A Miami-Dade County judge has thrown out a lawsuit from an embattled Palmetto Bay councilman against his own vice mayor — one that could local taxpayers thousands of dollars in legal expenses.
Judge Jacqueline Woodward recently dismissed a complaint brought by Palmetto Bay Councilman Stephen Cody. He claimed Vice Mayor Mark Merwitzer was improperly sworn into office when he was elected in 2024, and therefore any action Merwitzer has taken as an elected official over the past year should be nullified.
In her dismissal, Woodward said the controversy Cody alleged existed “only in Plaintiff’s own mind” and not in “law or fact.”…