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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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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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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…

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Lauderdale Lakes Mayor and Commission: “We ❤ Kelvin Baker”

“In fact, we love our new City Manager so much, here’s a blank check.  Here’s a pen.  The sky’s the limit!” That’s essentially what the Lauderdale Lakes elected officials said when they green-lighted a sweetheart…

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Posted in Lauderdale Lakes North Miami Beach Opa-locka

“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…

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Lauderdale Lakes: Land of gas stations, talky women and … Kelvin Baker?

Fresh from his resignation as City Manager of Opa-locka, Kelvin Baker has applied for a job in the equally dysfunctional City of Lauderdale Lakes. The tiny 3.64 square mile parcel (including its half square mile…

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