With the spirit of the Christmas and holiday seasons upon us, I am again asking North Miamians to bring gifts for needy children to City Hall during early December. This is our 17th annual Angel Tree! In the lobby of city hall, we have set up an ‘Angel Tree.’ Affixed to its limbs are tags with the gender and […]
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December 3 – 10, 2023, 11 am – 9 pm Showcasing a plethora of international artists, designers, performers, and scholars, AfriKin Art 2023 aims to illustrate the influence of ancient Africa on various visual and performing artists and how AI promises to democratize the art world. The exhibition seeks to redefine notions of beauty and […]
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In November 2023, I took the chance to visit the JFK Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts. I was there to spend Halloween night in nearby Salem. The morning after our spooky adventure, I had a few hours on my hand and decided to check out the library and museum. I’d long wanted to go so […]
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This week, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, on whose board I sit, reached an incredible milestone. We now have one million patients in care on the continent of Africa. That includes tens of thousands in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, two of the countries I visited in August 2023. All of our doctors and medical staff are […]
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Another project I got funded in the 2023/2024 city budget was $50,000 for tot lot equipment replacement and upgrades. It’s been a while since all current items were installed. Some break regularly and/or look shabby. We are currently getting quotes for replacement equipment and an order for new things will be placed soon. It […]
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It is illegal in North Miami to run a charter boat business from your home. Despite this, the city gets reports about them relatively regularly. It’s a challenge to prove that the offense is happening because most offenders, when confronted by authorities, will say that the boat in question belongs to a friend and they […]
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Though we have been aware of a sunken boat behind a home on Hickory Road, when our Code & Police staff visited on September 30th, it was discovered that there were actually two vessels involved. As a result, we issued two separate Notice of Violations, one for each vessel. On about October 5th, both boats […]
During our 2023/2024 budget hearings, I managed to secure $325,000 for the renovation of three Keystone pump stations (Croton Road, Hibiscus Road, Banyan Road). As of November 11th, here are updates on them: BANYAN ROAD Construction of the project is finished, but the pump station remains on bypass until final approval from DERM is granted. •The […]
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New homes are being built throughout Keystone. Owners are often razing older homes to replace them with new, more modern dwellings. Sometimes there can be more than one home under construction on a single block. All this construction can make our streets quite messy. But the city takes great effort to try to keep things […]