MIAMI — In North Miami Seashore, Commissioner Michael Joseph will maintain his seat.
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On Wednesday, the Third District Courtroom of Charm submitted an view siding with prior judgments. The courtroom concluded Joseph’s fellow commissioners unsuccessful to reach a quorum when they voted him out final May.
More significantly, the court docket agreed Joseph did not violate the metropolis constitution for automatic removing with his absences.
Commissioner Joseph responded with a assertion, in section, he stated the commissioners that voted him out “wasted hundreds of hundreds of taxpayer pounds to boost their sham.”
CBS Information Miami has closely adopted the saga in North Miami Beach front because first uncovering voting irregularities with previous Mayor Anthony DeFillipo. He was arrested past year and faces 4 felony costs joined to his residency and voting document.
Online court docket information indicate his demo hearing will start off on March 4.
Michael Joseph’s entire statement:
“These days, the court docket has identified that the former mayor, who is underneath felony indictment, and his allies broke the regulation in eradicating me from business office. They wasted hundreds of hundreds of taxpayer pounds to advertise their sham. They took gain of people’s worst fears to divide our local community and terrorize me and my relatives. I survived their digital lynching and have those people scars with me currently. This is a instant to recall how far we have appear in this battle against community corruption and how considerably we nevertheless have to go.”
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