Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

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….

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Posted in North Miami Beach

Balancing of the Equities

Considering that the Florida Legislature is still in session, and will be until March 11, 2016, I was surprised to learn on Monday that a hearing was held in the Michael Joseph v. Phyllis Smith…

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Posted in North Miami Beach

Politicians Lie. It’s what they do.

I know I’ve said this before but it bears repeating. Politicians lie.  It’s what they do. They lie to get in office.  They lie to stay in office.  They lie to protect their special interests. …

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Joe Geller: Lawyer, Politician, Corruptocrat Extraordinaire

When is a law firm not a law firm? Apparently, it all depends on Joseph S. Geller’s definition of the word “is.” Joe’s been scurrying around North Miami City Hall like a rat, trying to…

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Chief Lenny’s Self-Inflicted Media Crisis (Updated)

At his very first roll call after he was hired on December 4, 2014, former North Miami Beach Police Chief J. Scott Dennis told his troops, “No one talks to the blogger.” How do I…

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Frantzie Watch: Let the con games b̶e̶g̶i̶n̶ continue!

North Miami Beach “Councilman” Frantz Pierre is up to his old “non-profit” scams once again. As I first reported in La Maison de Pierre on March 28, 2013, two of his cronies managed to pilfer…

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

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…

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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…

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Posted in North Miami Beach 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…

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Posted in Miami Beach North Miami Beach

The 2015 VotersOpinion Turkey “Giveaway”

It’s that time of year when politicians beg, bribe and bully turkey “donations” from city vendors, local businesses, and even private citizens, for the purpose of magnanimously “gifting” future voters needy residents in the community…

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