Miami-Dade Democratic Party Threatens to Recall Ricky Arriola
In August, after the "jail Fauci" tweet caused a public outcry, Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair Steve Simeonidis threatened to initiate a recall effort to unseat Arriola. Now, months later amid another social-media scandal, Simeonidis and other members of the local Democratic Party are once again calling for the removal of Arriola, a registered Democrat who serves in a nonpartisan seat on the Miami Beach City Commission. "We're seriously considering moving forward with a recall effort," Simeonidis tells New Times. "On a number of different levels, he has just been absolutely disastrous f...