Posted in Miami-Dade County National North Miami Beach

Charter Schools and the Miseducation of our Children

It seems like everyone these days is jumping on the charter school bandwagon.  Most people think that because I am a Republican, I would be a huge supporter of what has become a fashionable GOP…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County

The ongoing saga of the Three Racketeers

While we’re on the topic of FELONY cases, in case anyone is interested in the CRIMINAL trials of Dante Edward Starks and Terence Kenneth Pinder, the partners-in-crime of Faustin Denis, Jr., (of Biscayne Landing/IMECO fame),…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County

Sweetwater: We don’t need no First Amendment!

As hard as it is for me to imagine, there are people out there who don’t like to be in the spotlight.  They just want to live their lives quietly, under the radar and as…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County Uncategorized

RP does it again!

Yet another reason why… Tuesday, January 07, 2014 Miami Herald to readers: ‘We’re sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed’ It’s easier to order a pizza by phone in Miami than it is to…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

“Blog Battles,” starring Glenna Milberg

nce upon a time I minded my own business. Stop laughing!  I’m dead serious! It’s not as if I woke up one morning and said to myself, “Gee, when I grow up I want to…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

VotersOpinion 2013 “Thing of the Year”

Since 1927, Time Magazine has featured on the cover of its year end issue a “Person of the Year,” which was originally called “Man of the Year.”  From Charles Lindbergh through 2013’s Pope Francis, the…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County

Whatever happened to…

…Faustin Denis, Jr., formerly awaiting trial on charges including three counts of felony Racketeering and Organized Fraud?  It turns out he copped a plea just in time to avoid a trial scheduled for today, according…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County

To Inc. or Not To Inc. What was the question?

One of my readers has been very annoyed with me for (1) writing about North Miami; and (2) not writing about the area referred to as the “Northeast MAC.”  (See map to the left, click…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

The “Ethics” of Politics

Ordinary citizens, especially community activists, who consider running for public office usually do so because they think they can do better than the status quo.  The more honorable among them usually start out with the…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

Myron The Rat Revisited

This is the sordid tale of North Miami Beach EX-mayor Myron Rosner’s fall from grace.  We all know he was arrested on September 20, 2012 for (at most recent count) four felonies and five misdemeanors. …

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