Mayor Carlos Gimenez PAC polls twice post recall threat

Mayor Carlos Gimenez PAC polls twice post recall threat
  • Sumo

Common Sense NOW, the PAC that helped get Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez elected, has spent about poll$34,000 this year — all on polls and “data research,” which is a fancy way to say polling.

The most recent payments of $3,000 a piece each were made Aug. 6 and Aug. 19, which came after he was threatened with a recall and before he made peace with many of the employee unions.

Read related story: Mayor Gimenez more friendly to unions in face of recall

Retired Fire Rescue Capt. Jack Garcia, whose son was one of four people killed in a boating accident on the Fourth of July, announced he would spearhead a recall effort against Gimenez in late July after the mayor refused to refund the fire boat. The first poll came about 10 days after. The second poll happened days before the mayor announced a tentative deal struck with one of four unions that have since then shaken hands with the county administration.

Dario Moreno
Dario Moreno

But maybe he was just due. Gimenez has been known to govern by poll and Ladra believes he hasn’t met a survey he didn’t like — even if he doesn’t like the results.

Read related story: Mayor Carlos Gimenez — governs by poll, loses trust

That was probably not the case with these polls, done by FIU professor and pollster Dario Moreno, who also did polling and data resarch in May (for $13,000) and in February ($15,400), and who all but worships the ground that Gimenez walks on. You know, if I was going to do a poll for Political Cortadito, I probably wouldn’t ask my number one fan to do it.

Moreno’s numbers have been repeatedly questioned throughout the years. Yet, Gimenez sure likes him. In addition to this year, Moreno was paid $34,000 for polling in January of 2013 and $9,000 for “consulting” in October of 2012.

See? He really likes to keep a close watch on the pulse of the community.

Maybe Moreno keeps telling Gimenez what he wants to hear.

 

3 Responses to "Mayor Carlos Gimenez PAC polls twice post recall threat"

  1. i would love for someone someday print a chart depicting the cartels organization, just like the ones the FBI does for organized crime figures

  2. the polling most certainly came back negative or he would have published them in attempts to thwart the recall attempt

  3. no doubt that Gimenez does what is known in the political world as a push poll. in other words, the questions are crafted in such a way that it leans favorable to, in this case, Gimenez. and after all that, they still refuse to publish the results. if they were positive, Gimenez would certainly give it to the Herald and Channel 23. the herald because he’s friendly with the publisher and 23 because there is a reporter by the name of Gloria Ordaz, who is maried to Freddy Balsera. Balsera, of Balsera Communications, also hires Carlos Gimenz Jr. as a Vice President. this is also where Mike Hernandez came from prior to becoming Gimenez’ Sr. communications director. talk about family and friends!
    besides if he could publish positive results, he would save himself hundreds of thousands of dollars from his warchest if he didnt have to defend himself from th recall. thing is the numbers, even slanted in his favor, have not been favorable.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.