South Florida Times
MIAMI – As Miami-Dade Mayor Daneilla Levine Cava and Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero‑Stutz clash over the county’s new $12.9 billion budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year in which law enforcement requested an additional $42 million to effectively run the department, the tax collector is willing to chip in.
During the budget hearings in September, Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez pledged to direct an additional $20 million from his own office’s budget specifically to fully fund the portion of the sheriff’s budget covering deputy payroll and overtime…