We all heard Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez say it repeatedly
last month and in August: He had saved the day. There were not going to be any layoffs at the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Well, either he lied or he flip flopped, because at least three police department employees received notices Wednesday that their positions have been eliminated.
Coincidentally, PBA President John Rivera said in a letter to Commission Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa and the commissioners, the three employees are members of the union’s bargaining unit.
“It not only reeks of retaliation, it is yet another example of why the mistrust exists between the 
employees and the administration,” Rivera wrote in the letter sent via email to Sosa with scanned copies of the layoff notices to Diana Diez, Lizeth Carrera and John Tormey.
“It is why we must question everything and demand clear cut answers when something is proposed by this ‘my way or the highway’ administration,” Rivera wrote. “Unfortunately, it is also customary of the strong arm tactics that seem to have become the norm and as long as they continue, only further to sever the relationship that must exist between labor and the administration if excellence is indeed to be delivered.”
Rivera reminds Sosa and the commission that Gimenez has gone on the radio and TV to brag about how he balanced the budget without cutting services or laying off one single police officer — down from 400 to 260 to 110 to zero.
“Either he was lying to the public or this action was nothing more than retaliation,” Rivera said, although Ladra believes it could be both.
“Either way, it is unbecoming of a leader.”
He urged the commission to “take charge and do not allow this administration to continue on its path of destroying this once great county.”
Here is one of the notices:
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The blood letting is county wide. Its not just police, layoff notices are going out all over. The mayor consolidating his power on the premise of efficiencies.
It’s no coincidence he gave his small group of executives at-will employees a $8 million dollar raise the day after after he succesfull extracted $5.1 million in concessions from the 10,000 front line workers of the AFSCME unit.
The closest thing to a FU to labor as you can get.
someone told that Gimenez went to Columbus High School-a Catholic school. i just wonder what type of teachings he recieved that makes im hate his fellow man so.
sorry teresita but people had their chance but money rules. Joe Martinez would have been fair, transparent and honest. If there was no money for raises then there wasn’t any but I know he never would have lied to the residents or the employees. I know him and he’s not a great politician because he doesn’t lie and is loyal to a fault.
He does know another way, he just chooses to ignore how to be decent and caring. He went up the ranks as a fire fighter not by his good work but by using his affiliation to the “FIRE FIGHTERS UNION”, and fooling every one as if he really cared. He lives full of hate and frustration because every one can see right through him (the emperor has no cloth )and what they see is a mockery of a man. Please dear God, lets find some one else to lead this county in 2016, and give them the ability to get this place out of the hole he is putting us in:(
whoever thought that Gimnez had any word, integrity, honesty or decentcy? he was born as a tiny liar and as his age advanced so did his lying. lying is in his bloodstream-DNA nd thats why he somewhat fits in the TEA party universe. Gimenez has lied to his wife, children, parents, friends , supporters, community and yes even to himself. dont expect that trait to ever change! Remember, its in his DNA-he knows no other way