Vice Mayor Manny Cid and Councilmembers Ceasar Mestre and Tim Daubert participated in the recent Principal for the Day event. Principal for the Day is an annual tradition that engages business and community leaders as principals for a day in an effort to build long-term partnerships that benefit students and the community in general. This year, Principal for the Day was celebrated on November 20. Cid attended the Miami Lakes...

Representative Manny Diaz Jr. (R-Hialeah) recently used Apple’s Facetime application to visit Bob Graham Education Center during an Education Committee meeting to answer questions about the legislative process.The 7th grade Law Studies class watched the Education Committee live on the Florida House website and Diaz stepped out of committee to address the class. The students in Ingy Cruz’s class are working on a public policy...

Flexing his political muscle, Miami Lakes Mayor Wayne Slaton fired the town attorney and litigation counsel and subsequently hired a lawyer to handle both legal services for less money, severing ties with the law firm he holds responsible for allowing the town to award a working contract to a bogus company.The business was a front for the FBI to help nab former Mayor Michael Pizzi on public corruption charges in a federal sting that also...

Officials from Miami Lakes and Miami-Dade County broke ground to start construction on the long-awaited Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Station 64 to help achieve a faster response time for emergencies on the west side of town.Through a partnership between the state, county and town, the facility is ready to be built, and the officials gathered at the event expressed special thanks to former Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Roberto Alonso, who discovered the...

Miami-Dade Police Major Gene Dieppa was named the new Miami Lakes police major last month following a three-year tenure as the department’s Lieutenant that started in 2010.Dieppa is a Miami Lakes resident and he’s familiar with public safety issues that make residents feel safe and to keep the crime rate very low.“I am pleased to announce that the county has honored  my request and has promoted Gene Dieppa to the rank...