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 ...

America’s Casablanca — A Book Review

America’s Casablanca: A “True Novel” about Miami’s Emergence from Bankruptcy and Corruption, by José García-Pedrosa, is a true eye-opener about Miami politics and how it’s been crazy after all these ...

Fighting City Hall; The Miami Corruption Tapestry — Part 2.5

This is a continuation of the August 29 post “Winker? I Hardly Know ‘Er – Part Two of the David Winker Affair”, renamed The Miami Corruption Tapestry.

An Email to the City of Miami & An Open Letter to Miami Taxpayers — The David Winker Affair; Part Three

Wake up, Miami taxpayers. You’re being played for suckers…again. And, by the same gang of crooks that fleeced you once before.

Right That Block; Block That Write ► Unpacking the Writer

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!

Winker? I Hardly Know ‘Er – Part Two of the David Winker Affair

David Winker has been described by Concerned Citizen as a “disheveled heavy-set man” in the anonymous hit job — the 95 page dossier — the city used as a basis ...

The David Winker Affair – Part One

Let’s start with a generally accepted fact known by every homeowner, developer, and builder: If you send a city by-law inspector to any address, in any town in this country, ...

The COVID Chronicles — Unpacking the Writer

I still call myself a writer, but I’ve barely done any in almost 2 years.

There Will Be Hell Toupee

On Christmas Day I had a freaky bit of synchronicity in the Grey Ghost. Before it makes any sense, you’ll need some background to understand how truly bizarre this really was, ...

Bulldozing History in Coconut Grove

Say “Goodbye” to the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse while you still can. Oh, there will be something erected on the northwest corner of Main Highway and Charles Avenue, and those assholes ...

Kick That Block; Block That Kick ► Unpacking the Writer

I am in the middle of the worst case of Writer’s Block in my lifetime. I’ve been through this before and it usually dissipates naturally without my having to work ...

An Open Email to the Miami Herald

From: Headly Westerfield To: List of Herald names Date: Aug 8, 2018, 9:06 AM Subject: He fought historic designation on his property. Now, he’s on the preservation board This concerns the article “He fought historic ...

Rapacious Developers Are Destroying A Historic Black Neighbourhood

In 2012 the city designated Charles Avenue, one of the oldest — if not the oldest — street in Miami, a Historic Roadway. The Not Now Silly Newsroom has documented time and again ...

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