Cindy Lerner has earned the endorsement of the Kendall Federation Political Action Committee. Read their email and press release.

VoteWater, a South Florida clean-water group, has issued its first endorsements of the 2024 election cycle, backing Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Cindy Lerner, candidate for the District 7 seat on the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners.

VoteWater Executive Director Gil Smart praised both candidates as environmental champions.

Host Fara Sax welcomes Cindy Lerner, Candidate for MDC Commission, District 7, as she articulates her vision for the county commissioner role. Host Fara Sax welcomes Cindy Lerner, Candidate for MDC Commission, District 7, as she articulates her vision for the county commissioner role.

The Gables Neighbors United Political Action Committee has strongly Cindy Lerner for Miami-Dade County Commission. The following is their message from September 26, 2024, entitled “Fight for our rights in the Gables”.

Starting during my time as Mayor of Pinecrest - and continuing to this day - we would offer the Hibiscus Room of Pinecrest Gardens, at no charge, to local artists who wanted a space to exhibit their work. Pinecrest made improvements to the space to serve that purpose. Dozens of local artists have had the same opportunity with no bidding and no contract. Raquel Regalado is distorting the facts to turn an accomplishment I’m proud of into an attack because in four years on the Commission she’s got nothing to be proud of.

From the Coconut Grove Spotlight: Richard Praschnik, the Miami-Dade public schools police officer who captured 9% of the vote this month in the District 7 County Commission race, endorsed rival candidate Cindy Lerner this week. Lerner is seeking to unseat incumbent Commissioner Raquel Regalado in November. The winner will represent Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, South Miami, Coral Gables, Pinecrest and parts of Kendall on the Miami-Dade Commission. 

This week, ex-Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner collected an endorsement from a former opponent who hopes to see Lerner unseat incumbent Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado in District 7.

From the Miami Herald: Former Pinecrest mayor Cindy Lerner on Tuesday night pushed Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado into a runoff election this fall after battering the incumbent for votes on the environment and development.

Del Nuevo Herald: En 2020, Cindy Lerner estuvo a punto de derrotar a Raquel Regalado por el escaño del Distrito 7 en Miami-Dade. Cuatro años después, ambas se enfrentan nuevamente en una contienda muy polémica. Lerner acusa a Regalado de favorecer a los desarrolladores y descuidar temas ambientales, mientras que Regalado destaca sus logros legislativos y desestima las acusaciones como ataques personales. Con mucho en juego y una retórica intensa, esta revancha promete ser una feroz batalla sobre desarrollo, políticas ambientales e integridad política en Miami-Dade.

Commissioner Raquel Regalado, 49, barely won her District 7 seat in 2020, and the second-place finisher in that race is back to try again. Cindy Lerner, 71, who has served as Pinecrest mayor and as a Democratic member of the Florida House, lost to Regalado by 1,301 votes when the seat covering southern Miami and its adjoining suburbs was vacated by a term-limited Xavier Suarez.

By Hal Feldman: Cindy Lerner is no stranger to the people of Pinecrest. In the early days of the Village’s incorporation, the Council was proposing to force all residents to move over to the County water supply, where they would have to pay a hefty tax for the changeover. She and her neighbors organized to successfully fight and stop that special taxing district from happening. Soon thereafter, Cindy’s neighbors, in a groundswell of support, strongly encouraged her to run for Mayor. She won and served two terms as the third Mayor of Pinecrest from 2008-2016. “I spent most of my efforts with visioning for our young Village,” explained Lerner. “I felt we were lacking in public engagement, so we created multiple advisory groups, including ones for transportation and environmental.” For Lerner, it was about getting residents involved on how they wanted to move forward.

We Can Stop the Demolition of the Coconut Grove Playhouse

After a decade of Demolition by Neglect, Miami Dade County is now poised to proceed with the devastating action of demolishing the historic COCONUT GROVE PLAYHOUSE, but we can stop them!

After the extraordinary flooding South Florida just experienced, state legislators are close to passing a law that would dump cancer-causing waste into our roads, poisoning our water and air when it rains.

Despite recent challenges, Miami-Dade’s Animal Services has made tremendous progress over the past decade. It moved into a state-of-the-art facility, and its budget doubled, from $15 million in 2012 to more than $34 million in 2022, which has added significantly to its spay-neuter numbers.

As our municipal and county governments have made commitments to transition to clean energy, it is essential that our Miami-Dade County Public School system takes advantage of the incentives and federal funding available to transition to 100% clean energy by 2030.

It is time for Miami Dade County to breathe life back into the beloved Coconut Grove playhouse, which will require it to be restored to its highest and best use. To meet the needs of the 21 st century Coconut grove, which is again vibrant, attracting thousands of residents to the many new high-end residential towers and who expect high calibre talent to be available.

We need to build the necessary infrastructure so that South Florida residents can continue to live, work and play here for generations to come. The cost of renewable energy has come down substantially, and we should be embracing the solar industry, not only by installing solar panels on homes, government buildings and businesses, but by attracting companies that manufacture solar panels to our community.

Cindy Lerner, exrepresentante estatal y exalcaldesa de Pinecrest, apuesta por ocupar el escaño que deja el comisionado Xavier Suárez...

She’s only been a candidate for a month, but former Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner has blown past her rival Raquel Regalado when it comes to...

I wanted to be sure that you heard that I am now a candidate to represent the people of Miami-Dade County Commission District 7.