The Miami Lakes Council — as incredulous to Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi‘s story about his hit and run accident as the rest of us — will have a special meeting this afternoon to discuss getting an independent, third party 
investigation to look into whether or not there was a police cover up.
Pizzi, who was recently returned to office after beating federal bribery charges, was driving on 87th Avenue at about 140th Street around 8:20 p.m. June 16, when he slammed his black Kia Optima into a tree. Instead of calling police, he ran from the scene to a friend’s house, returning about 45 minutes later with a fresh face and a story about an animal darting across his way.
He told police he was driving home from meetings with staff and residents at Town Hall, but CBS4’s Gary Nelson has confirmed that Pizzi was at the Cancun Grill, where he may have downed a few. We don’t know that he drank for sure, because cops didn’t do their job, but that’s what everybody is thinking, anyway.
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Especially since Pizzi keeps changing his story. Ladra almost expects a brand new one Wednesday afternoon.
Miami Lakes Councilman Ceasar Mestre, a one-time Pizzi ally, was the one to request
the special call meeting to discuss the mayor’s accident. He did so last week after the public safety committee already discussed the accident during their regular meeting Tuesday. Residents openly and publicly voiced concerns about whether or not Pizzi got special treatment.
The committee unanimously recommends the council ask for the independent review by Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Anything would be better than the joke of an investigation done by the Miami-Dade traffic homicide detectives who were called to the scene and questioned Pizzi. There were more than a few red flags for them to know that something wasn’t right.
In fact, the problem is that now the investigation needs to center on whether or not the police provided Pizzi with extra protection from himself.
Pizzi is already toast. Whether it’s now or at the next election, one has to think his political career crashed one night two weeks ago.
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Amazing how this Town Council continues to go after Mayor Pizzi. Mestre and the others have only one goal for the next 16 months and that is to fight Pizzi. You see, it was never about the Town Charter. It was about keeping Slaton and Gastesi in and Pizzi out. The legal fees will exceed $1,000,000.00 when it’s all counted because of the self centered goof balls. Honestly, they should all recuse themselves on all matters related to Pizzi and Gastesi shoukd have been replaced for his bad legal advise. I say to heck with everyone and elect David Bennett. “doc”. Then everyone can have a good laugh,
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Governor Scott just vetoed two major Miami Lakes capital improvement projects. Scott denied $800,000 for Canal stabilization and drainage improvements. If you don’t think Pizzi’s recent antics had anything to do with it think again.
For those who still support this clown here is your reward now fork up your wallets.
Really just a few red flags, any average joe would have been arrested , get rid of the bum and the cops that helped cover it up .
Michael Pizzi pulled a Rick Sanchez. He ran from the scene of an accident and gave himself cover so that any blood alcohol test could be explained away by the stiffener he had at his friend’s house. Jurors might not understand the intricacies of a supposed bribe scheme, but everyone understands what leaving the scene of an accident is.
How drunk and out of his mind must “Shemp Howard” Pizzi have been to abandon his vehicle in the middle of the road and run from the scene of what appears to have been a minor accident? Seems to me he may have been trying to cover up something more than a few drinks, maybe narcotics that could have come up in his system.
I’m not so concerned about the actions of this buffoon since the voters will take care of him in August of ’16. I’m a lot more concerned about Pizzi’s relationship with the MDPD brass at the Town of Miami Lakes. The orders to go easy on Pizzi could have only come from the top of the chain. Typically something as embarrassing as a drunk town mayor is discussed with the chief of police or in this case the major who runs the local police. That MDPD has not initiated an internal investigation into this matter speaks volumes of the level of the present day corruption found in that police department.
Ironic that skating on a DUI would be this idiot’s downfall Not that he doesn’t deserve to be brought down it’s just the one thing he’s done while in office that is arguably not directly tied to the job of mayor.
On the other hand it just goes to show it’s not the crime but the cover up, and he is so incredibly bad at it.