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“The only reason a complaint is not being filed under the anti-Nepotism provisions of the county code is because ‘fiancé’ or ‘long-term, live-in boyfriend’ are not included in the definitions of what constitutes an ‘immediate family’ member,” he wrote, adding that the investigation included research of Facebook photos that had since been deleted.
What’s Little Miss Ultra hiding?
Obviously, that code needs to be rewritten quick to catch up with the times. Lebowitz thought so, too. The case, he said, “also illustrates one of the ways in which the legal definitions of ‘immediate family’ have
not kept pace with the realities of modern families.”
Diaz issued a statement to the Herald in which she said she was “satisfied” with the ethics commission’s conclusion of an inquiry “based on a frivolous complaint.” Satisfied? You should be mortified. She emphasized that only her boss, the city attorney, has final authority on hiring outside counsel and that she didn’t hire her boo’s associate all by her lonesome. Yeah, riiight. What a happy coincidence.
Is it also a conicidence that the third party attorney was never contracted again after she stopped working at Alvarez’s law firm?
The telephone conversations with Diaz were not under oath but the testimony given by the third party attorney pass-through was sworn.
And we know that our Little Miss Ultra has a habit of lying. Diaz posted an Instagram pic of herself with Mayor Tomas Regalado at an event with a headline about him endorsing her. But Regalado told Ladra last week that he had not backed anyone in that race. Diaz is running against former State Rep. Renier Diaz de la Portilla.
And when Ladra says Baby DLP is a much better choice, well that says a lot about Diaz.
Read related story: Veronica Diaz lied — not endorsed by Mayor Tomas Regalado
In addition to the dual investigations — that we know of — Little Miss Ultra has hired gypsy conartist and fellow party girl Vanessa Brito and absentee ballot bagman Al Lorenzo working on her campaign team.
Oh, and then there’s the choice of bad boy companion. Alvarez, who fired the third party attorney after he used her and didn’t call the Herald reporter back, has a string of complaints and fines with the Florida Bar Association.
The ethics commission took more than a year to investigate this complaint, filed in March of 2013, but ultimately did not pursue charges against Diaz — well, only because she and Alvarez are living in proverbial sin. If they were married, it’d be wrong.
But it sent their report to Miami’s Auditor General Theodore Guba and suggested the city change the way it handles outside legal contracts. Guba told Ladra that he had to review the process before he could make recommendations.
Well, here’s one just off the top of my head: Have any outside consulting or specialty work, even in the city attorney’s office, go through a competitive bidding process just like it would everywhere else. Duh!
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