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Lobster for all celebration after another Around Town successful Tavern Spiny Lobster Tourney Stop slapping BY RAQUEL GARCIA
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e did a lot of driving around and I decided to go around the patch and found him under a rock…when we got to Government Cut the water was murky, about two feet…I put it next to the other one and then caught a second, and a third… so went the tall fish tales at Sunset Tavern and Deli Lane’s post Spiny Lobster Tournament Party where Spiny Lobster King Daniel Grammes with a 5.25 lb. catch was crowned supreme. Over a hundred happy and some-what rested lobster divers and friends and family reveled in the bounty of their catches after two day mini lobster season hunts. “I couldn’t be happier with the amount of people that participated,” said Tavern proprietor Spiny Mike Maler in an interview the following week. “The crowd was great at the weigh-in party. Everybody was cheering everyone on and having a good time. We had very good sponsorship this year and that is partially why the tourna-
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LOBSTER, page 7
New South Miami Middle School Principal Juan Carlos Boué arrives
New Principal Juan Carlos Boué (left) with Miami Outreach volunteers (See story on page 6)
SMPD ‘Operation Summer Clearance’ hits the streets BY RAQUEL GARCIA
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BY MICHAEL MILLER
Executive Editor The pattern of bidding is causing our fair mayor to feel “slapped across the face” as he said at the recent commission meeting regarding a tabled resolution for speed bumps in the Pinecrest Villas neighborhood. Commissioner Bob Welsh brought up (in meticulous detail) what he perceives as discrepancies in the process before passing the torch on to Stoddard who expressed outrage. He made strong accusations of collusion. Citing separate bidders with presumably the same phone numbers and vehicles, Stoddard requested the city attorney investigate possible collusion. He called the bid results “implausible” and added “We need more information to know who is colluding; this is the hallmark of a rigged process.” Director of Public Works Keith Ng appeared completely mystified about
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ou could almost “smell the napalm” the morning of “Operation Summer Clearance” when over 40 suited up SMPD officers, DEA agents, Opa Locka officers and US Marshals hit the streets in 24 vehicles to arrest 13 identified street level narcotics dealers in the conclusion of a two month investigation. Six arrests were ultimately secured in an operation that began at 4:30 am after roll call in city hall chambers. “One of the subjects is wanted for attempted murder,” said SMPD Major Rene Landa. “We coorOfficers prepare to enter a suspect grow house
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OPERATION, page 9
AROUND TOWN, page 8
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