In the face of looming cuts to charity grants in the county budget, a Miami-Dade commissioner wants to claw back the $46 million the county plans to spend subsidizing a global sports event: the 2026 World Cup games.
Commissioner Kionne McGhee, who represents a suburban district in South Miami-Dade that has some of the county’s highest concentrations of poverty, said Friday he’ll ask for a special meeting to undo past funding votes to cover local expenses for the seven soccer matches scheduled for Hard Rock Stadium next summer.
“Until they find us the money to fully fund the nonprofits that provide services to the community, I think we are obligated as elected officials to get this money back and give it to the nonprofits,” McGhee said in an interview Friday…