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Maybe she should have stayed fired

Opa-locka is in a whole heap of trouble once again. By sheer coincidence, the city is on the hook due to the criminal actions of a high ranking government official that we told you about…

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Michael Joseph’s bag of dirty tricks is overflowing. (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this miniseries about North Miami Beach mayor Michael Joseph’s attempts to deflect from his own alleged criminal activity, we told you about his latest attempt to remove the City Manager.  This…

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Posted in North Miami Beach Opa-locka

Michael Joseph’s bag of dirty tricks is overflowing. (Part 1)

North Miami Beach mayor Michael Joseph is already known for creating fake news stories and then leaking them to the local media. Yes, the infamous Devil on the Dais is that duplicitous. It seems that…

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Congrats, North Miami, you’re in the Top Ten!

The website RoadSnacks.net, a subsidiary of HomeSnacks.net, “combines recent data from the Census, FBI, OpenStreetMaps, and dozens of other sources into bite-sized studies to help you understand what it’s like to live in different communities…

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Hopeless in Opa-locka

If Opa-locka residents thought term limits were going to solve their corruption problem, they were sadly mistaken. With three career politicians about to vacate their seats on the dais, voters had the rare opportunity to…

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Opa-locka: Vincent T. Brown Must Go! (UPDATED)

The Opa-locka Mayor and Commission are finally looking to replace their ethically challenged and fiscally irresponsible … and questionably intelligent City Attorney, Vincent T. Brown. Item 4 on the agenda for tonight’s Regular Commission Meeting authorizes the issuance of…

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Fixing Opa-locka: Bring on the Whistleblowers!

Fighting against public corruption, especially in Opa-locka, is usually an exercise in futility. It’s nearly impossible to win even one battle, but a back-to-back sweep is nothing short of a miracle. Well, add another feather…

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From bad to worse. Opa-locka’s self-inflicted troubles continue.

First came the scathing article from the Miami New Times that Opa-locka Crime Is Up 403%, Report Says. Reporter Jessica Lipscomb wrote: Conditions at the Opa-locka Police Department are so bad the city can barely…

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Opa-locka, the City of Terminal Stupidity

A City Attorney who can’t comprehend his own municipal charter is a special kind of stupid. Then again, when the city is Opa-locka, and the attorney is Vincent T. Brown, anything is possible. This is…

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Is there hope for Opa-locka? Don’t hold your breath.

Opa-locka residents will finally have the chance to clean house on November 6, 2018.  But will it end the city’s documented history of corruption?  Probably not. Thanks to term limits, which voters passed by referendum…

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