North Miami Councilwoman Mary Estimé-Irvin’s self-inflicted woes are about to get a whole lot worse.

Last month we reported that she’s been living rent-free in a house located at 155 NE 131 Street, North Miami, which she sold on May 8, 2018 by Quit Claim Deed to VWC LLC, a Florida Limited Liability company.

Then on February 10, 2020, the new owners sold the house to Michael A. Etienne, Jr., her opponent in the 2019 City Council election.  At the time, Mr. Etienne told us, “I have no intention of evicting her from the property.  She will have the option to stay if she agrees to sign a lease and pay a reasonable amount of rent.”

When she ignored his verbal offer to sign a lease agreement, on February 16, 2020 he notified her to vacate the premises by March 3, 2020.

When she ignored his legal notice, on March 5, 2020 Michael filed a lawsuit to evict Defendant Mary Estimé-Irvin, who “continues in possession of the premises without permission of the Plaintiff.”

He’s also suing her for unpaid back rent in the amount of $7,800.00.*

*UPDATE:  We were just advised by Mr. Etienne that this sum includes first months’ rent, last months’ rent, and a security deposit of $2,500.00 each, plus court costs of $300.00.

Not that Mr. Etienne has any reasonable expectation that she’ll pay up, since Mary is already swimming in debt for an unthinkable total of $1,415,247.84 in unpaid judgments and liens – and counting, as follows:

• The sum of $1,000.00 to the Florida Elections Commission for campaign finance violations committed during her North Miami City Council District 2 campaign in May 2013;
• The sum of $138.50, including interest, to the City of North Miami for a Animal Control Code Violation filed June 30, 2015;
• The sum of $188.50, including interest, to the City of North Miami for a False Alarm Code Violation filed July 24, 2015;
• A total of  $5,262.16 to the Florida Elections Commission for eleven campaign violations from her run for State Representative in August 2016;
• The sum of $2,453.45 to the Miami-Dade County Tax Assessor for the 2016 Real Estate Taxes on her home;
• The sum of $77,665.64 to the Internal Revenue Service due to a Federal Tax Lien filed April 19, 2017;
• The sum of $1,926.80 to Miami-Dade County for “medical services not paid” per a Default Final Judgment dated August 29, 2017;
• The sum of $1,326,066.24 to the Internal Revenue Service due to a Federal Tax Lien filed August 2, 2018; and
• The sum of $3,000.00 to the Florida Elections Commission for campaign violations she committed last May and June during the 2019 election for North Miami City Council District 3.

In case you’re prone to feeling sorry for this irrepressibly irresponsible “public servant,” save your tears.

While anyone can encounter a bit of bad financial luck due to unforeseen circumstances, every single one of Mary Estimé-Irvin’s financial problems was caused by her own hand – the same hand that refused to write the checks for her personal debt.

• Mary Estimé-Irvin ran for public office three times, yet refused to comply with Florida law to properly or timely file her campaign reports.
• Mary Estimé-Irvin then refused to pay the fines to the Florida Elections Commission for those violations.
• Mary Estimé-Irvin violated the City of North Miami Code – not once, but twice – and refused to pay the fines for those violations.
• Mary Estimé-Irvin refused to pay the real estate taxes on her own property.
• Mary Estimé-Irvin deducted payroll taxes from the salaries of her own employees, refused to pay those taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, and then kept that money for her own personal benefit.
• Mary Estimé-Irvin incurred a medical bill from Miami-Dade County, and then refused to pay for the services she received.

Is anyone surprised that she’s also refused to pay rent for the past two years?

Although Mary Estimé-Irvin refuses to pay her own bills, she certainly has no problem spending the hard earned tax dollars of North Miami residents to jet set around the country on trips, almost all of which have absolutely no public purpose.

Including but not limited to:

• Her 5-day vacataion to Houston, Texas from July 16 through July 20, 2019 to attend the Africa Forum of the Sister Cities International Cities Mean Business Annual Conference, which cost taxpayers $2,125.75.
• Her 5-day vacation to Washington, DC from September 11 through September 15, 2019 to attend the Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation , which cost taxpayers $2,598.27.
• Her 5-day vacation to Orlando from August 14 through August 18, 2019 to attend the Florida League of Cities 93rd Annual Conference, which cost taxpayers $1,619.84.
• Her 3-day vacation to Washington, DC (once again) from October 11 through October 13, 2019 to attend the Haitian Ladies network, which cost taxpayers $1,438.90.

And that’s only the records we have in our possession so far.

Mary Estimé-Irvin is a feckless, immature, irresponsible hot mess of a woman who, in her complete lack of self-awareness, sent out a Happy International Women’s Day email …

A day late and, as they say, a dollar short.

Which comes as no surprise.

With all her unresolved, self-inflicted baggage, Mary Estimé-Irvin is hardly the role model of “Generation Equality” that women around the world should aspire to emulate.

Especially now that she’s about to be homeless.

What should be of vital concern to every single one of North Miami’s 62,996 residents is that Mary Estimé-Irvin, who has proven she’s incapable of living within her own personal budget, she had no problem spending $179,536,306 of your tax dollars when she voted to pass the FY 2020 Budget.

Unfortunately …

Stephanie