In New Hampshire this week to drum up support for his promised presidential run, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez offered up his personal cellphone number — and everyone ate it up.

“I’m going to do something radical,” Suarez said, speaking at an event at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, NH. “I did this in Iowa and people kind of freaked out. The cameras are on, so it may be broadcast, so it’s even more radical. But I’m going to give you my personal cellphone number.”

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After more than four months, we can remove the word “interim” before Police Chief Manny Morales. No big surprise there.

City Manager Art Noriega announced Monday that he appointed Morales — who has been at the department since 1994 — to the job permanently.

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Who is the brother?

That’s the question everyone was asking on Tuesday after it was revealed that Miami-Dade State Attorney Kathy Fernandez-Rundle recused herself in the case of accusations against Miami’s Three Amigos by former Police Chief Art Acevedo before he was fired.

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Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo is gone, but his shadow is still hanging out in City Hall.

Acevedo was fired Thursday after a 5-hour hearing in front of the city commission who tried real hard, with the help of the city manager, to make it look like it was because of eight specific job issues, which include failure to report damage to his car, gaffes with members of the public, taking time off without reporting it and accusing three commissioners of misconduct.

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Hearing sets city up for lawsuit on police chief’s wrongful termination

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When Miami Mayor Francis Suarez finally spoke Tuesday about the firing of Police Chief Art Acevedo — who he personally brought from Houston in April — he wasn’t using his own words.

Suarez was reading from talking points provided to him by Miami spokeswoman Soledad Cedro. Suarez’s little speech, in its entirety, was emailed by Cedro just before 10 p.m. Monday to his Chief of Staff Nikolas Pascual, Deputy Chief of Staff, Otto Boudet, as well as Rosy Kuper, his “special” assistant.

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