I have to daily thank any dieties that are responsible for Al Crespo, the blogger who brings us The Crespo-Gram Report, which keeps scooping all the mainstream media and bringing us breaking big stories like Tony Crapp’s resignation and the bribe, er, I mean early retirement offer by Mayor Tomas Regalado to Police Chief Miguel Exposito so he would resign and lay off him, with downloads and everything. Gotta love that.
Crespo is an inspiration to Ladra. Fresh posts are scheduled to be published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but lately he’s been updating it daily with a stream of breaking news. He is the source on inside Miami Proper politics and government games and graft.
Earlier this week, he posted a story about a meeting to discuss a proposed CRA development with a private development company — and brought out a PDF of a fundraising flyer/invite from Commissioner Richar Dunn’s campaign last year hosted by the same development group. Then he went to Dunn’s campaign reports, and found $20,000 in the three days after from developers and such, including the company’s president. The meeting was cancelled — I think after his post. Gotta love that.
He is relentless with his public records requests and is adept at connecting the dots and putting it into context, having the benefit of a wealth of insider knowledge and history and adding his own perspective, which is wise beyond its humor.
Yes, thank heavens for Al Crespo. For without his voice and vigilance, imagine all we would never know.
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