miami-dade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/democracy-miami-dade-style-dont-let-the-people-vote-miami-dade\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy, Miami-Dade style: Don&#039;t let the people vote Miami-Dade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The week of March 10, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners are cavalierly tossing out a 21-member team&#8217;s legally required proposals to upgrade county government.<\/p>\n<p>Paradoxically, commissioners themselves chose most of the toothless team that by law must recommend every five years updates to the county charter \u2014 equivalent to a constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Only voters can make the changes, but commissioners have inserted themselves as censors to prevent us from ever getting a chance to do anything not in commissioners&#8217; own interests.<\/p>\n<p>To read the remainder of this article, visit<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miamitodaynews.com\/news\/080410\/story-viewpoint.shtml\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.miamitodaynews.com\/news\/080410\/story-viewpoint.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week of March 10, 2008 Commissioners are cavalierly tossing out a 21-member team&#8217;s legally required proposals to upgrade county government. 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