Daniella Levine Cava left a mark on the world on November 3rd as she became Miami-Dade County’s first female mayor and the principal non-Cuban Mayor since Stephen Clark in the mid-1990s.
Her Republican rival Esteban “Steve” Bovo who lost to the Democrat said that Cava’s mission “worked superbly to make the race sectarian and praise them.” But he wished the new city hall leader achievement.
Cava is additionally the first new city hall leader in quite a while supplanting term-restricted Carlos Giménez who dominated his race Tuesday, overcoming Debbie Mucarsel-Powell for Florida’s 26th Congressional District.
Cava said she won’t be sectarian, yet will be a city hall leader for all 2.7 million of Miami-Dade County’s occupants.
She will lead Florida’s most crowded area and be Miami-Dade’s most elevated positioning chosen official and boss director, who will administer a metropolitan government with 28,417 workers and a yearly financial plan of roughly $8.9 billion.
Bovo gave his progression discourse, encompassed by some of Florida GOP weighty hitters including Sen. Marco Rubio and Lt. Jeanette M. Nuñez. Cava said she will endeavor to reestablish the region’s economy and its wellbeing.
“People will come together to rally to get it done”, said Cava as she intends to work intimately with her partners in both Miami and Miami Beach, adding that to her to-do list as she works to handle the county’s ever-rising Covid caseload.
She likewise said she has a chance to fix a foundation that has reliably been the reason for contamination to Biscayne Bay.
“We will save our Bay and create great jobs to do it,” said Madam. Cava.
Cava battled on a three-layered stage: Secure: an arrangement to stop COVID-19 and renew the economy; Recover: uphold the private venture network and make it a central mainstay of the region’s financial improvement plan with an emphasis on building a more grounded economy for new companies and business people, and Empower by putting resources into neighborhoods to give occupants what she calls a “way to success,” particularly engaging Miami-Dade’s Black people group who she said the region has “overlooked for a really long time.”
A day after her memorable win, Levine-Cava focused on the significance of solidarity.
“Unfortunately, the relationship between the county and the cities has not been one with collaboration and respect. And so, I’m going to change that,” she said while speaking to reporters at a meal distribution event in Wynwood, Florida.
Throughout her entire campaign, Cava has stressed the importance of pursuing unity and togetherness as Florida continues to fight the COVID-19 crisis. Now, Cava has made working closely with her colleagues to undertake the ever-rising COVID cases a top priority on her list to making Miami-Dade a better place for the residents.
“You know, the COVID is with us. We cannot deny the virus,” she said. “And so, I will have a chief medical officer who will guide us in our actions.”
For months, Florida has been the ‘epicenter of the coronavirus’ and has infected everyone from the elderly in nursing homes to families living in densely crowded apartment buildings.
The disproportionate effect that COVID-19 has had on Miami-Dade’s predominantly Black and brown residents has caused many to fall into financial disparity and sickness because they are not able to gain access to basic protective equipment.
With Daniella Levine Cava’s new appointment as mayor, the residents of Miami-Dade County are now counting on her to bring a renewed sense of hope that will work to rebuild our county.
