Category: 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…
Opa-locka Mayor Myra Taylor gets no respect!
It’s bad enough that Opa-locka is thisclose to losing its City Hall in foreclosure. Even worse, the county just took control of the city’s water department. But horror of horrors, the Governor’s appointed oversight board…
Big trouble in store for Opa-locka city officials! Is former City Manager Kelvin Baker next?
Four years ago on July 3, 2012, when Kelvin Baker landed the top job in Opa-locka, I predicted that “this unholy union should keep the Miami New Times and the Miami Herald (and hopefully, this…
Opa-locka Update: The hole keeps getting deeper.
It sure is a shame that Opa-locka city officials didn’t heed the sage advice of Will Rogers, who said, “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” On the contrary, as recently as last…
More troubles in Opa-locka? (UPDATED)
Opa-locka’s already tarnished reputation just took a turn for the worse. Ever since the feds raided its government offices on March 10, 2016, South Florida’s shadiest little city has become the national poster child for…
Uh, oh, Opa-locka. This can’t be good! (UPDATED)
Local10.com is reporting live that Federal Agents are swooping into Opa-locka as we speak, armed with search warrants. Since last December, Opa-locka has been the target of federal investigations by the FBI and the Securities…
#HouseGenius. Oh, Joe. Say it isn’t so!
Attorney Joseph S. Geller wants to be the City Attorney for North Miami. Florida State Representative Joseph S. Geller can’t even figure out how to vote on the House floor. The Miami Herald Naked Politics…
Kelvin Baker’s Traveling Circus
When the Mayor and Commissioners of Lauderdale Lakes rolled out the red carpet for Kelvin Baker on September 28th, he had two days to prepare a budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015….
Opa-locka’s Swan Song (Kelvin Baker’s Legacy)
The boom is about to be lowered on the City of Opa-locka, and no one can say they didn’t see it coming. In Opa-locka’s ‘shell game’ masked millions in debt, the Miami Herald revealed that…
Let’s face it. SoFla is a cesspool of corruption, and there’s nothing we can do about it.
Al Crespo posted the third installment of his investigation into the corrupt financial dealings of Katherine Fernandez-Rundle. If you haven’t read it, check out The State Attorney has a History of Secret Money Deals. According…
