Carlos Hernández (politician)

Carlos Hernández
Carlos Hernández
Mayor of Hialeah, Florida
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 23, 2011
Preceded by	Julio Robaina
Member of the Hialeah City Council; from the 6th district
	In office; November 30, 2005 – May 23, 2011
Preceded by	Roberto Casas[1]
Succeeded by	Paul "Pablito" Hernandez[2]
Personal details
Born	March 8, 1961; Camaguey, Cuba
Spouse(s)	Nancy Hernández
Residence	Hialeah, Florida
Profession	Politician, retired police officer

Carlos Hernández (born March 8, 1961 in Camagüey, Cuba) is a Cuban-born American politician. Hernández has served as the Mayor of Hialeah, Florida, since May 23, 2011.[3] He became acting mayor upon the resignation of his predecessor, Julio Robaina, who left the Hialeah mayoral office to pursue an unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of Miami-Dade County.[3]

Hernández was raised in Hialeah. Florida. He received a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership from St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens.

Hernández was elected to the Hialeah city council in November 2005.[3] He was further elected council president in 2007 and again in 2009 by the members of the council.[3] Under the Hialeah city charter, Hernández, who was still council president in 2011, became Mayor of Hialeah upon the resignation of former Mayor Julio Robaina in 2011.[3]

Carlos Hernández won a full term in the 2011 Hialeah mayoral election.[4]

Ethics Violation

In July 2015, the Miami-Dade County Ethics Commission made findings that Hernández had lied twice in an October 2011 press conference about high-interest loans of $180,000 to a convicted Ponzi schemer. He was fined $3,000 by the Miami-Dade County Ethics Commission.[5][6]

On November 7, 2015, Hernández sent 28 buckets filled with pennies and nickels via a truck to pay the fine despite being ordered to pay with a check. The payment was refused and the Commission is now suing him for refusing to pay.[7][8][9]

In May 2016, Hernández delivered 145 boxes of coins to a Miami bank that, in turn, transferred the $4,000 to the Miami-Dade County Ethics Commission.[10][11][12]

In September of 2019 he decided to cut the pay of The City of Hialeah Firefighters by 6% which, on average, is $500 or more per person. He claims that the cut was to raise pensions for other citizens without raising taxes. [13]

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Carlos Hernández (politician)

Ethics Violation

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