Archive for: ‘March 2014’

MIA Music Summit Summary in tweets

March 25, 2014 Posted by Frank M

So the first MIA Music Summit took place this week in Miami Beach. It brought together the tech and music industry – which are no longer exclusive – and aimed to inspire the hundred of attendees into creating the next great start up.

The following is a quick hit through tweets. A full report to follow.

(Guess which account we go heavy on.)

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42 Star Island goes down in heels

March 19, 2014 Posted by Frank M

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SunPost: A March for Answers

March 17, 2014 Posted by Frank M

By Frank Maradiaga for the Miami SunPost

On the Monday after the cause of death for Israel “Reefa” Hernandez was released, Jorge Estomba lead a group of about a dozen activists, lined up in pairs, inside the building of the Miami State Attorney’s Office.

Some held up peace signs for the benefit of the television cameras recording around them, others a defiant fist, but all were quiet as they unloaded their possessions on a conveyer belt and passed through a metal detector.

Estomba is a little older than the average Justice for Reefa Committee member, he has stark white hair and a countenance that can easily change from heartbroken to outraged. He is a friend and a spokesman for the Hernandez family; he is the fire and brimstone for a family in grief.

He is also getting used to marching inside the SAO building for answers. As well as calling Medical Examiner Mark Shuman MD, for answers.

“We are almost friends at this point,” Estomba jokes bitterly.

Bitter at the fruitlessness.

The recent Justice For Reefa marches into the SAO building have ended similarly: with quick lip service, and no new information.

Read more at Miami SunPost

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Pathway

March 8, 2014 Posted by Frank M

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Twitter on Reefa breaking news

March 6, 2014 Posted by Frank M

Exactly one month after the Family of Israel Hernandez urged for the medical records surrounding his death be released, they were. Here are some tweets while the story broke.

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Miami Beach Police Chief Ray Martinez to retire

March 6, 2014 Posted by Frank M

Two years ago this month, Miami Beach brought in a new two-man combo to lead the troubled Miami Beach Police Department move past public black eyes.

By the end of April this year, both of them will be gone.

Ray Martinez announced his retirement today, ending a 12 and half year career with the MBPD. Effective on April 4th, but he has indicated he could stay longer until a replacement is found.

His Deputy Chief, Mark Overton, has already vacated the premises and is the top cop in neighboring Bal Harbor.

When he was tapped by Former City Manager Jorge Gonzalez, Miami Beach was reeling from a plethora of corruption: drunken cops running over beach bathers; cops arrested for racketeering; cops riddling memorial day weekend attendees; procurement corruption; and bribery in code enforcement.

Martinez was the second in command during that time, yet his and Overton’s hire (who had served as Hialeah’s chief) helped whitewash some of the concern.
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Tennis?;Anyone

March 6, 2014 Posted by Frank M

David Custin- helped get the Majority of the new commission elected; helped MB Tennis Management get the contract from the new Commission.

Never does Tennis have so much crossover appeal as when an underdog beats a favorite. In September of last year a number four seed beat a number one; $48,000 beat $120,000; and a chamber full of clapping supporters beat the Jimmy Morales administration, his evaluation committee, and the City’s Tennis Advisory Board.

Weeks before an election, the Miami Beach City Commission voted to toss out the bidding process for its’ tennis court management contract and award it to the last-ranked incumbent; the move delighted scores of supporters who for nearly four hours waxed poetic about the Green Square company.

Then the ball bounced to the other side of the court: the last commission was voted out; the previously top-ranked company hired the political consultant who helped elect the majority of the new commission; and the new commission voted to waive the bidding process and give the contract to the Miami Beach Tennis Management company.

Now the commission has rescinded that move, and will serve up a rematch to the bidding process.
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