Hialeah's Julio Robaina Gets Spotlight

Eye on Miami spotlights the Miami New Times' article on Hialeah's Mayor, Julio Robaina . Read how Mayor, Julio Robaina is under the microscope.

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Guess Who's Running for Mayor of Miami-Dade

Surprise, surprise. I wonder if the timing of the announcement had anything to do with the New Times article. Did you read it? Thoughts? Discuss.

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Town Hall Meetings, Hialeah Style

This is how we do town hall meetings in Hialeah.

How cool is our Mayor?

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Well That's Pretty Racist

Obama is the Black Fidel Castro. Really? Isn't that being just a little racist?

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Hialeah Quacks Me Up

You may have missed the news but Miami Dade's Cluck Busters are no more. What's that? You didn't even know Miami Dade had a unit to track down, catch and relocate these fine feathered friends? They did and over the last 7 years they caught over 16,000.

Now, with the program cancelled due to budget cuts, Hialeah and the rest of Miami Dade county is overrun with chickens, roosters, ducks and more. It's estimated these two legged little lice carriers are affecting over 30,000 citizens all over the Miami-Dade county. They're a major code violation but good luck getting anyone to help you solve the problem. Local 10 ran a recent story on the chicken situation but in the end the reporter had to get resolution on her own.

The biggest problem for Code Enforcement is knowing who to fine. Because these fowl roam free for the most part, it's hard to prove who owns them. (Perhaps we can help in that area by snapping photos of where they are and directing code enforcement to their door. je je je)

Chickens, ducks and roosters really are taking over Hialeah. No wonder people compare us to a third world country. Won't someone help?

Here's just one video of chickens gone wild.

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Hialeah-born lawyer Nominated by Obama for U.S. Attorney

The Miami Herald reports that President Barack Obama nominated Miami native Wifredo Ferrer as the new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida Thursday.

His resume shows him as a one-time federal prosecutor in Miami and current chief of Miami-Dade County's federal litigation section. He's also the former deputy chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.

Wifredo Ferrer is the son of Cuban immigrants, He was also class valedictorian at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High, first in his class at the University of Miami, and president of his class at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Que bueno!

If confirmed by the Senate, Ferrer would replace U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sloman. Ferrer, 43, married with two sons, would be the fourth lawyer of Cuban descent to fill the prominent job and the first appointed by a Democratic president.

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Julio Robaina Helps Hialeah Woo Big Businesses

We did ask what our city was going to do about all these empty storefronts. Hialeah responded. Don't take my word for it. Listen to Hialeah Mayor, Julio Robaina tell you himself.

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Voodoo Couldn't Help

Voodoo couldn't even help McCain and Palin get elected.

Apparently it couldn't help this botanica stay open either. What an eyesore.

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