Florida Friday: Miami Mayor Pushes Change To Ethics Commision
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 11/20/2015 08:02 AM
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Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez was ordered to pay $4000 in fines by the Ethics Commission to which the Mayor gladly attempted to pay with 28 buckets of pennies. The commission apparently did not think this was fine.
According to the Miami Herald, the commission ruled in July that Hernandez lied to citizens — in both Spanish and English — about his charge of usurious interest rates on a $180,000 loan to jewelry salesman Luis Felipe “Felipito” Perez, jailed in a massive pyramid scheme fraud. The panel fined the mayor $3,000 plus $1,000 for the costs of the investigation.
“We tried to pay with U.S. currency and it makes no difference whether they are pennies or nickels … but the coins were not accepted,” Hernandez told El Nuevo Herald earlier this month. “They can go to court if they want, but they are going to have to show why a public entity does not accept this country’s money.”
According to the Miami Herald, the commission ruled in July that Hernandez lied to citizens — in both Spanish and English — about his charge of usurious interest rates on a $180,000 loan to jewelry salesman Luis Felipe “Felipito” Perez, jailed in a massive pyramid scheme fraud. The panel fined the mayor $3,000 plus $1,000 for the costs of the investigation.
“We tried to pay with U.S. currency and it makes no difference whether they are pennies or nickels … but the coins were not accepted,” Hernandez told El Nuevo Herald earlier this month. “They can go to court if they want, but they are going to have to show why a public entity does not accept this country’s money.”
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