Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes revealed that he has most cancers, however is continuous with campaign plans for his re-election.
Reyes, 79-year-old native of Cuba, confirmed his leukemia prognosis with the Miami Herald on Monday.
The commissioner mentioned he had been working from dwelling since September after falling ailing. He underwent checks after his sickness endured and his prognosis was confirmed in late September.
“It was horrible information,” he mentioned. “However the one factor is to consider within the Lord, get the most effective medical remedy that you may get, and battle it.”
Reyes is a most cancers survivor who went into remission in 2019 after quietly present process remedy. He didn’t disclose his prognosis on the time, and he didn’t miss any Metropolis Fee conferences throughout that remedy, he mentioned.
He mentioned he doesn’t consider his prognosis needs to be information because it doesn’t have an effect on his efficiency as a commissioner. He did, nonetheless, inform his employees, different metropolis commissioners, and metropolis supervisor.
Reyes, a former metropolis finances analyst and Miami-Dade Colleges trainer, serves District 4, representing Flagami and Coral Means. He was first elected to the Metropolis of Miami Fee in 2017 by an awesome 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 present searching for re-election for a second full time period and says he’s feeling “robust” and wholesome.
