It’s good to be the king.
We’re used to the mayor coming in late some mornings or taking off early to play nine holes of golf at The Biltmore Hotel. But on Friday, while the rest of us were trying to finish our work week, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ducked out 
early to stump for Ron DeSantis in Hialeah.
Guess all that talk about switching parties and supporting Hillary Clinton two years ago was pandering for his own Democrat votes.
Gimenez was one of several mayors at a “mayors endorsement” event Friday for the Republican gubernatorial candidate and his running mate, that State Rep. Jeanette Nunez tweeted about that morning: “Join Miami Mayors, @RonDeSantisFL and I at Chico’s Restaurant at 3:00pm. We look forward to sharing exciting news!”
But the only other mayor with him at Chico’s was Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez.
Oh, there were plenty of other electeds: County commissioners Jose “Pepe” Diaz and Esteban “Stevie” Bovo, a one-time Hialeah city councilman, along with current council members Lourdes Lozano, Katherine Cue and Pablo “Pablitiquito” Hernandez as well as Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, State Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., who is running for senate, and former Miami Lakes councilman Frank Mingo, who is running for state rep. Diaz and Mingo are the two 
with the similar facial landscape.
The event started at 3 p.m. On a Friday. In Hialeah. On 12th Avenue in Hialeah. Knowing Miami-Dade’s traffic and the trouble one can have finding a space in Chico’s parking lot, Gimenez must have left County Hall by 2 p.m. at the latest.
Mayoral mouthpiece Myriam Marquez said it wasn’t on his daily calendar because it was not an official county event.
“Our communications office does not handle political campaign events or scheduling,” Marquez replied when asked why the event was not on the mayor’s official calendar. “He handles personal outings — that do not have public duties involving the county — independently.”
Too bad he has to do it on our dime and can’t do it on his own time independently.
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Christopher Davis,
”He’s around corruption in Miami-Dade County so it’s not hard to follow the money from both corrupt Political Party’s”
I agree but both party’s go all over trying to get votes .
Being Cuban myself I would say that it is impossible to find a Miami Cuban politico REGARDLESS of party who isn’t a self serving, up for sale , corrupt parasite so its impossible to campaign in Miami and not get full of filth when they lie with pigs ..
on a local level , I myself voted against every incumbent and for the new person .
I was told by a guy at the gym who lives in Hialeah that Rick Scott and DeSantis were well received by the older Cubans .
His parents are Republicans and he himself and his GF are Democrats but UNLIKE his parents they didn’t vote and wont by Tue .
This has pretty much been my experience en el mundo de los hispanos de miami .
Chico’s is still in business? The last time I ate there was 5 years ago never returning as it smells like raw sewage in there.
I don’t know if the bad smell is actually sewage or the corrupt politicians that hang out in the place.
Just Ridiculous that DeSantis would stump with 2 faced Political hacks like Miami Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Miami Dade County Commissioner Bovo. That’s why DeSantis will most likely loose the Governor’s race. He’s around corruption in Miami-Dade County so it’s not hard to follow the money from both corrupt Political Party’s
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ri9en7lvbuj72jy/Personal Gain…DeSantis Does Not Like That.MOV?dl=0
Mayor Gimenez,
Mr. DeSantis does not like elected officials like you….You need to return that salary increase you just requested for yourself.
Probably hoping for another job so he can get another pension
Gimenez and Bovo and a bunch of unindicted co conspiritators endorsing Ron DeSantis? So predictable.
…he’s a Big boy! It’s Friday Social. We don’t want to be repressed!