Tag: Mary Estime Irvin
Team Apocalypse ready to burn it all down. Welcome to the “new” North Miami Beach! (Part 4)
Don’t say we didn’t warn you, because we did. Right after the November election, we predicted the coming North Miami Beach Apocalypse, and that dreaded day has finally arrived. As expected, the four Horsemen of…
Mary Estimé-Irvin, Clueless (and Shameless) in North Miami
Imagine the chutzpah of someone who is in debt for nearly a million and a half dollars, yet has the nerve to give anyone advice on how to avoid foreclosure. Well, you don’t have to…
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…
North Miami hires a new City Manager, and they picked a winner this time!
The North Miami Mayor and Council finally decided to think outside the box – and the city limits – when they voted unanimously by acclamation to hire Theresa G. Therilus, Esquire, as the new City…
The undeniable case against Duke Sorey for City Manager. (North Miami Mayor and Council can’t say they weren’t warned.)
In a normal city, public records requests are made through the Clerk’s office, which serves as a conduit between the requester and the departmental custodian of the records. In North Miami, however, former City Manager…
Your Tax Dollars, Part 3: “Budget? What budget? We don’t need no stinkin’ budget!”
Just a reminder that on February 22, 2020, the City of North Miami was operating at a deficit of $4,153,430.77. As of today, according to North Miami’s Real-Time Debt Clock™, that hole grew to $5,053,361.91. Now…
Breaking: Mary Estime Irvin about to get evicted! (UPDATED)
North Miami Councilwoman Mary Estimé-Irvin’s self-inflicted woes are about to get a whole lot worse. Last month we reported that she’s been living rent-free in a house located at 155 NE 131 Street, North Miami,…
Your Tax Dollars, Part 1: The care and feeding of a North Miami politician.
On September 17, 2019, the North Miami Mayor and Council voted to pass a budget for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2019-20. And it meant absolutely nothing. They told former City Manager Larry Spring to cut…
Poetic Justice! North Miami Councilwoman Mary Estimé-Irvin gets her just deserts!
Mary Estimé-Irvin may have won her North Miami District 3 election against former North Miami Clerk Michael Etienne by a scant 74 votes, but she’s lost something much more valuable – her house. Then again,…
Adios, Larry Spring. Good riddance! (UPDATED)
Larry Spring’s gig as North Miami City Manager is finally coming to an end. His last day is January 31, 2020. In a 4-1 vote, the Mayor and Council approved a proposed separation agreement that…
