Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and other top county officials used burner cell phones — yes, the kind used by drug dealers and money launderers — during their 2018 China trip so we wouldn’t know they met with representatives from Genting, which later became part of a group with an “unsolicited proposal” to build a monorail to […]
The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust issued another couple of slaps on the wrists Wednesday, further convincing critics and watchdogs who wish it had more teeth that it is woefully incapable of handling the 305’s level of unethical behavior. Other than the occasional negligible fines that are worked into the “cost of doing […]
Whispers of a cover up are getting louder in and around Miami Lakes, where Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi wrapped his car around a tree last week and ran from the scene of the accident, only to return less than an hour later. He left again without so much as a warning, and details that continue to […]
Sound the trumpets and break out the champagne! Our Miami-Dade State Attorney announced another public corruption arrest of someone stealing the taxpayers’ dollars, a public official on the take. But instead of looking into the lobbying connections at County Hall and kickbacks or the half a million in PAC money from Miami Beach vendors and […]
Voters in Homestead passed two bond referendums that will raise $25 million to build a much needed police station — the bank the cops currently use is riddled with mold and radon — and finally renovate the Seminole Theater, which many city leaders hope can be a beacon to downtown revitalization. It wasn’t a great […]
In yet another sign that the federal authorities ought to be looking into all the shenanigans down here, a former Miami-Dade Public Works employee was sentenced Friday to 30 months after he accepted more than $13,000 in bribes — which included an oven and a fridge — from a county contractor in 2011 and 2012. […]
Former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi — who was suspended in August after he was arrested on federal bribery and extortion charges — seems to think he’s still the town’s fearless leader. He’s been sending emails to his virtual constituents for months — one this week included a link to a fairly positive Miami […]
Ladra wants to be happy about it. Believe me. But it seems like the scales of justice are a little off, here. The U.S. Attorney’s office announced today that a former Miami-Dade Public Works employee had pleaded guilty to a charge of bribery after an FBI investigation found that he was taking $13,000 in kickbacks — […]
Both former Mayors Steve “Shhhhh” Bateman of Homestead and Michael “Muscles” Pizzi of Miami Lakes — who were arrested in August on separate public corruption charges — sent holiday greetings via email to their friends and supporters. Pizzi, who has used Gmail to communicate with his peeps before, sent his note Dec. 31, and it […]
Former Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman might have thought the worst was over, but today he faces additional charges of public corruption for misuse of campaign funds. In August, Bateman was arrested on charges of unlawful compensation for using his position as mayor to secure a secret lobbying gig he never disclosed. Then he is suspended […]