Doral Councilwoman Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera has decided that she will not run 
against Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz after all — but another Doral resident named Marjorie Figueira did.
Who? Exactly!
All we know right now is that Figueira is a former educator who sued the School Board in 2007, alleging harassment by then Superintendent Rudy Crew. Oh, and that she’s the Pet’s Trust candidate. Both Michael Rosenberg and Rita Schwartz were with her when Figueira qualified Tuesday. She did not immediately return a call from Political Cortadito.
We have to wonder if she will have the same financial support from car mogul Norman Braman that was pledged to Rodriguez-Aguilera. We may not know for a while, though, since he left Friday for his yearly sojourn to the French Riviera.
Rodriguez-Aguilera did not chicken out, as Diaz and/or his supporters have been crowing, according to las malas lenguas. “I’m not afraid of anybody Fidel Castro. I’m not going to be afraid of him,” she told Ladra.
She said her decision not to run for a commission seat was hard but that she felt obligated to the residents and employees of Doral, who begged her to stay.
“I had a lot of calls from different employees and people not to leave Doral,” Rodriguez-Aguilera told Ladra. “They said, ‘If you leave, who’s going to defend us?’
“I thought long and hard and I’ve only been here one and a half years. I couldn’t leave my people here,” she said.
“Besides, then I would be practically giving my seat to Pete,” she said, referring to former Councilman Pete Cabrera, who has filed to run against her.
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