PLG00935 - WPLG NEWSTAPE: SUAREZ VS. CAROLLO- CITY OF MIAMI 1998 ELECTION FRAUD
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1. [START: 00:00:04] 1998/02/27: NO FIRE RESCUE FEE; MAYOR XAVIER SUAREZ SAYS MEDIA IS EXAGGERATING FINANCIAL CRISIS; REPORT ON CITY OF MIAMI FINANCES AND SAVINGS PLAN THAT WILL CAUSE BUDGET CUTS; INTERVIEW WITH FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE OFFICER UNION REPRESENTATIVES ON CONSEQUENCES OF CUTS; EMERGENCY SESSION OF CITY COMMISSION TO DEVELOP BAIL OUT PLAN [END: 00:01:49]
2. [START: 00:01:49] 1998/02/25: FORMER MAYOR JOE CAROLLO'S COURT CASE WITH JUDGE WILSON PRESIDING; CASE IS ON TAINTED ABSENTEE VOTES, ILLEGAL VOTES IN THE ELECTION OF MAYOR SUAREZ VERSUS CAROLLO [END: 00:03:32]
3. [START: 00:03:33] 1998/02/16: SUAREZ ON STAND; ALLEGATIONS OF VOTE FRAUD; CAROLLO IS SEEKING TO HAVE ELECTION VOTE OVERTURNED DUE TO FRAUD AND BE REINSTATED AS MAYOR; MR. RUSSI, VOTE BROKER, ARRESTED FOR FRAUD [END: 00:05:28]
4. [START: 00:05:30] WITNESSES TAKING 5TH AMENDMENT, REFUSING TO SPEAK [END: 00:06:49]
5. [START: 00:06:50] 1998/02/10: TWO HIALEAH RESIDENTS TESTIFY TO NOT VOTING DESPITE ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOUND IN THEIR NAME; CAROLLO LOSE BY 151 VOTES IN ABSENTEE BALLOTS 2 TO 1; CAROLLO SUING FOR NEW ELECTION; DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR SUAREZ DISAGREEING WITH WITNESSES AND EXPERT ON HAND SIGNATURE ANALYSIS [END: 00:08:36]
6. [START: 00:08:43] 1998/02/09: CAROLLO AND SUAREZ SUPPORTERS FIGHTING OUTSIDE COURTROOM; CAROLLO IS SUING SUAREZ FOR VOTERS FRAUD; RESIDENTS TESTIFY THAT BALLOTS WERE STOLEN [END: 00:10:22]
7. [START: 00:10:24] 1998/02/19: LILIA ARCE TESTIFIES THAT SHE HELPED WITH CAMPAIGN BUT DID NOT FORGE [END: 00:12:04]
8. [START: 00:12:05] 1998/02/18: FRANCES XAVIER SUAREZ TESTIFIES TO NOT WITNESSING ANY ABSENTEE BALLOTS [END: 00:13:35]
9. [START: 00:13: 37] WOMAN IN OVERTOWN REMEMBERING HOW SHE DID NOT GET TO VOTE BECAUSE HER ABSENTEE BALLOT WAS STOLEN; JEFFERY POPPOKIN MUG SHOT WANTED FOR QUESTIONING; VARIOUS PEOPLE EXPRESSING THEIR OPINION ON FRAUD AND ELECTION [END: 00:14:54]
10. [START: 00:14:55] 1998/01/15: JEFF BARTEL, FORMER LEGAL ADVISOR FOR SUAREZ, ADVISED SUAREZ NOT TO SEEK RESIGNATION OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICIALS [END: 00:16:27]
11. [START: 00:16:28] 1998/01/14: REPORT ON POLICE CHIEF WARSHAW ADDRESSING CRIME RATE TOTALS LOWEST SINCE 1983; MAYOR SUAREZ TRYING TO FIRE WARSHAW [END: 00:18:38]
12. [START: 00:18:42] 1997/11/21:INTERVIEW WITH VARIOUS EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS AT MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT SADDENED BY POLICE CHIEF WARSHAW ANNOUNCING RESIGNATION DUE TO POLITICS [END: 00:20:15]