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McKenzie Fleurimond’s Great North Miami Ripoff

During Arthur “Duke” Sorey’s two-year reign of terror as North Miami Beach City Manager, Criminal Commissioner McKenzie Fleurimond was able to line his pockets with your money McKenzie literally stole North Miami Beach taxpayer money…

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KUDOS! In her very first budget year as North Miami City Manager, Theresa Therilus fixed the hot mess she inherited from Duke Sorey.

Long before he was hired as the City Manager for North Miami Beach, we had been following Arthur “Duke” Sorey’s less than stellar career as a public administrator in the City of North Miami. In…

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Scraping the bottom of the barrel. Welcome to the “new” North Miami Beach! (Part 3)

If you ask anyone to describe the now-former North Miami Beach City Manager Esmond Scott, you’re sure to hear the words honest, ethical, fair, dignified, and most of all, a gentleman. Esteemed author, historian, and…

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Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes!

North Miami Beach Puppet Commissioner Daniela Jean thought she was oh-so-clever by complaining to our web hosting company that we had the audacity to publish an actual public record – the home address she listed…

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The Bitch is Back!

North Miami Beach Commission Puppet Daniela Jean got VotersOpinion temporarily suspended by filing a false complaint against yours truly. Little Miss Puppet had the audacity to whine that her home address was “sensitive personal information,”…

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North Miami Mayor and Council put on a Budget Diet. And they’re not liking it one bit!

But … You gotta hand it to North Miami City Manager Theresa Therilus. Less than three months at City Hall, and not only is she doing the job that her predecessors couldn’t do, but she’s…

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Will Duke Sorey’s Red Garden Sinkhole finally be his undoing? We can only hope! (UPDATED)

Remember when the North Miami Mayor and Council voted to reduce the cost of Special Events from $700,000 to $400,000 before passing the FY2019-20 budget?  And for five whole minutes they actually believed it would…

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North Miami’s CAFR: A True Story in Snapshots

Get out the popcorn! Despite his frantic attempts to delay the inevitable, North Miami Interim City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey finally (and very reluctantly) published the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report CAFR (PDF)…

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It’s NorthMiami #FurloughFriday … unless, of course, you’re a Member in Good Standing of Duke Sorey’s Friends & Family Plan!

Thanks to North Miami’s soon-to-be-gone Interim City Manager Arthur “Duke” Sorey, almost all city employees have been forced to take two furlough days a month, which amounts to an approximate 10% cut in pay.  As…

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North Miami City Manager Search – The Final Fifteen

The North Miami Mayor and Council have begun interviewing some of the fifteen finalists for the position of City Manager.  We reviewed the applications and resumes submitted by all of them and compiled a brief…

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