9 out of 10 Miami voters vote to boot out their mayor

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:09pm |

By Matthew Haggman and Martha Brannigan, Miami Herald, March 15, 2011

Despite spending more than $1 million to fend off ouster, the mayor of Miami-Dade suffered a humiliating defeat. Nine of every 10 voters chose recall.

Voters swept Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez out of office by a stunning margin Tuesday, capping a dramatic collapse for a politician who was given increased authority by voters four years ago to clean up much-maligned county government but was ushered out in the largest recall of a local politician in U.S. history.

The spectacular fall from power comes after two years of missteps....

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