MIAMI – Suspended Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz De La Portilla has been out of prison for a number of days following his arrest on a number of corruption fees, comparable to bribery and cash laundering.
Diaz De La Portilla calls the accusations bogus.
With an election simply months away, pageant is prime for Diaz De La Portilla’s district one seat.
Appearing on This Week in South Florida on Sunday, Marvin Tapia stated he’s been knocking on doorways of constituents inside the district as a professional candidate.
“They’re unfortunately disappointed with the lack of representation, with the lack of movement that they’ve seen,” stated Tapia. “Nothing has happened, so I tell the residents, if you’re happy with what you’ve seen in the last four years, you know where to vote, you know who to vote for.”
Miguel Gabela has additionally filed to run for the district one commission seat, even though he’s in the middle of a lawsuit to decide his qualification standing after a brand new redistricting map carved his house out of the district he’s lived for greater than 20 years.
But as he defined on TWISF, his eyes stay on main district one.
“The sidewalks are dirty, the streets are full of potholes, we need more security, more police in the area and affordable housing is another problem we have in the area,” stated Gabela. “And at the end of the day, Mr. Portilla has had four years to do the correct thing and I think he has not done it.”
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