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El Portal Interim Village Attorney Norman Powell crosses the line, Mayor Claudia Cubillos abandons ship, Village Hall in chaos!

Just when you thought the tiny Village of El Portal couldn’t get any more dysfunctional, Village officials amp up the crazy! If you need further proof, just watch the five hour Special Council Meeting held…

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El Portal Councilperson Vimari Roman challenges VotersOpinion to a “duel.” 🤣🤣🤣

The good news is that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to run for office, especially in the Village of El Portal. The bad news is that you don’t have to be a…

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El Portal: The Saga of Norman Powell’s “All-Inclusive” Contract Continues…

In El Portal: The shady alliance of Claudia Cubillos and Norman Powell, we told you about Mayor Cubillos’ desperate attempts to convince her colleagues to hire Norman Powell as the permanent Village Attorney. According to…

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El Portal: South Florida’s shadiest little Village just got a whole lot shadier!

Get out the popcorn. The pint-sized Village of El Portal, run by public officials with disproportionately out-sized egos, is back on our radar. At the center of the latest drama are the three usual suspects,…

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El Portal: The shady alliance of Claudia Cubillos and Norman Powell (UPDATED)

Ever since Norman Powell lost his sweet gig as the municipal attorney for North Bay Village on February 28, 2019, he’s been even more desperate to snag the permanent position in the Village of El Portal….

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The North Bay Village Three Ring Circus – Starring Norman C. Powell

If North Miami residents are wondering why City Manager Larry Spring tells employees not to email “sensitive information,“ look no further than the fiasco created by the ethically challenged North Bay Village Attorney, Norman C….

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Hopeless in Opa-locka

If Opa-locka residents thought term limits were going to solve their corruption problem, they were sadly mistaken. With three career politicians about to vacate their seats on the dais, voters had the rare opportunity to…

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El Portal: The hits just keep on comin’

What a difference Jose makes! Miami-Dade County corruptocrats beware! The new Executive Director of the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust is taking no prisoners. After seven long, frustrating years of watching Joe “No…

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El Portal’s Dirty Little Secrets

Claudia V. Curbillos became the Mayor of El Portal in 2014, and promptly emailed the Miami Herald, “I will be using residents’ input and ideas in setting both short-term goals and a long-term vision for…

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The Miseducation of Norman Powell

To paraphrase President Ronald Reagan, “It isn’t so much that Norman Powell is ignorant, it’s just that he knows so many things that aren’t so.” Apparently, the soon-to-be former North Bay Village Attorney spent his…

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