In an ugly, backstabbing move, Miami Commissioners Alex Diaz de la Portilla and Joe Carollo, at the very last minute last week, snatched the last commission meeting from outgoing Commissioner Ken Russell by postponing the Dec. 8 agenda to January.
This would be after Russell’s resignation is effective on Jan. 3.
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Where will the city of Miami hide its homeless population? That’s something commissioners may discuss at Thursday’s commission meeting.
Last month, Commissioner Joe Carollo first proposed a concentration camp of “tiny homes” on Virginia Key to, basically, bus the homeless to and hide them away from anyone in the city. Such an eyesore!
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Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo wants to turn over the operation of the historic and iconic Tower Theatre — South Florida’s highest-grossing art-house cinema and home of the Miami Film Festival — to the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association.
The non-profit — which has a museum and library in a house nearby dedicated to the April 17, 1961 invasion of Cuba by the 2506 Brigade — could also enter into a lease with the city to develop a museum and affordable housing in the theatre’s parking lot.
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Developing story: Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo lo tiene metido con Virginia Key.
It’s not just the ludicrous idea of shipping the city’s homeless to an encampment on the historic property. It’s not just the retaliatory raid he orchestrated on the concessionaire who had been there for five years.
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A second member of the Miami Police Department’s Internal Affairs unit has filed a complaint against Chief Manuel Morales, saying that he is corrupt and unethical and has used his position to retaliate against some officers and reward lackeys.
The accusations from Wanda Jean-Baptiste, a 16-year veteran, mirror those made by former IA Commander Brandon Lanier last month.
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A top official in the Miami Police Department has written a scathing four-page memo accusing Chief Manuel Morales of corruption, retaliation and a slew of unethical and “illegal” activities.
This is not a déja vu. This is a different memo (in its entirety below).
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