Hialeah mayor tries to pay countya s $4K ethics fine in pennies

The Miami-Dade County ethics commission found Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez guilty earlier this year of "knowingly" lying to the community about a shady business deal Hernandez sent a truck stacked with 28 buckets filled with pennies to cover the $4,000 fine imposed by the commission Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez sent a truck stacked with 28 buckets filled with pennies to cover a $4,000 fine imposed by the ethics commission. The coin payment was rejected.