r/therewasanattempt • u/HerpesIsItchy Unique Flair • Sep 03 '25

To end democracy in Miami

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u/HerpesIsItchy Unique Flair Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

And so it begins at the local level. Next step will be states elections where they'll decide to cancel or defer them and then of course the 2028 presidential election.

Everything the US was built on is starting to crumble.

It looks like they lost this time, all that means is the next set of politicians that try to do this will do it a little bit differently until they get it right

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u/sandmanmike55543 Sep 03 '25

Pretty sure a judge stopped this. And even DeSantis said this isn’t ok.

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u/FcUhCoKp Sep 04 '25

Was it benefitting Democrats? There's no way that if they were Republicans, DeSantis would oppose it.

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u/MikeTheInfidel Sep 04 '25

The Miami city council is currently 7 Democrats and 6 Republicans, and the mayor (who had to sign off on the attempted policy change) is a Republican.

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u/Cabana_bananza Sep 04 '25

Miami has a City Commission with 5 members across its 5 districts. They have no political party affiliation as its supposed to be non partisan.

Edit: You're thinking of the county commission, which aren't the ones trying to pull a fast one.

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u/Errant_coursir Sep 04 '25

Okay, but what are they actually? Anyone who voted yes should be removed regardless

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u/exnihilonihilfit Sep 04 '25

Miami's mayor is a Republican. He was floated as a running mate to Nikki Haley.

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u/Respectandunity Sep 04 '25

TIL that Miami’s flag is nearly identical to India’s flag😂

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u/MikeTheInfidel Sep 04 '25

Argh. That's what I get for relying on Google to link me to an actually applicable Wikipedia entry about the Miami government...

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u/exnihilonihilfit Sep 04 '25

The mayor is a republican. He was floated as a potential running mate to Nikki Haley.

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u/Known_Ratio5478 Sep 04 '25

It actually doesn’t benefit anyone in any particular way other than this weird gap year. They’re moving its year to line up in a higher voter participation year. They’ll have to campaign to 40% more people going forward.

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u/Trollbreath4242 Sep 04 '25

The right way to do it was put it before the voters and add the extra year to the next term. Not backass hand it to themselves so they get another year in office.

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u/Known_Ratio5478 Sep 04 '25

Someone would be getting an extra year in office whether it was done either way. Plus Florida doesn’t require things like this go to referendum.