Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

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…

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

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…

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Posted in North Miami Beach

Tallahassee lawyer Mark Herron wrote the book on ethics. Oh, wait, never mind. (Part 1)

Forget tourism.  Public corruption has become one of Florida’s major industries. Each election cycle presents the opportunity to create more wealth for a handful of individuals who profit from campaigns all over the state.  Some…

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Posted in North Miami Beach

The Phyllis Smith Sorry-Not-Sorry Apology Rant

At Tuesday night’s council meeting, North Miami Beach Fake Councilwoman Phyllis Smith faked an apology for the childish temper tantrum she pulled at the August 28, 2016 special meeting. You will recall that the Mayor…

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

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…

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Posted in North Miami Beach Opa-locka

Opa-locka: Oops, there goes another one!

It didn’t take long for Wilfredo A. Ferrer to convince former Opa-locka City Attorney David Chiverton to see things his way. Twelve days after the city’s Assistant Public Works Director Gregory Harris pleaded guilty to…

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Posted in North Miami Beach

I was almost ready for some football, but nah. Then this happened.

Every summer for over forty years I eagerly looked forward to the start of football season.  Football has always meant so much more to me than just the game my father taught me to love. …

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Posted in North Miami Beach

SD 38, the “race” is on!

If you’re freaked out that Daphne Campbell won the Democratic primary for State Senate District 38, you’re not alone.  I had my theories how she pulled this off, but until now I was leery about…

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Posted in North Miami Beach

Phyllis Smith, shut up and sit down!

At a special meeting of the North Miami Beach city council called for the sole purpose of passing a single piece of time-critical legislation, Faux Councilwman Phyllis Smith deliberately inconvenienced everyone in the room by…

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Is Phyllis Smith lying again? Well, her lips ARE moving. So, yeah. She’s lying.

Last week North Miami Beach Faux Councilwoman Phyllis Smith wasted everyone’s valuable time at a specially called meeting … to complain that there are too many specially called meetings. Yeah, she’s that clueless. After she…

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