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Phyllis Smith: The best defense is … no defense?

Joseph S. Geller, Esq. has FINALLY  filed an answer to the First Amended Complaint to Contest the Certified Results of the May 19, 2015 North Miami Beach Run-Off Election filed against his client, North Miami…

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NMB: Second murder in 48 hours (UPDATED)

Friday night there was an attempted murder-suicide at a home located near Northeast 19 Avenue and 180 Street.  The man was found dead and the woman is in critical condition in the hospital.

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The Brotherhood of the Traveling Suits

Whenever a top municipal government position opens up, the vultures swarm in.  At last count, sources told me there were 43 applicants to fill North Miami’s Assistant Manager position vacated by Lumene Claude, one of…

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North Miami Events Saturday, July 18, 2015

The City of North Miami and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) are hosting events tomorrow. Back to School Health Fair:

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North Miami Mayor and Council demand justice in the Dominican Republic

The humanitarian crisis in the Dominican Republic rages on. The White House has no comment. The Miami Times posted an article, Obama silent on stateless Haitians, which noted, “The silence from Congress, the U.S. State…

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Margaret Sanger’s Legacy

I am about to make you very, very uncomfortable. At least, I hope so. Because I am going so far out of my comfort zone even bringing up this topic, yet I am compelled to…

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North Miami: Good News, Bad News and WTF News

The good news is that it’s gotten a lot easier to get public records from the North Miami Clerk’s Office. The bad news is that North Miami’s children still have no pool to swim in…

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Oh, shoot, not again. No, wait. DON’T!

Blame it on the heat. Or something. Early Sunday morning another round of gunfire erupted in the streets of Aventura North Miami.  Local 10 reported that four people were shot in two separate incidents along…

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Hey, Joe. Clock’s ticking!

One of the many reasons politicians are despised is that they enact laws exempting themselves from the laws they already enacted for the rest of us to follow. Case in point:  On June 2, 2015,…

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Where is the outrage?

The latest anti-gay violence is happening right under the noses of the mainstream media, and absolutely nothing is being written, much less done, about it. Turkey, the once booming and secular metropolis of the Middle…

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