Coconut Grove

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Toxic Timebomb Could Blow Up Soccer In Miami

Everything old is new again. David Beckham, who has been trying to bring Major League Soccer to Miami for the last 5 years, has run headlong into an issue that roiled ...

Developers Continue To Destroy Charles Avenue

As Miami City Hall develops a plan to save the historic homes in West Grove, one man is fighting to knock down 2 of them, which is 4% of what ...

Crespogram, Coconut Grove, and Charles Avenue

Those who follow me on social media know I love to share the heat from the Crespogram Report. FULL DISCLOSURE: A while back I recused myself from commenting on Miami politics ...

Not Now Silly Turns To The Dark Arts

I can now reveal what I was only able to hint at last week: I am moving to the dark side of politics. I am collaborating on a book with ...

How Will the Playhouse Redevelopment Hurt West Grove?

West Grove, the historic Black enclave nestled within Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, is currently threatened on all sides by White gentrification. The latest challenge is the massive Coconut Grove Playhouse condo/restaurant/parking ...

Update to the Update to “The Parking Garage Is The Thing”

I finally received a reply from Miami-Dade country, answering my questions of Thursday last. I said in my previous post I would post these answers should they differ from those I ...

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