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Commissioner Hardemon would go on to serve as a Miami-Dade Assistant Public Defender. Commissioner Hardemon is still practicing law at: The Law Offices of Keon Hardemon, P.A. He also owns a tax preparation and filing firm called: Miami Tax Masters where they want you to “Let a lawyer do your taxes.” You can find his business at: 5126 NW 7th Avenue Miami, FL. Commissioner Hardemon was first elected to the Board of City Commissioners in November of 2013, and subsequently re-elected in 2017. He served as Vice-Chairman of the board of the City of Miami in his first two years of office but then served as Chairman the next three years in 2016, 2017, and 2018. He was the first Chairman to serve three consecutive years, under two different mayors. As commissioner, he championed the creation of a city-wide anti-poverty program which the City of Miami uses to reduce the levels of poverty in each of the commissioner’s districts. Additionally, the commissioner also serves as the Chairman of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). The CRA was created in 1982, to eliminate slum and blight in an area long ignored by local, state, and federal governments. Its goal is to enhance the quality of life of