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 ...

Coconut Grove in Black and White

Francisco J. Garcia of Miami’s Department of Planning and Zoning provided the answers to residents’ questions Community involvement was strong last night in Coconut Grove as more than 200 residents packed ...

Where We’re At & Where We’re Going ► Unpacking the Writer

Pops and I soon after I moved to Florida 10 years ago. I opened this joint (originally called “Headly Westerfield’s Aunty Em Ericann Blog”) in April of 2012 to publish ...

Interview With District 2’s Ken Russell

Ken Russell, potential Commissioner-elect for District 2 while the Veterans’ Day commemoration gathers to march I originally met potential Commissioner-elect Ken Russell way back when — during Soilgate — when I ...

The Klu Klux Klan Act of 1871 ► Throwback Thursday

It was supposed to be a normal meeting of the Miami Planning and Zoning Board last night. The first 2 items were deferred from last month and there were a ...

Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery Vandalized

Early this evening I received a call from one of my sources to tell me a crypt in the Sarah Jane Memorial Park Cemetery had been vandalized. A few hours later ...

Playhouse Parking Problems Proliferate

Coconut Grove Playhouse panorama As I told my newest BFF, Art Noriega, CEO of the Miami Parking Authority, I don’t go to Miami to find problems with his parking lots. That ...

EXCLUSIVE: Are Valet Companies Stealing From Miami Taxpayers?

The area surrounding the Coconut Grove Playhouse LEGEND: A). Grove Gardens Condominiums; aka The Monstrosity;B). Regions Bank; C). The E.W.F. Stirrup House;D). Zoned residential lots, used for illegal ...

Follow Up to ” Is Aries Development Coconut Grove’s Biggest Scofflaw?”

On Monday this reporter posted “Is Aries Development Coconut Grove’s Biggest Scofflaw?” However, before I even started writing that story I called the Coconut Grove NET office, right at the stroke ...

Is Aries Development Coconut Grove’s Biggest Scofflaw?

More on Aries Development Bicycle Shop The Latest In The Cultural Plunder of Coconut Grove • Aries Development Continues To Rape Charles Avenue • Aftermath of the Great Miami Tree Massacre • The Coconut Grove Playhouse Deal ...

Javier Gonzalez Kicks Off His District 2 Campaign

Last night Javier Gonzalez officially kicked off his campaign for Commissioner of District 2. This is the Not Now Silly Newsroom report from the scene: It was a relaxed, low-key night ...

Coconut Grove Is Not Out Of The Woods Yet

Lorry Woods had a great smile & a great idea to meet the voters in Coconut Grove. The Not Now Silly Newsroom’s Head Writer will get to it eventually Headly Westerfield, Not ...

Is Kevin Spacey The Coconut Grove Playhouse Angel Or Devil?

Playhouse panorama – All pics by author on March 10, 2015 There is disturbing news coming out of Miami concerning the renovations of the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Everyone thought the Playhouse Plan ...

...