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July 30, 1985
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Mr. Parker Thompson, Esq.
Chairman
Dade County Fair Campaign Practices Committee
4900 S.E. Financial Center
200 S. Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33131
Dear Mr. Thompson:
At the last City of Miami Commission meeting which was held on
July 25, 1985, Mayor Maurice A. Ferre requested of the clerk to
send to you the attached clipping entitled "Masvidal: a New
Mayor," with his regards.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.
Very truly yours,
Ralph G. Ongie
City Clerk
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A n in Polit m Finishing the Rewil
Just about everyone agrees that City of Miami politics
are a bit unusual. As the election season approaches,
everybody's playing politics. Two skills are essential in
playing the game of politics; tremendous foresight and
excellent recall.
What was deemed by many to be a bad joke, presents
a prime lesson in political gamesmanship. A local politi-
cian was quoted as saying 'the only thing shorter than
my hair is Black folks' memory." Two years ago, Block
voters reelected the Mayor of the City of Miami by an
overwhelming majority. Less than a year later, a three -
member Commission majority led by the Mayor, voted
to fire Howard Gary, the first Black to serve as City
Manager. Before the vote, few remembered that the
Mayor never wanted to hire Gary In the first place.
Nonetheless, cries of turncoat, double-cross and snake -
in -the -grass resounded throughout the Black community
and the recall effort began.
The lesson of politics is easily learned when measured in
human terms. After the McDuffie and Nevell Johnson
riots, promises were made including one for estab-
lishing a branch bank in Overtown. The City requested
proposals and offered to deposit $5 million in City funds
as incentive. Only one banker in all of Dade County was
willing to take the risk In Overtown, RAUL MASVIDAL
Since then, the City has reneged on its pledge of a bank
in Overtown and once again the needs of the residents
and businesses of the area have been lost in a game of
politics,
Raul Mankial ccrgX kAw Mr. Daub or Davh ftWwant on to
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RAUL MASVIDAL is fired of the games. That's why on the
day after the riots, MASVIDAL led a food drive and per-
sonally distributed food to the people of riot -torn Liberty
City and Overtown. MASVIDAL still wants to open a
branch bank in Overtown. Miami needs a new Mayor,
Miami needs RAUL MASVIDAL If you've tired of the
games, you'll have a second chance to Finish the
Recall. VOTE MASVIDAL FOR MAYOR on November 5,
1985.
Pall poftcal adv. Masvldal Campaign Fund. A. Codlna. Treas.
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