Before the Miami city commission could discuss redistricting at Friday’s special meeting, Commissioner Joe Carollo made a special call to order — and laid into a false narrative attack on Commissioner Ken Russell.

It was unwarranted. Carollo thinks Russell was not only behind the recall two years ago — and he is still butt hurt — but also the one behind the “little blog” story about his house being drawn into his district to protect it from the many lawsuits against him that he is bound to lose.

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Attorney says it’s gerrymandering to protect his house from seizure

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It appears that Ladra has hit a nerve.

In a community meeting last week about the redistricting process, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo lashed out against this blogger for exposing that his Coconut Grove house on Morris Lane has been drawn into his district so he can move back in and protect it from seizure when he loses one of the many lawsuits against him.

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But community meetings this week aim to seek resident input? Really?

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Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo can move back into his fancy, posh Coconut Grove house if the city gives final approval to the redistricting maps as they have been drawn, which divides the Grove into three separate districts.

The Morris Lane house Carollo reportedly moved out of just to run for office in 2017 has been drawn into his District 3 — at the end of a painful little dingleberry carve-out — by consultants guiding the redistricting process the city must go through every 10 years to accommodate population growth.

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And Crazy Joe Carollo goes off the reservation on a rabid rant

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