THEIR MAYOR WAS BEHAVING THIS
WAY.
THE MAYOR SAID EVERYTHING HE
DID WAS APPROVED BY ATTORNEYS.
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REPORT.
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS MIAMI-DADE
MAYOR URGED GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT
TO INTERVENE IN THE ONGOING
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
AS PART OF THE MAYOR'S CONCERNS
HE SITED THE PUBLIC CORRUPTION
INVESTIGATION IN THIS CITY.
WE CONTINUE OUR EXCLUSIVE LOOK
INTO THIS INVESTIGATION AS WE
LOOK INTO THE INSIDE MAN.
CBS 4 IS THERE WITH PART TWO OF
THE SERIES.
HI TOLD ME HIS WORK AS A
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT STARTED
WHEN SANTIAGO FORCED HIM TO PAY
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BRIBE
TO HELP HIM SECURE AN
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE.
THE CORRUPTION WENT WELL BEYOND
SANTIAGO.
YOU'RE IN A TOUGH POSITION
HERE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU
THINK ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT
THIS TIME.
THAT WAS THE CITY MANAGER
AFTER LAST WEEK'S COMMISSION
MEETING.
HE WAS AT THE CENTER OF ONE OF
THE LARGEST PUBLIC CORRUPTIONS.
AN INVESTIGATION STARTED
BECAUSE OF THIS MAN.
HE WAS TRYING TO OPEN A
BUSINESS SELLING FARM
EQUIPMENT.
HE SAID HE WAS FORCED TO MAKE A
SERIES OF PAY OFFS TO
COMMISSIONER LEWIS SANTIAGO.
WE'LL GET YOUR LICENSE.
Reporter: AT THE TIME HE WAS
THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
OVERSEEING CODE ENFORCEMENT.
BEFORE THE INTRODUCTIONS HE
MADE ANOTHER PAYMENT.
THEY MADE ME AND I GAVE INTO
SANTIAGO.
SO HE WASN'T THERE WHEN HE
COUNTED OUT THE MONEY.
I PAID HIM OUT.
THEN THE STORY WHO WAS FIRST
REPORTED SAYS HE THEN DISMISSED
THE TWO MEN.
SO HE IS GOING GET YOU A
LICENSE.
HE WILL GET YOU LICENSE.
Reporter: THEY WALKED TO HIS
LICENSE.
WE ARE GOING TO GET YOU
LICENSE.
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND I'M
GOING TO GET YOU LICENSE.
Reporter: DID HE EVER ASK
YOU MONEY?
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
Reporter: HE HAD BEEN
RACKING UP FINES FROM THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR.
IN ORDER TO GET MY LICENSE I
HAD TO GET THE FINES OUT OF THE
SYSTEM.
SO I WENT BACK TO HIM AND SAID
LOOK, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU A LOT OF FINES THERE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
YOU GIVE ME $3000 I GET ALL OF
THE FINES OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
AND YOU WOULD ALWAYS PAY HIM
IN CASH?
PAY IN CASH.
AND ARE THESE ENCOUNTERS
WITH THE CITY MANAGER, ARE THEY
ALSO ON VIDEO AND RECORDED?
ALL OF THIS.
Reporter: IN ADDITION TO
CLEARING UP THE FINES HE ALSO
NEEDED TO GET HIS WATER TURNED
BACK ON AFTER IT HAD BEEN SHUT
OFF.
HE SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT
IT.
I'LL SEND SOMEBODY TO TAKE CARE
OF THIS PROBLEM.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
ARRIVED AT HIS BUSINESS.
HE TOLD ME, LOOK, TODAY WILL
COST YOU $250.
YOU PAY ME $50 A MONTH AND YOU
CAN USE ALL OF THE WATER YOU
WANT BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY CASH
TO ME.
THIS IS WHY THE CITY IS IN
BANKRUPTCY.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO SURVIVE
PEOPLE TAKING ALL OF THE MONEY?
Reporter: HE SAYS THE LAST
PLAYER CAUGHT UP IN THE SCHEME
WAS SOMEONE HE CONSIDERED A
FRIEND, TAYLOR, THE SON OF MYRA
TAYLOR.
IT IS GOING TO COST YOU
$3000.
HE SAID HE WAS CRUSHED.
SATURDAY AND THE DAY AFTER
HE WAS THERE ASKING ME FOR THE
MONEY.
I COUNTED AND GAVE HIM THE
MONEY.
IS THAT ON VIDEO?
EVERYTHING IS RECORDED ON
VIDEO.
Reporter: THE MAYOR HAS NOT
ADDRESSED THE ACCUSATIONS
AGAINST HER SON.
SHE MADE A REFERENCE TO THE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
OBVIOUSLY THINGS ARE COMING
IN THE PAPER THAT IS NOT
NECESSARILY TRUE.
Reporter: NEITHER TAYLOR OR
HARRIS RESPONDED TO A REQUEST
FOR COMMENT.
HE MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE AND
SAYS HE DID NOTHING WRONG.
WE LOOK AT THE TOLL THIS HAS
TAKEN AND THE FRUSTRATION HE