Nine City of Miami Workers Earning More Than $100K Get the Boot
A couple months ago, the City of Miami's budget was about as well-balanced as Gary Busey on PCP.
But as Tomas Regalado prepares to take over Diaz's seat later this afternoon, he inherits a budget balanced for the moment by an uneasy agreement. The unions and City Manager Pete Hernandez all agreed to pay cuts and layoffs in early October.
Charlie Cox, chief of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union, tells Riptide he ended up with 40 layoffs. Hernandez, in turn, promised the Herald he'd lose "a dozen" of his top earners.
So who did Hernandez and City Attorney Julie Bru actually show the door? Riptide has obtained their layoff records, and it shows that, indeed, pink slips went out to 39 city employees, from Bru's office to NET to Information Technology.
But only nine of those layoffs hit managers pulling in more than $100,000 a year (including Elliot Fixler, an assistant director we found enjoyed regularly working four-hour shifts.)
Hernandez's own executive assistant, Gilbert Cabrera, avoided the ax by taking a pay cut and moving to the Solid Waste Department.
Click through for the full list of the top-earners who did get canned.





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