Posted in North Miami Beach

The Revenge of the Grammar Nerds

I spent the better part of yesterday writing, rewriting, agonizing over, editing and rewriting again, a long dissertation about the recent North Miami Beach Sanitation Workshop regarding the outsourcing of the sanitation department. Then I…

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Posted in North Miami Beach

Yes, Vanessa, there is no un-tweet button (Updated)

NBC Miami reporter assignment editor Vanessa Morales is proof positive that #journalismisdead.  After a fatal crash on the MacArthur Causeway yesterday morning, she tweeted: Random Pixels just HAD to respond

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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach Sweetwater

We are SO not Sweetwater!

Nearly three years ago on May 28, 2011, Random Pixels published a column entitled, Sweetwater…still dirty after all these years.  He followed that up on December 8, 2011 with Sweetwater…still dirty after all these years…

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Darwin Awards: There’s a contender born every minute.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a brand new Darwin Award contender.  According to an NBC Miami article just posted, Hollywood Man Accidentally Shoots Himself in Buttocks, the contest for a 2014 winner is still wide…

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Two loving cats need a good home. Please help! (Reposted from 9/1/13)

My name is Belen Leon, I really need help finding a loving home for my two cats, Thiago and Mango. I’ve had them for 5 years now and it breaks our hearts, but my mom…

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Posted in Golden Beach North Miami Beach

Speaking of Christmas and Slumlords…

Following in the North Miami tradition of just making up rules as you go along, I am officially declaring that Easter Sunday is the last day you can legally hang outdoor Christmas lights on your…

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Posted in North Miami Beach

An Unindicted Mayor and his Sidekick Nephew

The fictitious trial date of January 21, 2014 set for the FELONY trial of Ricardo Brutus has come and gone. In case anyone has forgotten, and for those who still care, Brutus is the nephew/campaign…

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Miami Herald: City arborist serves by tending the trees in North Miami Beach

Posted on Wed, Apr. 16, 2014 City arborist serves by tending the trees in North Miami Beach By Patricia Sagastume The Miami Herald Drive the streets of North Miami Beach with the city arborist, Carlos…

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Posted in North Miami Beach Opa-locka

The Three Racketeers Ride Again

Only in Opa-locka can a lobbyist be charged with racketeering and unlawful compensation, stand trial for seven years, and then cop a plea, go from “convicted felon” to “community activist” in sixty seconds flat. Yeah,…

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Posted in North Miami Beach

Survey for North Miami Residents

For the last couple of years, the City of North Miami has privatized some of its sanitation services by contracting with the company Waste Pro.  Since many other cities are also considering privatizing their sanitation…

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