Affordability, transit, corruption: Miami mayoral candidates talk biggest challenges at forum

Affordability, transit woes, flooded streets, corruption in City Hall.

The two remaining candidates for the City of Miami mayoral race traded insights into how they would tackle some of the city’s most pressing problems in a forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade on Wednesday night in Little Havana.

Candidate Eileen Higgins took the largest share of votes in the Nov. 4 first-round of the mayoral election, pulling in nearly 36% of the votes amid thirteen candidates. Candidate Emilio Gonzalez came in second place, with 19.5% of the votes, putting him in line for the runoff election. The runoff election will take place on Dec. 9…

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