Is it from the horse’s mouth? Or is it propaganda? Miami City Manager Art Noriega recorded an 85-second video and posted it on YouTube two weeks ago saying that this was only the first of a series in which he would lay out the details of projects, programs, legislation and other city business. You know, […]
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 […]
Hearing sets city up for lawsuit on police chief’s wrongful termination Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo was officially fired Thursday, by unanimous vote, after a five-hour kangaroo hearing in which he chose to remain silent and his lawyer refused to make a case. Why a kangaroo hearing? Oh, so many reasons. Attorney John Byrne said […]
He’s out! Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo was booted Monday from the job he’s had for only six months, in the wake of serious accusations he made against three commissioners and resistance to reform measures he tried to initiate within the police department. This was expected and has been in the works for weeks. Noriega […]
It may have been a day late, but Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo responded to the city manager’s request for an action plan that included steps to kiss and make up with city commissioners he has accused of misconduct. Like that’s going to happen. It was less than two weeks ago that Acevedo — plucked […]
Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo will have to present the city manager with a game plan for not only combatting crime but for interacting with the media and for moving forward with commissioners that he has accused of misconduct and is locked in battle with. City Manager Art Noriega also wants Acevedo — who is […]
Talk about making a splash. Fresh from Houston, in his first 100 days as Miami’s new Police Chief, Art Acevedo has moved to fire Assistant Chief Ronald Papier — who was acting chief just a few weeks ago — and his wife, Maj. Nerly Papier, after he helped cover up an accident that she had […]
Officer says he pushed her and caused a hip injury Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla used his position and power to shoo a code compliance inspector away from an illegal nightclub in Allapattah that was cited for several code violations. Suzann Nicholson, a night supervisor for the city, has accused the commissioner of […]
Add Zoning Director Joe Ruiz and Human Services Director Milton Vickers to the high-ranking employees who have left the City of Miami’s employ in the last year, or, basically, since the city commission pressured former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez to resign. Vickers’ exit seems to be a direct result of the abusive treatment from commissioners […]
For days, we’ve heard Miami officials talk about a drive-through COVID19 testing center at Marlins Park. On Monday, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez thanked the University of Miami and Derek Jeter of the Miami Marlins and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez for joining up to provide the tests to a growing number of alarmed people. But the seniors come […]