Unpacking

Gaslighting Another Black Community For Fun & Profit

Scratch beneath any story in Coconut Grove and you’ll discover the issue of race lurking. We’ll get to that eventually, but this true fable — with a twist on the race issue — starts with the approval of a Wawa gas station in the City of Coral Gables. So what? Cities approve gas stations all the time. However, this approval didn’t have any public consultation with the community, nor public hearings, both of which would normally have taken place. And, that’s ...

Where The Sidewalk Ends, Racism Begins *

Where the sidewalk ends. If you’re Black, you might want to stop right here. Some day you simply must take a stroll southbound on the west side of South Douglas Road ...

Unpacking The Writer ► Continued

Aunty Em!!! Aunty Em!!! If you are a new reader, welcome to my irregular blog series in which I pull back the curtain like The Wizard of Oz — AUNTY EM!!! ...

Trolleygate Violates 1964 Civil Rights Act ► Not Now Silly Vindicated

The non-conforming government operated vehicle maintenance facility appeared virtually finished on a October 16, 2013 visit Ever since I first began writing about Trolleygate, I have called it an obvious case ...

Some More Coconut Grove(s) History

Cocoanut Grove is a 1938 movie, made well after Coconut Grove lost the “A” in its name I’ve been collecting historic pictures of Coconut Grove as long as I’ve been researching and ...

No Safe Harbour In Coconut Grove

The exact moment the meeting exploded into chaos. Note the police officer about to lead the angry gentleman away. Last night I traveled down to Coconut Grove to attend a meeting ...

Racist Memes and Blogging ► Unpacking the Writer

It’s been a rollicking month for Not Now Silly. I’ve hit new heights in readership and received my first real criticism, which we’ll examine in detail. Yes, folks, it’s time ...

A Century of Coconut Grove Racism ► Soilgate Is Trolleygate Writ Large

One of hundreds of thousands of Racist internet memes Follow the bouncing ball: Trolleygate is modern day Racism, pure and simple. Furthermore, the Racism that allowed for Trolleygate is exactly the ...

BLOCKBUSTER!!! The Trolleygate Smoking Gun Surfaces

Ready for his close-up: corrupt Miami Commisioner Marc. D. Sarnoff at the Trolleygate Dog and Pony Show posing for the Miami Herald. A whistle-blower on Trolleygate could blow down the ...

Coral Gables Now Suing Over Trolleygate

Almost finished: The polluting vehicle maintenance facility on August 26, 2013 The residents of West Grove woke up to good news this morning. The Miami Herald is reporting the City of ...

Grove Harbor ► No Skin In The Game

When I think of seashore I don’t think of chrome and glass superstructures. A faithful reader has written to ask that I get involved in the latest Coconut Grove controversy, ...

A Coconut Grove Grapevine Update

It was just a few days ago I took Tom Falco, of the Coconut Grove Grapevine, to task for his nutty conspiracy theories concerning me and Not Now Silly. I ...

Go Home, Coconut Grove Grapevine, You’re Drunk!

Tom Falco acting inconspicuous right in the middle of downtown Coconut Grove Uh oh! I’m involved in another media bun fight with Tom Falco, writer-editor-grammarian of the Coconut Grove Grapevine. And, ...

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