Hialeah Council fails to fill vacant seat after deadlock on 21-year-old candidate

Hialeah’s leadership crisis has reached a startling low.

It has been a month since Jacqueline Garcia-Roves assumed the role of interim mayor following the resignation of former Mayor Esteban Bovo Jr., yet the city council has failed to agree on who will fill the vacant council seat she left behind.

Now, the city faces the challenge of operating up to six months with just six council members, increasing the risk of deadlocks on important decisions, after the council failed to appoint an interim council member on Tuesday…

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