The Miami City Commission will convene its final meeting of the year on Thursday.
The agenda is long, but few of the proposals are expected to be controversial except for an item from Mayor Tomás Regalado.
Regalado is asking the commission for an outside attorney to defend him in a lawsuit filed by Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones. The suit accuses the mayor and Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle of plotting to destroy Spence-Jones’s political career. Spence-Jones successfully fought a pair of political corruption charges last year.
Regalado says that City Attorney Julie O. Bru cannot defend him because she was a player in some of the alleged activities outlined in the lawsuit.
“The city attorney is totally conflicted out,” he said.
He believes the city should foot the bill because he was sued for actions he took in his capacity as mayor.
Regalado would like to be represented by attorney José Quiñón, according to the meeting agenda.
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