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Here is picture of the actual election result between Dr. Smith Joseph and former North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns. As a political new comer Smith Joseph beats out two-time former North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns for the mayoral seat vacated by Lucie Tundreau.

Edging out the former Mayor of North Miami, Dr. Smith Joseph won the seat as a first-time political runner after the suspension of the past mayor Lucie Tondreau. A registered pharmacist at the start of his career, Dr. Joseph continued his studies and fulfilled his goal of becoming a doctor of medicine and opened his own clinic in the North Miami area. The road to his election was not a quiet one, taking place amidst the uncertainty of a runoff and on the heels of the former mayor's suspension, but at the end, the results from the 21 precincts list him as the winner over former mayor Kevin Burns.

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Here is a picture of the two candidates running for Mayor of North Miami. Kevin Burns against the Haitian-American Dr. Smith Joseph

Will Haitian Voters Elect Kevin Burns North Miami Mayor This Time?

Former North Miami mayor Kevin Burns is facing Dr. Smith Joseph in a runoff for mayor. Acting mayor Phillip Bien-Aime has been substituting for Mayor Lucille Tondreau, arrested on mortgage fraud charges. Last year Tondreau beat Burns in a runoff for mayor.

Because Burns is white many feel it is an obstacle in a largely Black and Haitian electorate, but the unethical behavior of Tondreau may make voters rethink their racial bias.

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Here is a picture of Councilman of North Miami, District 3, Jean R. Marcellus.

The Haitian-born Councilman of North Miami, Jean R. Marcellus, at one point was involved in a scandal when he received a free Haiti trip from Mayor Andre Pierre's nephew, Ricardo Brutus.

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A picture of Mark Elias delivering his speech at the ceremony. First Haitian-American Chief of Police for North Miami. The Oat of Office ceremony took place on Monday, November 28, 2011 at North City Hall.

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A picture of Arnel Belizaire at the ceremony.

Marc Elias, First Haitian-American Chief of Police for North Miami. The Oat of Office ceremony took place on Monday, November 28, 2011 at North City Hall.

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Here is a picture of Jacques Despinosse who is president of the Haitian American Leadership Coalition and executive Director of Haitian American Citizenship and Voter Education Center, Inc.

Councilman Jacques Despinosse was born in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. He immigrated to the United States in 1968, where he became a small business owner in Brooklyn, NY. He moved to Florida in 1977 and has lived in North Miami since 1989.

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Here is a picture of the mayor of North Miami in the United States. Andre Pierre who was born in Arcahaie, Haiti became the second Haitian American to be elected in the city of North Miami.

In the final phase of Indian inhabitation of the area that eventually became "North Miami",

Some history about North Miami. Following thee final phase of Indian inhabitation of the area, United States Army soldiers in 1856 cut a Military Trail near rivers connecting Fort Lauderdale to Fort Dallas at the mouth of the Miami River.

North Miami, between 1926 and 1931, was named "Town of Miami Shores", one reason for that was because its early eastern boundary was the Atlantic Ocean.

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The first person who was able to become the first Haitian-American Mayor of North Miami. Joe Celestin was present to welcome the first Haitian American Chief of the City of Miami.

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Here is a picture of North Miami Mayor Marie Lucie Tondreau on May 20, 2014 as she was indicted on Mortgage Fraud. According to the allegation, North Miami Mayor Lucie Tondreau allegedly, with the complicity of three others used false information to get loans on twenty properties at the pic of the housing boom. She worked with Karl Oreste, O.J. Odunna and Kelly Augustin.

It was also reported that Tondreau used some of that money to open in investment account, money she used later for her personal use.

Lucie Tondreau was in an official business for the city on Monday as the FBI agents came to arrest her at her home. On Tuesday, as she arrived in town, she turned herself in to the authorities.

According to Ms. Tondreau, she think this is a huge mistake and she said that she will have more to say after talking to her attorney

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Mayor of North Miami, and attorney Andre Pierre in a Ruben cutting ceremony. He was accompanied by many other officials and staff

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