Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

“We had some drive by shootings…” (Updated)

Random Pixels’ latest column is a MUST-READ scathing discourse about the state of the Miami Herald today.  In There are no ‘dirt-bag’ murders, he published a short excerpt from a book written by Pulitzer Prize…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade County Community Preparedness Survey 2014 | Encuesta de Preparación |Sondaj Sou Preparasyon

Miami-Dade County Community Preparedness Survey 2014 | Encuesta de Preparación |Sondaj Sou Preparasyon   Click Link:  http://miamidade.survey.sgizmo.com/s3/ The Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management is conducting a study to better understand the preparedness needs of…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

Say WHAT?

A couple days ago I received a call from a North Miami Beach resident I hadn’t heard from in a long time.  This resident used to be extremely active in the community, but dropped off…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

The Moral of the Story

There are so many morals to the latest story out of Miami Gardens that I don’t even know where to begin.  But, here goes anyway. The headline, Exclusive: Video shows shooting of Miami Gardens police…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

Q: How many Opa-locka city managers does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: One.  But don’t expect any results. That about sums up former-former-FIRED North Miami Beach/CURRENT Opa-locka city manager, Kelvin Baker’s resume.  Fortunately, our City Council got rid of him years ago.  Unfortunately, Opa-locka’s Commissioners got…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

While you were sleeping… (Updated)

NBC Miami posted the story at 1:09 AM, Teen Faces Charges in 2 Recent Armed Kidnappings. It seems that this teen, who will be tried as an adult, was also involved in another crime in…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

BREAKING IN NMB: Rape Suspects Arrested!

I have just been advised that due to the combined efforts of the North Miami Beach, North Miami and Miami-Dade County Police Departments, three suspects have been identified, apprehended and

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

The ties that bind (Updated 1/24/14)

Some of my North Miami Beach readers like to think there is no news worth reporting from outside The Perimeter.  They get annoyed with me for writing about any other city, especially neighboring North Miami. …

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Posted in Miami-Dade County

Your MUST-READS of the day!

If you think the “non-profit” scams artists who bleed cities like North Miami and North Miami Beach for “donations” are bad, that’s nothing compared to the ones that fleece the county agencies.  The local “talent”…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County Uncategorized

Panty Raid?

Channel 7’s four o’clock news today reported a shooting in Miami Gardens.  So far, none of the local news stations have posted this violent crime on their websites. NBC Miami, however, did report another story…

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