Judge to decide this week if Frank Carollo stays on Miami D3 ballot

Will former Miami city commissioner Frank Carollo remain on the runoff ballot Dec. 9 or won’t he? We probably won’t know before absentee or mail-in ballots go out next week.

On Monday, Circuit Court Judge Peter Lopez heard arguments in yet another Miami election case. This one seeks to remove Frank Carollo, an accountant who came in first in last week’s District 3 race, from the Dec. 9 runoff, where he faces restaurant manager Rolando Escalona, who came in second with 17%. The lawsuit says keeping Carollo in play runs afoul of a charter amendment on lifetime term limits that voters overwhelmingly approved — by a whopping 79%— on the same Nov. 4 ballot as the City Commission races.

The new rule says anyone who’s served two terms as mayor or commissioner is done for life. No more revolving door, no more comeback tours.

It’s quite possible, and a little ironic, that some voters could have voted for the lifetime term limits and Frank Carollo, who already served two full terms representing District 3 from 2009 to 2017, before being replaced by — wait for it — his older brother, Commissioner Joe Carollo, who’s now termed out and lost a bid for mayor. So, little brother wants his old seat back.




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