Miami Lakes Mayor Wayne Slaton has thrown in the towel and former Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi is now, officially, really, the mayor. Slaton announced at a press conference Monday that he would not appeal the most recentcourt ruling in favor of Pizzi, who is likely heading for Town Hall to take his place behind his desk […]
Former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi — who was arrested on federal public corruption charges in 2013 and acquitted last year — has one more notch on his victory belt. After getting his acquittal on the bribery charges and the court to force Gov. Rick Scott to rescind his suspension from office and another […]
Former, arrested, suspended and acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi is one step closer to sitting back in his office at Town Hall after a judge ruled Tuesday that his acquittal on bribery charges — and the subsequent, if forced, revocation of the governor’s suspension — means that he should get his old elected […]
Former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi went before a judge again Wednesday — but, this time, he was not the defendant. Pizzi appeared before Circuit Judge Gisela Cardonne Ely as plaintiff in a lawsuit to reclaim the mayor’s seat, which his dream team of seven attorneys attorneys claim is “unlawfully occupied by Wayne Slaton, who […]
And the legal fees keep racking up in Miami Lakes. Founding Mayor Wayne Slaton moved to dismiss the lawsuit filed by his nemesis, former and suspended and acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi, who says he should be reinstated to his seat because the governor rescinded the suspension from office. The argument used by Slaton […]
It’s on! Mano a mano. Or shall we say mayor a mayor? The Miami Lakes Town Council voted unanimously Friday to hire an attorney to defend the town and Mayor Wayne Slaton from the litigation filed by former, suspended, acquitted mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi, who says the seat is rightfully his and is suing to […]
In the escalating war between the two men who think they are each mayor of Miami Lakes, today’s meeting promises to be fun, if nothing else. “Urgent citizen action required to stop Slaton,” reads an email sent out Thursday to who knows how many addresses and by New Era Communications Corporations. But everyone knows that […]
Former, suspended, acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi — who was arrested in 2013 on bribery charges in a federal bogus grant scheme — says his not guilty verdict entitles him to serve the remainder of the four year term he was elected to in 2012. “I don’t care if you think I’m the […]
Former, suspended, acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi really, really, really wants to be mayor again and is going to court one more time to try to get back into his office at City Hall. You know, the one with that closet he likes so much. Pizzi was suspended by Gov. Rick Scott in […]
UPDATED: Miami Lakes former Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi, who has been rebuffed twice now by Gov. Rick Scott‘s refusal to lift last year’s suspension, has basically told Gov. Rick Scott that he needs to read the actual Florida law, not what he wants the Florida law to be and revoke the suspension that followed his […]