On July 29, 1999, Miami-Dade County residents dealt Alex Penelas a political ass-whuppin' he would never forget. An angry 234,309 people, a resounding 30 percent of registered voters, turned out on a special election day to overwhelmingly defeat, by a 2-1 margin, the Penelas-led "Transit Not Tolls" campaign to raise the county sales tax... More >>>