Put my money on Doral in the 1st Annual Mayor’s Basketball Classic Cup between that city and the town of Miami Lakes.
Mayor Manny Cid may be younger and faster than Mayor JC Bermudez, que se la esta jugando playing this 
basketball game against his colleague to the north — even if it is for a good cause. But rumor has it that Bermudez has a secret weapon: Shaquille O’Neal — a retired Miami Heat basketball star and reserve police officer in Doral — could play on JC’s team.
“Technically, I don’t know if he counts as an employee. I have to look at the fine print. But we will win with or without our secret weapon,” Bermudez said, adding that the team is solid nonetheless. “We actually had try-outs, so many employees wanted to play.”
Each mayor will play with a team of 12 city employees.
Both mayors played in high school and on adult leagues. Cid, who had a lot more hair (and eve a mustache!) when he was 15, coaches both his son’s little league teams. Bermudez plays every Saturday.
This is gonna be good.
“It’s all for charity but we also wanted to show teamwork,” Cid said,
adding that the Lakes team has been practicing for about a month every Thursday (photo, left). “We could play one-on-one but the purpose is to show we have a good team on the court and at City Hall.
“You could be a good mayor, and we’re both good mayors,” Cid said, showing he has zero trash talking skills, “but it takes a whole team to run the city.”
In Miami Lakes, Councilwoman Marilyn Ruano is putting together a squad of cheerleaders.
The 1st Annual Mayor’s Basketball Classic Cup April 5 will benefit the Doral Parks & Police 4 Kids Foundation and the Miami Lakes Special Needs Committee. The game starts at 6:30 p.m. at Doral Legacy Park and tickets at $6.22 including the EventBrite fee.
Ladra will start taking wagers now.
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