Category: North Miami Beach
For a good time call 305-LEO-AFFAIRS
If you are under the mistaken impression that all police officers are professional, courteous, adult human beings, just hop on over to the website known as LEOAFFAIRS.COM (a/k/a Cops Tot Lot), and check out the…
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT
North Miami Beach employee and AFSCME President Janice Coakley starts every public comment in response to a department’s budget presentation with the phrase, “I have a problem with that.” Ever since the Budget Season has…
My WTF Moment of the Day
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times…I’m no financial expert. I could stare at the North Miami Beach budget and all the slide presentations given by the various department heads, and…
Random Thoughts and Nominations
Unless there are any really new developments in the not so breaking story of the North Miami Beach Police Department vs. the city, I won’t be writing more about this situation. No, I have not…
Concerning Conversating
While we anxiously await tonight’s City of North Miami Beach budget workshop so that I can blog about current events, I thought I’d go off on a random tangent about a favorite topic of mine…
State of the UNION Part 2: Cycle of Corruption
Today I received a copy of a Memorandum dated August 16, 2011 from the International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO to the North Miami Beach Police Officers Association, IUPA Local 6005. Turns out, this Memorandum…
The Dog & Pony Show of NMB
Thanks to a three day migraine, and the desire to simply not be aggravated again, I chose to watch the North Miami Beach Council meeting last night on my computer instead of attending in person. …
“Lucy! You got some ‘splainin’ to do!”
One of my favorite childhood shows was I Love Lucy. It didn’t matter what I was doing, the minute I heard the familiar theme song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_CzPL_7LuQ) I would drop everything and run to the television. …
Economics 101: Privatization
In the world of government, the word “privatization” has become a dirty word. Of course, those who run government agencies don’t want to hear that private companies could do the same job, more efficiently and…
