Posted in North Miami Beach

“Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”

Marie Steril really just can’t help herself.  It would seem that the North Miami Councilwoman believes she’s immune to scrutiny by the very taxpaying voters who put her in office. First there was the unfounded…

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Reminder: NMB Awards Ceremony Tonight at 7:00 PM

On Thursday the 13th of March at 7pm at the Littman Theater, you are cordially invited to join us as Chief Dennis promotes 2 new Sergeants and Command Staff members. Additionally, he will roll out…

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Life inside the perimeter

Okay, so here I am, minding my own business, when all of a sudden a police search helicopter is circling overhead.  North Miami Beach police officers and dogs came into my yard, obviously searching for…

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Another exciting Saturday night

To paraphrase (plagiarize?) Random Pixels’ regular column, Your lunch hour time waster, I present to you Your Saturday night time waster. Earlier tonight I came across this March 5, 2014 investigative report from an NBC…

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“We had some drive by shootings…” (Updated)

Random Pixels’ latest column is a MUST-READ scathing discourse about the state of the Miami Herald today.  In There are no ‘dirt-bag’ murders, he published a short excerpt from a book written by Pulitzer Prize…

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“Transparency” is the new black: Charter School Edition

“Transparency” has replaced “accountability” as the mot du jour of government.  Almost every day I read a story about a city that “commits to transparency,” and then proceeds to break its own vows.  The latest…

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The Frantzie Show

Tuesday night’s North Miami Beach City Council meeting was once again a spectacle to behold.  And I don’t mean that in a good way.  This time, the star of the show was none other than…

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Let the p*ssing contest begin!

James C. Casey, Esq., the attorney for the former North Miami Beach City Attorney Darcee Siegel, threw down the gauntlet when he fired off a letter to Mayor George Vallejo on February 20, 2014. According to…

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Criminal Mischief

A little boy causes mischief by pulling a little girl’s ponytail on the playground and running away.  We all know (don’t we?) that he wouldn’t do something so mischievous if he wasn’t secretly crushin’ on…

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Bullets and Ballots (Updated)

It’s been a busy weekend in North Miami and North Miami Beach. First, the non-news, courtesy of

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