Miami commissioner reveals most cancers analysis, runs for reelection

Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes revealed that he has most cancers, however is constant with marketing campaign plans for his re-election.

Reyes, 79-year-old native of Cuba, confirmed his leukemia analysis with the Miami Herald on Monday.

The commissioner stated he had been working from dwelling since September after falling unwell. He underwent exams after his sickness endured and his analysis was confirmed in late September.

“It was horrible information,” he stated. “However the one factor is to imagine within the Lord, get the very best medical remedy which you can get, and struggle it.”

Reyes is a most cancers survivor who went into remission in 2019 after quietly present process remedy. He didn’t disclose his analysis on the time, and he didn’t miss any Metropolis Fee conferences throughout that remedy, he stated.

He stated he doesn’t imagine his analysis must be information because it doesn’t have an effect on his efficiency as a commissioner. He did, nonetheless, inform his workers, different metropolis commissioners, and metropolis supervisor.

Reyes, a former metropolis finances analyst and Miami-Dade Colleges trainer, serves District 4, representing Flagami and Coral Manner. He was first elected to the Metropolis of Miami Fee in 2017 by an amazing 57% of the vote to finish the ultimate two years of Francis Suarez’s time period following Suarez’s election as mayor. In 2019, Reyes was re-elected with out opposition.

He’s at the moment searching for re-election for a second full time period and says he’s feeling “robust” and wholesome.

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