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Déjà vu: Duke Sorey’s Red Garden Sinkhole, NMB Style!

Remember when then-North Miami City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey blew $6,564,184.62 so he could host the mother of all Super Bowl parties? Good times! We’re referring to Duke’s infamous Red Garden Sinkhole, one of his…

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Will Duke Sorey’s Red Garden Sinkhole finally be his undoing? We can only hope! (UPDATED)

Remember when the North Miami Mayor and Council voted to reduce the cost of Special Events from $700,000 to $400,000 before passing the FY2019-20 budget?  And for five whole minutes they actually believed it would…

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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: The true cost of Duke Sorey’s Red Garden Sinkhole? It’s anyone’s guess! (UPDATED)

With interviews set to begin this week, the North Miami Mayor and Council have finally begun their search for a permanent city manager.  Forty two individuals applied for this position online, and another 73 submitted…

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Your Tax Dollars, Part 2: Duke Sorey’s Red Garden Sinkhole – “The Consultants”

In case you’re wondering how much North Miami’s Red Garden and its “Super Bowl Experience” cost taxpayers, wonder no more.  We’ve got the info. Or, some of it anyway. Truth be told, it’s anyone’s guess…

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Duke Sorey’s “NMB Red Garden Pleasure Palace” cost taxpayers HOW MUCH? 😱😱😱

We hope you’re sitting down. As we first reported in Duke Sorey’s shady Red Garden-style of “management,” Part 1 and Part 2, we told you about North Miami Beach City Manager Duke Sorey and four…

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Duke Sorey’s shady Red Garden-style of “management,” Part 2

As we reported in our previous blog, Duke Sorey’s shady Red Garden-style of “management,” Part 1, North Miami Beach City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey secretly planned to sell off the City’s 10.06-acre property where the…

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Duke Sorey’s shady Red Garden-style of “management,” Part 1

Who didn’t see this coming? As a parting gift to the City of North Miami, the former Deputy Manager, Arthur “Duke” Sorey, left his Deputy Manager job in North Miami with a $14.6 million deficit…

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Try not to hurt yourself laughing. Duke Sorey filed an Amended Complaint and it’s HILARIOUS! (Part 1)

After getting fired for being the worst City Manager in the history of North Miami Beach, Arthur “Duke” Sorey filed a lawsuit against the City on July 21, 2023. As we reported in Start popping!…

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Ripping off Uncle Sam. Just another tool in Duke Sorey’s corrupt toolbox! (Part 2)

In Part 1 of Ripping off Uncle Sam, we told you how ex-North Miami Beach City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey used Federal tax dollars in the form of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA)…

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