Gas to drive around to the bigger West Dade and Kendall precincts on Election Day Tuesday: $22.
Bottles of water to stay hydrated: $10.
Lunch at Subway: $8.
The look on Barby Rodriguez-Gimenez‘s face when she 
realized her father-in-law, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, had not won the Miami-Dade mayoral race Tuesday and would be forced into a runoff: Priceless.
It’s almost like she’s saying: “F—! I may have to look for a real f—— job!”
Because Rodriguez-Gimenez has a mouth on her and a juicy no-show job at the county. She does “public outreach” for the water and sewer department as part of the same $139-million contract with CH2M Hill that pays the mayor’s BFF and campaign finance chair, Ralph Garcia Toledo, $200 an hour for clerical work. She got the job with subcontractor EV Services around the same time the company got the contract. You know, like it was criteria or something.
So… if Garcia Toledo’s total payout could equal $18 million over 12 years, what is the total 
payout for the mayor’s daughter-in-law?
Sources have told Ladra that this family botella is being investigated by the authorities. So is Garcia Toledo’s fraudulent use of what are called multipliers to pad invoices when he has no office (it’s a P.O. Box) or staff. We don’t know if that means the State Attorney’s Office or the Commission on Ethics and Public Trust. But it makes sense that it would be looked into. At least if the authorities are doing their job.
Because this rampant cronyism is one of the reasons why a majority voters rejected Carlos Gimenez Tuesday. And the more they learn about him and his friends and family plan — the more relatives and buddies we find feeding on the public trough — the more likely Gimenez will be rejected again in November.
So, yes, Barby, you might want to polish off that resumé and make some calls.
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