The City of Miami is a mess. Locals voice frustration about chronic flooding in neighborhoods. Affordable housing is out of reach for tens of thousands. Gentrification has overtaken historically working-class areas like weeds in a summer garden. And a recent string of controversies at City Hall has only deepened public distrust in government.
But there may be hope.
For the first time in nearly a decade Mayor Francis Suarez will give up power at Pan American Drive and someone else will take up the reins after an election scheduled for Nov. 4. In recent years, Suarez has been investigated by the FBI, accused of conflict of interest and improperly pushed for a no-bid contract that would benefit a legal client…