Carlos-O-Meter: Tracking the promises of Carlos A. Gimenez | PolitiFact

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Browse the Carlos-O-Meter:

PolitiFact Florida has compiled promises that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez made during the 2011 campaign and is tracking their progress on our Carlos-O-Meter.

We rate their status as Not Yet Rated, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken. (See About the Carlos-O-Meter for details on our ratings.)

The report card at right provides an up-to-the-minute tally of all the promises.

Promise Kept

33%

Compromise

16%

Promise Broken

22%

Stalled

0%

In the Works

22%

Top 0 Promises

All Carlos-O-Meter Promises

Attract new investment and create high-paying quality jobs

Create a Miami-Dade County Illegal Gambling Task Force

Cut county departments from 60 to 25

Reduce the office of mayor by 10 percent

Create Seniors First Trust Fund

Create term limits

Take back raises

Post mayor's calendar on the Internet

No layoffs for police; no closed fire stations

Restore federal grant transit funding

Require lobbying disclosures and create restrictions on lobbying county government

Cut property taxes

Make most county records available online

Support initiative to reduce the county commission from 13 members to nine, and create two at-large districts

Conduct an independent audit of the Transit Department

Cut the mayor's salary and benefits

Veto any effort to strike down benefits for domestic partners

Make recall process easier