Voter Guide & Early Voting Starts Tomorrow

Miami-Dade Voter Guide Ready!

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Early Voting Starts Tomorrow

August 4th until August 11th (Saturday to Saturday) from 7 AM - 7 PM throughout the county at the following locations...

Remember, you can go to any of these locations to vote. No matter how far away from home the early voter center is located.


Aventura Government Center
19200 W Country Club Drive
(2nd Floor Commission Area)

City of Miami – City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
(Entrance is located at the northeast side of the building – ADA entrance is through the front door of City Hall)

Coral Gables Library
3443 Segovia Street

Coral Reef Library
9211 SW 152nd Street

Elections Department (SOE Main Office)
2700 NW 87th Avenue

Florida City - City Hall
404 West Palm Drive
(Commission Chambers)

John F. Kennedy Library
190 West 49th Street

Kendall Branch Library
9101 SW 97th Avenue

Lemon City Library
430 NE 61st Street

Miami Beach City Hall
1700 Convention Center Drive

Miami Lakes Public Library
6699 Windmill Gate Road

Model City Library @ Caleb Center
2211 NW 54th Street

North Dade Regional Library
2455 NW 183rd Street

North Miami Public Library
835 NE 132nd Street

North Shore Branch Library
7501 Collins Avenue

South Dade Regional Library
10750 SW 211th Street

Stephen P. Clark Gov’t Center
(SOE Branch Office)
111 NW 1st Street (Lobby)

West Dade Regional Library
9445 SW 24th Street

West Flagler Branch Library
5050 West Flagler Street

West Kendall Regional Library
10201 Hammocks Boulevard

Miami-Dade Endorsements - County Offices

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANDIDATES TO COUNTY OFFICES


SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, 5
Daniel “Dan” Espino


PROPERTY APPRAISER
Carlos Lopez-Cantera


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 1
Shirley Gibson


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 3
Alison Austin


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 5
Bruno A. Barreiro


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 9
Loretta Riley


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 11
Juan C. Zapata


MAYOR
Carlos Gimenez


COMMUNITY COUNCIL 5, AT-LARGE
Ira J. Paul


COMMUNITY COUNCIL 10, AT-LARGE
Miriam “Mimi” Planas


COMMUNITY COUNCIL 10, SUBAREA 106
Victoria E. Tomas


COMMUNITY COUNCIL 11, SUBAREA 112
Daniel Ojeda


COMMUNITY COUNCIL 11, SUBAREA 116
Carolina Blanco


COMMUNITY COUNCIL 12, SUBAREA 122
Matthew Larsh


COMMUNITY COUNCIL 12, SUBAREA 124
Angela “Angie” Vazquez


COMMUNITY COUNCIL 12, SUBAREA 126
Alex Duran


COUNTY QUESTION: Repeal of County’s Pit Bull Dog Ban
YES


Comments:

The most contested county races are for mayor and property appraiser although expect a few surprises in the county commission races as Norman Braman is backing a slate of candidates there, too.

My opinion is low of the current Property Appraiser, Mr. Pedro Garcia, who has done little to assist the common homeowner and everything to support a county commission looking to solve its fiscal problems. Garcia is running despite his pledge to only run for one term since he is now nearly 75 years old. I take issue that foreclosures and short sales are still not adequately taken into consideration when our property tax burdens are being considered - we are all paying more in taxes because of Mr. Garcia. Former Florida House Majority Leader and State Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera is actually going out of his way to tackle the big issue of property taxes from the position of county property appraiser. This is admirable and besides the lackluster performance of the current property appraiser, Lopez-Cantera should be the obvious choice here.

As for incumbent commissioner, Bruno A. Barreiro, he is a rare figure who has not been involved in scandal or otherwise noted as performing poorly. Better to support someone you know rather than a stranger you don't is the case here.

On county question - isn't it ridiculous that we're the only county in the state that has breed specific and extensive ban on pit bulls? Vote YES to repeal.

Miami-Dade Endorsements - Judicial Offices

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANDIDATES TO JUDICIAL OFFICES


CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GROUP 8
Mauricio Padilla


CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GROUP 15
Robert Coppel


CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GROUP 47
Maria de Jesus Santovenia


CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GROUP 49
Teresa Mary Pooler


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 1
Patricia Marino-Pedraza


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 10
Diana Gonzalez


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 20
Fleur Jeannine Lobree


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 24
Greer Elaine Wallace


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 27
Ivonne Cuesta


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 28
Enrique “Rick” Yabor


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 33
Teretha Lundy Thomas


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 40
Don S. Cohn


Comments:

Before you think of a judicial candidate's political philosophy you should first find out if the candidate is even qualified to be a judge.

The people who know best about a candidate's qualifications are the people who will be spending most of their time working hand in hand with them, Miami-Dade's attorneys.

To that end, the Dade Conty Bar anonymously polled thousands of their members about both sitting Judges and Lawyers seeking election this August.

The results of the poll are a good and clear indication of the merits of these candidates. In fact, the choices were made so clear that most of the candidates were clearly favored (and thus endorsed).

A guide to understand the poll -

If anyone with less then 10 percent "unqualified" rating is acceptable. If anyone is over 20 percent "unqualified" you should consider the candidate carefully. Above 33% "unqualified," you should be looking at the others in the race.

You can see that there are some judges who need to be retired. Attorneys are good are identifying bad judges.