UPDATE:  CBS Miami just reported:  http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/09/22/judge-rules-on-challenge-against-n-miami-mayors-residency/ I just received word that the lawsuit, Burns v. Tondreau, et al, was dismissed.  The judge deemed that he did not have jurisdiction

I don’t think anything would make me happier at this particular moment than to never hear the word “pension” again.  Or “reform.”  Especially in the same sentence.  While I’m certainly no rocket scientist, I consider…

North Miami sucked me in again.  But certainly not in the way I expected. As reported last night by Channel 7’s Carmel Cafiero, it appears that Mayor Lucie Tondreau is under fire for being escorted…

As I reported to you this morning, there was an armed robbery in North Miami Beach that ended in gunfire in Aventura.  Earlier news reports merely said that a chase ensued and shots were fired….

But, NMB is for Gunslingers! As NBC Miami just reported in Armed Robbery at North Miami Beach Strip Club, a victim leaving Dean’s Gold strip club was robbed and followed by the suspects to Aventura,…

It’s budget time in cities around Miami-Dade County.  Like all the other municipalities in South Florida, the City of Opa-locka has to deal with decreasing revenues, increasing operating costs, and creative ways to scare up…

As much as I’ve been trying to keep my nose out of North Miami politics, it’s not as easy as I had hoped.  Besides, if you remember, I did reserve the right to change my…

But I still can’t help but wonder how things went so horribly wrong in North Miami Beach. According to the two cities’ histories reported in Wikipedia, both were incorporated during the Florida land boom of…

Impasse Hearing on IUPA Contract Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 5:00 PM What: Impasse Hearing International Union of Police Associations Union

I know I said I was done with North Miami.  And I really did mean it.  But an article was just published in the Miami Herald that begs a comment or two. In North Miami…