Term limits knocked a decade off the average age of a Miami-Dade commissioner on Tuesday as five new board members promised a fresh approach to local government hours before the county inaugurated its first female mayor, Daniella Levine Cava.
“Madame Mayor, Madame Mayor, Madame Mayor,” said Kionne McGhee, 43, the new District 9 commissioner in South Miami-Dade and the outgoing Democratic leader in the Florida House. “With your permission, later on my daughters would like to take a photo with you, because this is a moment where glass ceilings have been shattered.”
The coronavirus pandemic stretched the swearing-in ceremonies into a full day’s activities, with commissioners taking oaths individually in chambers restricted to their guests and then sterilized before the next ceremony began.
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