The Florida Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to decide whether Miami Gardens acted legally when it disqualified a would-be mayoral candidate from the Aug. 30 election because his filing fee check was returned.
Wells Fargo sent James Barry Wright’s $620 check back to the city, saying it could not locate his bank account. Wright and the city agree he had ample funds and that the bank had honored previous checks from the same account. But he was too late to make up the amount with a cashier’s check within the qualifying period.
