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North Miami: Dezerland – Free Food for Local Youth July 1, 2020 at 10:00 AM

DEZERLAND PARK AND CHAMPIONS UNITE PARTNER TO FEED LOCAL YOUTH THIS SUMMER: North Miami, FL — June 30, 2020 Beginning Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 pm, Dezerland Park and Champions Unite…

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El Portal: The Saga of Norman Powell’s “All-Inclusive” Contract Continues…

In El Portal: The shady alliance of Claudia Cubillos and Norman Powell, we told you about Mayor Cubillos’ desperate attempts to convince her colleagues to hire Norman Powell as the permanent Village Attorney. According to…

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“Lies My Mayor Told Me,” a True Story (Because we really can’t make this stuff up!)

We’re old enough to remember that time El Portal Mayor Claudia Cubillos falsely accused Vice Mayor Omar C. Nickerson of lying. At the July 23, 2019 Council meeting, she claimed at hour 1:01:01 of the…

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El Portal: South Florida’s shadiest little Village just got a whole lot shadier!

Get out the popcorn. The pint-sized Village of El Portal, run by public officials with disproportionately out-sized egos, is back on our radar. At the center of the latest drama are the three usual suspects,…

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North Miami Interim Manager Duke Sorey’s Red Garden Sinkhole Just Got Deeper

The City of North Miami’s $14,697,136 deficit is now legendary, thanks in no small part, to the soon-to-be-ex-Interim City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey. As we recently pointed out, the City’s running deficit started with Fiscal…

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North Miami’s CAFR: A True Story in Snapshots

Get out the popcorn! Despite his frantic attempts to delay the inevitable, North Miami Interim City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey finally (and very reluctantly) published the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report CAFR (PDF)…

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