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Miami Herald recommends Ricky Arriola over #DirtyPolitician Mark Weithorn!

The Miami Herald editorial board just posted its recommendation of Ricky Arriola for Miami Beach City Commission Group 5. In Herald choices for Miami Beach dais, the editorial board compared the qualifications of Mr. Arriola…

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Third murder in less than a month in North Miami Beach

Tuesday night at approximately 7:15, one man was shot to death and his step-brother injured in the bedroom of a North Miami Beach home in the vicinity of NE 175 Street and 13 Avenue. Channel…

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Is KFR finally closing in on the North Miami/NMB Circle of Corruption?

The big news yesterday was the arrest of North Miami Senior High School’s Adult Education Center principal, Jean Coty Ridore, on corruption charges, including “grand theft, unlawful compensation and official misconduct,” according to NBC Miami….

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Déjà vu: Murder in North Miami Beach

Exactly one week ago today, there was a (still unsolved) murder in North Miami Beach.  A male victim was found dead on the ground, the victim of a shooting. Last night it happened again.

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Murder in North Miami Beach (UPDATED)

A young male in his mid-20s was the victim of a shooting in North Miami Beach this evening.  The murder occurred in the vicinity of NE 151 Street and 16 Avenue.  Police have not yet…

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Move over, Lucie. Orange might be the new yellow!

Well, this case keeps getting more and more interesting. As I reported in Where you go, Joe?, the absentee ballot fraud case against North Miami Beach “Councilwoman” Phyllis Smith has been stalled because her attorney,…

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NMB Breaking News: Absentee ballot fraud will NOT be tolerated!

Hot off the presses is a lawsuit filed late this afternoon by Michael Joseph and the Jewish Leadership Coalition against Phyllis Smith in her official capacity as a member of the North Miami Beach City…

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North Miami: Still crazy after all these y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ weeks.

Now that the North Miami Beach election is over, I have plenty of time to keep tabs on my other favorite city.  Not surprisingly, things are still as crazy as ever in good ol’ North…

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North Miami Beach post-election analysis, and Carnac’s predictions.

If you’ve been paying attention, you already know that Phyllis Smith won the runoff election in North Miami Beach by 75 votes. If you’re one of the 18,944 registered voters who stayed home instead of…

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North Miami’s New “Transparency”

When is a public record not a public record? When it’s requested from North Miami City Clerk Michael A. Etienne, Esq. After years of receiving complaints about the problems receiving public records from the Clerk’s…

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