The in-your-face pay-to-play corruption in the city is beyond anything I’ve seen in my life,” said the former city manager.

Miami's part-time elected officials voted to reinstate a lifetime pension program that was suspended during the 2009 financial crisis.

Miami commissioners voted Tuesday to give themselves lifetime pensions. The 3-2 vote by commissioners revives a pension program that was ended in 2009 amid the financial crisis. Commissioners and the city's mayor would become eligible for a pension after serving seven years in office.