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2016 … is it over yet?

We started out the year with high hopes, only to watch most of them crash and burn.  There were a few good moments, though. Like the time North Miami finally  got rid of Chief Lenny….

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FEC to Carline Paul: “Guilty as charged!” On November 16, 2016, the Florida Elections Commission issued its Final Order on the complaint filed against Carline M. Paul.  At the Commission’s informal hearing held last month,…

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

Is this the end of the road for Kelvin Baker?

Lauderdale Lakes commissioners are understandably nervous that their Financial Services Director, Susan Gooding-Liburd, might be doing a perp walk out of City Hall. The Sun-Sentinel reported in Lauderdale Lakes finance director linked to Opa-locka controversy …

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

I’m not saying it was Kelvin Baker, but…

After the latest breaking news out of Opa-locka, the Lauderdale Lakes commissioners might want to consider a forensic audit of its entire city. As hard as it is to believe, things in Opa-locka just got…

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Kelvin Baker packs up his traveling circus and hits the road.

Despite a valiant effort to keep their city manager, last Tuesday night the Lauderdale Lakes commission voted to send Kelvin Baker packing. On Wednesday, the Sun Sentinel first reported that the sticking point was the…

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

Is this a joke? Kelvin Baker sets his sights on North Miami. No, seriously!

As reported last week, Kelvin Baker tendered his resignation as city manager of Lauderdale Lakes at a commission meeting on September 13, 2016.  The Commissioners refused to even address this issue and adjourned the meeting…

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

Opa-locka’s Theater of the Absurd. Co-starring Myra Taylor and Kelvin Baker!

Once again, the news out of Opa-locka is making jaws drop as the bizarre details of political greed, stupidity and unbelievable sense of entitlement are being exposed. From the You Can’t Make This Up files…

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes Opa-locka

Lauderdale Lakes Breaking News: Kelvin Baker resigns!

Lauderdale Lakes City Manager Kelvin Baker is packing up his traveling circus and hitting the road. In Lauderdale Lakes city manager resigns in dispute with commission,  the Sun Sentinel just reported that “Baker announced his…

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Big trouble in store for Opa-locka city officials! Is former City Manager Kelvin Baker next?

Four years ago on July 3, 2012, when Kelvin Baker landed the top job in Opa-locka, I predicted that “this unholy union should keep the Miami New Times and the Miami Herald (and hopefully, this…

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More troubles in Opa-locka? (UPDATED)

Opa-locka’s already tarnished reputation just took a turn for the worse. Ever since the feds raided its government offices on March 10, 2016, South Florida’s shadiest little city has become the national poster child for…

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