If there ever was a municipality that needs an independent inspector general, it is the city of Miami. One commissioner who was suspended after his September arrest on 11 felony charges, including bribery and money laundering, in connection with is vote to give away a public park. Another former commissioner is being investigated for promising […]
City attorney’s future, manager’s excuses on agenda Grab a tub of popcorn. Don’t forget your extra large cortadito. The Miami City Commission this week promises to be a doozy. Let’s hope Pastor Eric Doss of Liberty City Church of Christ gives a really good invocation. City Manager Art Noriega is expected on Thursday to give […]
Rumors of Manolo Reyes’ impending death are vastly exaggerated. The Miami commissioner was diagnosed with leukemia last year, but has apparently responded well to treatment and is on the mend. And – after what he’s seen the city go through in the last couple of months — he’s also on a transparency and accountability tear. […]
We already missed one candidate forum in the Nov. 7 Miami elections. Who knew? But there are at least three more scheduled for voters to get to know the people running for office in Districts 1, 2 and 4. One Grove, the group of Coconut Grove residents and stakeholders who organized during the city’s flawed […]
City of Miami Commissioners on Thursday voted to add a plaque behind them that says “In God We Trust.” Like that’s gonna help the cesspool of corruption and abuse of power that is City Hall. The ones we can’t trust on the city commission are the city commissioners. Placing a sign about trusting in God […]
Police are still investigating the burglary at Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes‘ office at City Hall last week. Monday, someone tried to break into one of the commissioner’s Community Response Team trucks (he has two). Most don’t think the two crimes are related. The commissioner’s office was ransacked, but nothing seems to have been stolen. The […]
Everybody wants something. While there may be a discussion Thursday, the Miami city commission vote on the Miami Freedom Park real estate giveaway is likely a ways off, as commissioners still have not had a chance yet to make their public asks (which are different from campaign contributions). And this will be the first public […]
Sources say Art Noriega could join the Inter Miami Freedom Park team Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes tried last week to prohibit any city executive from taking a job for two years with any entity he negotiates a big deal with as the city’s top executive. Reyes didn’t name names, but the obvious target of his […]
District 2 could be kept whole under new Miami redistricting map Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes did the right thing Friday when he told the city’s consultant on redistricting to put the part of Coconut Grove moved to District 4 back into District 2, where it belongs. Maybe it was for the wrong reasons, but it […]
But community meetings this week aim to seek resident input? Really? One by one, nearly 100 speakers lined up and practically begged Miami city commissioners not to cut Coconut Grove into three pieces in the redistricting process. Of the 96 people who spoke against new maps that adjust district boundaries to accommodate population growth, 91 […]