Author: Stephanie Kienzle
Ask Me About ASFCME
Lots of rumors and false information has been swirling around the city regarding the negotiations with the employees’ union AFSCME for a successor collective bargaining agreement. If it were just a matter of “he said,…
The Drama Queen of NMB
If you want to see a real performance worthy of any Off, Off, Off Broadway show, you need to tune into last night’s North Miami Beach council meeting on the city’s website. Fast forward to…
The Jailbird of North Miami
North Miami mayor Andre Pierre’s nephew, Ricardo Brutus is in a bit of a pickle. For starters, on March 25, 2011, he got himself arrested right in the middle of managing his uncle’s campaign for…
A Crime of Opportunity
WARNING: If you really believe that George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in cold blood because the kid was black, I suggest you stop reading right now if you don’t want to get pissed…
Water, Water, Everywhere
Just how vindictive is North Miami Beach councilman Frantz Pierre? Based on a recent suspicious incident reported to the Police Department, it sure seems to me that he’ll go to just about any length to…
One Flew Over
If you want to see a train wreck in progress and you have two and a half hours to waste, watch the City of North Miami Beach Sanitation Workshop that was held on May 1,…
Occupy A Shower
On Tuesday, May 1st, the unwashed, anarchy loving, trust funded, imaginary “99%,” a/k/a “occupiers,” plan to celebrate my 55th birthday by engaging “in a U.S. general strike to “shut it down,” referring to the country’s…
A Principal Without Principles: Show Us the Money!
What’s North Miami Beach Senior High School Principal Raymond L. Fontana up to now? Well, no good, of course! As I’ve mentioned in previous columns, he’s pared all the arts programs down to a bare…
Garbage In, Garbage Out
I’m constantly amazed at how a small handful of North Miami Beach residents who think they know everything actually get angry if the mayor and council don’t vote according to their own personal wishes. The…
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
North Miami mayor Andre Pierre probably couldn’t stand that his butt kissing city manager, Stephen Johnson, got his own headline yesterday, so he grabbed the spotlight and got his own story today. Hizzoner got the…


