MIAMI — Former Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo has settled a lawsuit brought by two former employees of a city agency he ran, according to a federal court filing.
Jose Suarez and Jose Canto, former executives with the Bayfront Park Management Trust, claimed Carollo retaliated against them for exposing financial mismanagement, misuse of public funds and corruption.
Carollo, 71, left office in December after a fourth-place finish in the race for Miami mayor, an office he held on two previous occasions.
Suarez and Canto alleged that public trust money was spent on Carollo’s political office and allies, including $60,000 to the commissioner’s Little Havana Fridays event and $150,000 to a broadcaster with ties to Carollo.
The lawsuit alleged that Carollo pushed Suarez and Canto out of their jobs “(a)fter diligently working to bring transparency and ethics.”
The pair “were attacked, defamed and constructively discharged,” they claimed.
Tuesday’s filing does not indicate how much money they settled for.
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