Category: 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…
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…
Lauderdale Lakes Breaking News: Kelvin Baker resigns!
Lauderdale Lakes City Manager Kelvin Baker is packing up his traveling circus and hitting the road. In Lauderdale Lakes city manager resigns in dispute with commission, the Sun Sentinel just reported that “Baker announced his…
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…
