Category: Lauderdale Lakes
News Briefs
FEC to Carline Paul: “Guilty as charged!” On November 16, 2016, the Florida Elections Commission issued its Final Order on the complaint filed against Carline M. Paul. At the Commission’s informal hearing held last month,…
Is this the end of the road for Kelvin Baker?
Lauderdale Lakes commissioners are understandably nervous that their Financial Services Director, Susan Gooding-Liburd, might be doing a perp walk out of City Hall. The Sun-Sentinel reported in Lauderdale Lakes finance director linked to Opa-locka controversy …
I’m not saying it was Kelvin Baker, but…
After the latest breaking news out of Opa-locka, the Lauderdale Lakes commissioners might want to consider a forensic audit of its entire city. As hard as it is to believe, things in Opa-locka just got…
Kelvin Baker packs up his traveling circus and hits the road.
Despite a valiant effort to keep their city manager, last Tuesday night the Lauderdale Lakes commission voted to send Kelvin Baker packing. On Wednesday, the Sun Sentinel first reported that the sticking point was the…
Opa-locka’s Theater of the Absurd. Co-starring Myra Taylor and Kelvin Baker!
Once again, the news out of Opa-locka is making jaws drop as the bizarre details of political greed, stupidity and unbelievable sense of entitlement are being exposed. From the You Can’t Make This Up files…
Lauderdale Lakes Breaking News: Kelvin Baker resigns!
Lauderdale Lakes City Manager Kelvin Baker is packing up his traveling circus and hitting the road. In Lauderdale Lakes city manager resigns in dispute with commission, the Sun Sentinel just reported that “Baker announced his…
Big trouble in store for Opa-locka city officials! Is former City Manager Kelvin Baker next?
Four years ago on July 3, 2012, when Kelvin Baker landed the top job in Opa-locka, I predicted that “this unholy union should keep the Miami New Times and the Miami Herald (and hopefully, this…
More troubles in Opa-locka? (UPDATED)
Opa-locka’s already tarnished reputation just took a turn for the worse. Ever since the feds raided its government offices on March 10, 2016, South Florida’s shadiest little city has become the national poster child for…
Kelvin Baker’s Traveling Circus
When the Mayor and Commissioners of Lauderdale Lakes rolled out the red carpet for Kelvin Baker on September 28th, he had two days to prepare a budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015….
Opa-locka’s Swan Song (Kelvin Baker’s Legacy)
The boom is about to be lowered on the City of Opa-locka, and no one can say they didn’t see it coming. In Opa-locka’s ‘shell game’ masked millions in debt, the Miami Herald revealed that…
