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He was a Florida state representative for 8 years and a county commissioner for 4 yrs. That's it. He didn't run for another term as commissioner, likely due to the fact that taxpayers were not happy to find that he'd used $30,000 of taxpayer money towards getting his Harvard degree (Miami Herald 8/26/15 "Miami-dade Commissioner Juan Carlos Zapata took $30K for Harvard degree"). He paid the money back due to public backlash. If you think he deserves a page, the external link to district 11 needs to be deleted as it now refers to his successor Joe Martinez. Beaglemix (talk) 18:04, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Also the external link vote smart should be deleted as it says he was born in Lima, Peru, and gives no additional useful info Beaglemix (talk) 18:07, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
