Category: Opa-locka
The content of her character
While Opa-locka’s current financial crisis was inevitable, Mayor “Lady” Myra Taylor‘s outburst at the November 12, 2015 commission meeting was a complete shocker. In Mayor blasts manager in latest Opa-locka meltdown, the Miami Herald quoted…
Opa-locka’s Crash & Burn!
Is anyone surprised that the City of Opa-locka is about to go bust? As the Miami Herald reported last night, On the brink of financial collapse, Opa-locka seeks state help, … well the headline says…
Hey, Lauderdale Lakes. Opa-locka called. They want their village idiot back! Oh, wait. Never mind.
Three months after City Manager Kelvin Baker broke up with the City of Opa-locka, the Mayor and Commissioners are facing yet another crisis of their own making. On September 4, 2015, the commission hired Steve…
Lauderdale Lakes Mayor and Commission: “We ❤ Kelvin Baker”
“In fact, we love our new City Manager so much, here’s a blank check. Here’s a pen. The sky’s the limit!” That’s essentially what the Lauderdale Lakes elected officials said when they green-lighted a sweetheart…
“Three years in Opa Locka can prepare you for anything.”
So said Kelvin Baker when he got the coveted job as City Manager of Lauderdale Lakes. Now that Lauderdale Lakes Commissioner Gloria Lewis didn’t have to go “outside to hire a consultant who’s not my…
“I know I’m f*cked.”
That’s Peter Cruz’s story and he’s stickin’ to it! I just got the hot-off-the-presses arrest report of the Opa-Locka police major’s arrest for “driving under the influence.” The narrative would be one of the funniest things…
Just Cruz-in’ along…
Faithful North Miami Police Department watchers have always known it was bound to happen. The former NMPD Bad Boy, Peter Cruz, just landed himself in a whole heap of trouble. After leaving North Miami for…
Lauderdale Lakes: Land of gas stations, talky women and … Kelvin Baker?
Fresh from his resignation as City Manager of Opa-locka, Kelvin Baker has applied for a job in the equally dysfunctional City of Lauderdale Lakes. The tiny 3.64 square mile parcel (including its half square mile…
Kelvin Baker throws in the towel
It must have been one hell of a Commission meeting over in Opa-locka Wednesday night. After three years of dealing with the wackiest body of elected officials in Miami-Dade County, Kelvin Baker just couldn’t take…
Opa-locka: “Deficit? What deficit? We don’t have no stinkin’ deficit.”
Opa-locka City Manager Kelvin Baker still “can’t seem to get nothing done.” And the City Commissioners still haven’t devised a plan to solve their budget problem. So they decided to ignore it instead. Yep. Math…
