From the “We Can’t Make This Up” files, here’s another popcorn-worthy moment on the 2026 North Miami Beach campaign trail.
Candidate Ariel Vasquez has been providing some much needed comic relief on his Facebook page since he first threw his hat in the ring and run for office.
We previously reported on his failed petition to divide North Miami Beach into “voting districts” for the purpose of encouraging a race and class war in a city where the residents have always enjoyed a united community.
We also exposed that the hidden agenda of this so-called Stronger NMB political committee was to eliminate term limits that the voters of North Miami Beach voted for in a 2016 Special Election.
Luckily, Ariel’s plan went 🔥 Down in flames! 🔥
Ariel’s latest stunt is in the form of a Facebook Live video of his good friend, Rey Martinez, who is standing on a corner he says is located at “1496 NE 185 Street” (a/k/a Miami Gardens Drive), clutching his pearls, and complaining about the flooding after a rainstorm.
“I want you to see where your taxpayer money is going,” Rey earnestly opined.
However, unbeknownst to Rey Martinez, Rocket Scientist Extraordinaire, he was not standing within the city limits of North Miami Beach.
According to the website of the Property Appraiser of Miami-Dade County, this commercial parcel of land is located in …
UNINCORPORATED MIAMI-DADE COUNTY!
This blogger got such a kick out of the inherent stupidity of Ariel Vasquez and his crony, I just had to post this snarky comment on his Facebook page.
In the meantime, pop some corn and watch the hilarity!
Yeah, sometimes these blogs just write themselves.
Stephanie
He always has this goofy smile on his face but everything that comes out of his mouth shows his ignorance. He has his buddy Rey Martinez wearing a shirt in support of Ariel yet Rey doesn’t live in the City of North Miami Beach. How exactly will he be supporting him? He can’t vote for him but he’s telling us, NMB residents, who to vote for?
Well, as we are prone to say, “So many idiots, so little time.”
Stephanie, it gets worse. The address Ariel’s lacky is reporting from is not only in the County, and on private property, the property is located on Miami Gardens Drive, which is a STATE ROAD. This means the paving and DRAINAGE of the roadway is the responsibility of FDOT, not NMB. Additionally, unless water is flowing off of Miami Gardens Drive onto the private property, it is the responsibilty of the property owner to drain their own parking lot. Over the years many drainage systems on private property fail due nto lack of regular maintenance. They become clogged with trash and sediment and the result is flooded parking lots. but Ariel could not fig7ure that out. Its too complicated for his brain to comprehend.
His lacky, Ray Martinez, goes on to mis-state the day of his video (9/8/26), but the address he stated (170th St and West Dixie Highway) where a similar flood has occurred is a highway owned by Miami Dade County which is responsible for the drainage of that highway as well. Not NMB.
The scary thing is that the mayor appointed Ariel to the City’s Public Utilities Commission where he was supposed to demonstrate some knowledge of the City’s infrastructure and certainly be aware of where it is located. Another example of a corrupt mayor and his new partner in crime as evidenced by Ariel’s push for the mayors term limit reset by his recent failed charter petition.
Thank you for that information! This needs to get out to all the voters in North Miami Beach so they know the dirty tricks the alleged “pastor” will play just to win an election.
So much for his being the self-proclaimed “Man of God.”
The hypocrisy is so gross.