Posted in Miami-Dade County

Forget Paris. We’ll always have Pierre!

There was a time that Rhonda Sibilia, the Communications Director of the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics & Public Trust, used to send me press releases announcing notices of meetings, public hearings and decisions made by…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County

Al Crespo vs. Let ‘Em Go Joe

Al Crespo of Crespogram Report is mad as hell and he’s not taking it one minute longer. Disgusted with the unethical antics of the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, he filed a…

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Good Time Charlie

The hit country music song, Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues, was first written and performed by Danny O’Keefe in 1967.  Since then, it’s been covered by artists as varied as Elvis Presley, Rita Wilson…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County National North Miami Beach

Random Thoughts, Part II: PENSIONS, PENSIONS, PENSIONS! (Stephanie, STFU already!)

Closer to home in local politics, the topic du jour – the desperate rush to reform pension – has received much scrutiny and criticism.  While it’s easy to point fingers at conservatives (the term “tea…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County National

Random thoughts on a Gator-less Saturday, Part I: Games Politicians Play

I’ve had way too much time on my hands today, which is never a good thing.  As a result, you’re going to get a mixed bag of random thoughts in two blogs about two separate…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

Largest bust for tax fraud and identity theft by local Strike Force

A partnership created in 2012 called the South Florida Identity Theft Tax Fraud Strike Force, including the Police Departments of North Miami Beach, North Miami, Aventura and Miami-Dade County, as well as other federal, state…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

Help for Homeowners!

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

Village Idiot of the Day

As if it weren’t laughable enough that the Village Idiot of Biscayne Park, Bryan Cooper, led the charge to interfere in the business of the City of North Miami Beach, the five Commissioners of North…

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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do … oh wait, never mind.

Apparently crime really does pay.  At least in Miami-Dade County. In the absentee ballot fraud case of Hialeah boletera Deisy Cabrera, not only will she not go to jail, she won’t even be tried.  Instead,…

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

Pet Community Fundraising Event at East Greynold’s Dog Park

Pet Community Fundraising Event at East Greynold’s Dog Park WHAT: Bow-Wow Bonanza WHO: Christine Snelgrove Coordinator WHEN: Sunday, October 20, 2013 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm WHERE: East Greynold’s Dog Park – 16700 Biscayne…

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