Tag: Mary Estime Irvin
NMB “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Part 2
In addition to giving their personal manservant, City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey, an undeserved raise of $13,800 a year (plus an additional $19,000 for a second retirement plan come October), North Miami Beach Commissioners Michael…
Paule Villard’s $100K debacle. Courtesy of North Miami Beach taxpayers!
North Miami Beach Commissioner Paule Villard has hit the campaign trail with a vengeance — and the taxpayers are footing the entire bill. Like her North Miami counterparts, the recently “re-elected” Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime and…
North Miami voters: We’ll keep our corrupt politicians, thank you very much.
North Miami’s City Council election votes have been counted, and apparently the nearly bankrupt Philippe Bien-Aime was still able to buy more than enough votes to keep the mayoral seat warm. For the time being…
North Miami Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime and Councilwoman Mary Estimé-Irvin Campaigning on Taxpayer Dime?
During the 2019 campaign season when then-Councilman Philippe Bien-Aime was running for Mayor of North Miami, a grand total of $33,500 was “donated” to various religious institutions by the Mayor and Council Office. This is…
Team Apocalypse ready to burn it all down. Welcome to the “new” North Miami Beach! (Part 4)
Don’t say we didn’t warn you, because we did. Right after the November election, we predicted the coming North Miami Beach Apocalypse, and that dreaded day has finally arrived. As expected, the four Horsemen of…
Mary Estimé-Irvin, Clueless (and Shameless) in North Miami
Imagine the chutzpah of someone who is in debt for nearly a million and a half dollars, yet has the nerve to give anyone advice on how to avoid foreclosure. Well, you don’t have to…
North Miami Interim Manager Duke Sorey’s Red Garden Sinkhole Just Got Deeper
The City of North Miami’s $14,697,136 deficit is now legendary, thanks in no small part, to the soon-to-be-ex-Interim City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey. As we recently pointed out, the City’s running deficit started with Fiscal…
North Miami hires a new City Manager, and they picked a winner this time!
The North Miami Mayor and Council finally decided to think outside the box – and the city limits – when they voted unanimously by acclamation to hire Theresa G. Therilus, Esquire, as the new City…
The undeniable case against Duke Sorey for City Manager. (North Miami Mayor and Council can’t say they weren’t warned.)
In a normal city, public records requests are made through the Clerk’s office, which serves as a conduit between the requester and the departmental custodian of the records. In North Miami, however, former City Manager…
Your Tax Dollars, Part 3: “Budget? What budget? We don’t need no stinkin’ budget!”
Just a reminder that on February 22, 2020, the City of North Miami was operating at a deficit of $4,153,430.77. As of today, according to North Miami’s Real-Time Debt Clock™, that hole grew to $5,053,361.91. Now…
