Suarez said that Acevedo will start his new job in the next four to eight weeks since Acevedo requested some buffer time out of respect for Mayor Sylvester Turner.
The ever outspoken Acevedo sure seemed fired-up about the next chapter of his career in his remarks to the Miami media Monday morning.
“In my heart,” Acevedo said, “I knew that my mayor, Sylvester Turner… I knew his time was coming up, and I was contemplating what’s next. Because politics are not in my heart, because as you know, I have no home, I piss off the left and the right to be honest with you… but service is in my heart.”