Posted in North Miami Beach

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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Posted in Miami-Dade County North Miami Beach

“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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Whatever happened to…

… Myron’s re-hearing before the North Miami Beach Code Enforcement Board on January 9, 2014?  You might recall that EX-Mayor Myron Rosner and his wife, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE SARAH ZABEL, filed an appeal to the…

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Miami-Dade County Community Preparedness Survey 2014 | Encuesta de Preparación |Sondaj Sou Preparasyon

Miami-Dade County Community Preparedness Survey 2014 | Encuesta de Preparación |Sondaj Sou Preparasyon   Click Link:  http://miamidade.survey.sgizmo.com/s3/ The Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management is conducting a study to better understand the preparedness needs of…

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BREAKING NEWS: Another Shooting in da ‘Hood (Updated)

We just couldn’t close out the month of February without yet another shooting in North Miami Beach. Details are still sketchy, and I’m told that the PIO, Major Kathy Katerman, is on her way to…

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