Month: June 2014
Alan Kluger, Super Lawyer?
In June of each year, Super Lawyers Magazine publishes its annual list of the top attorneys in Florida. Power players in the legal world anxiously await this issue in the hopes that their hard work…
Miami New Times: MOCA BREAKING NEWS!
MOCA Allegedly Reaches Agreement With North Miami: M’Bow Stays, Trustees to Leave With Artworks By Carlos Suarez De Jesus Published Wed., Jun. 18 2014 at 8:20 AM Photo by Ivon David Rojas The…
Babacar M’Bow: Champion of the Arts
Anyone who doesn’t already know that Babacar M’Bow is uniquely qualified to run North Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has obviously not met the man. Aside from his impressive credentials as a scholar, author,…
Under the Big Top in NMB!
One guess where I won’t be tomorrow night. Yeah, that’s right. I will not be at the North Miami Beach City Council meeting. I’d much rather watch a Law & Order:SVU marathon on the USA…
Fishy business at the MOCA
The cutthroat battle between the city of North Miami and the MOCA board of trustees keeps getting more turbulent with each passing day. As the Miami Herald reported on June 4, 2014, “Last month, the…
Nadia, Que Sueñe Con Los Angelitos
It is said that people come into our lives for a reason and when we most need them. I believe that the same goes for pets. In March of 2011, a friend of mine who…
MOCA @ the Crossroads
Join us this weekend to explore MOCA @ the Crossroads. Learn how the City’s struggle to keep the museum in North Miami makes an impact beyond our municipal borders and touches all facets of the…
Guest Columnist: NMB Resident Chuck Cook on Outsourcing
At this point in the process, I am opposed to the outsourcing of trash collection. In fact, there are some compelling reasons why this entire process should be halted at this time. I am disturbed…
Noblesse Oblige
One of my readers posted a very thought provoking comment on my last column about the North Miami/MOCA controversy. Jerry wrote: In defense of the noble, selfless efforts to relocate the museum: It looks like…
If it’s not one thing, it’s another thing.
But the one thing you can be sure of, in North Miami… Miami Herald reporters might as well just set up their own news desk in the lobby of North Miami City Hall.