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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…
“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…
Peter Cruz and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
Opa-locka Police Major Peter Cruz had to know his week was off to a bad start when, before the sun even rose on Monday morning, he crashed his city owned pickup into a fence along…
The Brotherhood of the Traveling Suits
Whenever a top municipal government position opens up, the vultures swarm in. At last count, sources told me there were 43 applicants to fill North Miami’s Assistant Manager position vacated by Lumene Claude, one of…
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…
Opa-locka update
The Opa-locka City Clowns Commissioners are still trying to figure out how they got themselves into such a financial hole and how they’re gonna dig their way out. At the Commission meeting last night, two…
The old Gray M̶a̶r̶e̶ Lady, she ain’t what she used to be.
Gotta love the New York Times! Last night this tweet went viral: Favorite headline of week. He pitches righty, lefty — and evidently, also underwater. Faces Aquaman in next outing. pic.twitter.com/efxaQxFp8Z — Neill Woelk (@NeillWoelk)…
Happy Birthday, VotersOpinion!
Five years ago this month, VotersOpinion.com was born. Although no one is more surprised than I am at its success, I do know two people who are less than thrilled that I’m still in the…
See Spot Run, Part 1: North Miami Beach
In a little over two weeks, North Miami Beach voters will decide three races. Despite criticism from members in the police and general employees unions, as well as a few residents, Mayor George Vallejo has…
Birds of a feather?
The City of Miami Gardens just can’t get a break. First, Police Chief Stephen Johnson got himself arrested in a prostitution sting on Friday night. He was promptly fired. Yesterday, Channel 10 reported that Assistant…
