Miami-Dade County voters recalled their top elected official Tuesday, culminating an effort financed by a billionaire car dealer and fueled by frustrations over a poor economy and unpopular policy decisions...
...Some 88% of 200,347 voters elected to oust Republican Carlos Alvarez, with 707 of 829 precincts reporting, along with early and absentee ballots...
...Last fall, Mr. Alvarez agreed to increase pay and unfreeze some benefits for unionized public employees. At the same time, he raised property taxes for two-fifths of the county's homeowners, by an average of 13%...
The drones don't seem to understand that the laws of economics can't be flaunted any more than can the law of gravity. The taxpayers certainly understand it, because they have to live within their budgets every day of the week.
It's a lesson that the union bosses will, inevitably, be forced to learn, but hopefully not as a result of a complete collapse, Argentina-style, of the economy. Which is apparently what some Democrats secretly desire.
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