Only in Miami Radio Show - Ep 43 - 880 The Biz - Florida House of Reps. Candidates - 9/22/2014

Episode 43 of the Only in Miami Show featured three Candidates for the Florida House of Representatives in Miami-Dade: Omar Rivero (District 118 South Dade), Mariano Corcilli (District 111 Hialeah-Miami Lakes) and Carlos Periera (District 105 Doral). The Podcast begins with a roundup of various south Florida events including Social Media Week (currently ongoing), Social Good Summit (completed), Woodystock (coming soon) and Craft Spirits Fest (coming in October 2014). Host Grant Stern commented on the ongoing mystery behind the twitter hashtag: #whoisExMiami and the pitfalls of creating a totally and truly anonymous blog - and potentially violating the FTC's rules on advertising and advertorial content. The three featured studio guests are all members of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party who for the first time fielded challengers in all of the Florida legislature races in this county since 2008. House Candidate Mariano Corcilli is a former Marine sergeant, now attorney practicing in Miami. He's concerned that fire fighters who have service connected illnesses - as approved in 20 other states - do not have those same protections in Florida. Omar Rivero grew up in Miami, graduated Cornell and founded the Occupy Democrats movement online. He's concerned that Florida's education funding is 49th out of 50 states and wants to do something about it. Carlos Periera lives in "Doralezuela" and is concerned about state policies enacted by Governor Rick Scott to create 169 miles of "Lexus Lanes" as well as the effect of rising tolls on drivers throughout Miami-Dade County on roads that were once freeways.