Miami Lakes asks FDLE to investigate Michael Pizzi crash

Miami Lakes asks FDLE to investigate Michael Pizzi crash

Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi played the class clown in council chambers for about an hour Wednesday night at a special call meeting where the council later asked for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mayor’s very own hit-and-run crash last month. “I ask God to protect all the council members and help […]

Red flags: Michael Pizzi ran from crash, changes story

Red flags: Michael Pizzi ran from crash, changes story

Whispers of a cover up are getting louder in and around Miami Lakes, where Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi wrapped his car around a tree last week and ran from the scene of the accident, only to return less than an hour later. He left again without so much as a warning, and details that continue to […]

Laws just don’t apply to Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi

Laws just don’t apply to Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi

Six weeks after being returned to office post his acquittal on federal bribery charges, Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi crashed into a tree Monday night and left the scene of the accident. But worse than that, he may have abused his power to get out of a citation — and who knows what else? […]

If you thought the old Michael Pizzi was bad…cuidado!

If you thought the old Michael Pizzi was bad…cuidado!

Former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi — who was arrested on federal public corruption charges in 2013 and acquitted last year — has one more notch on his victory belt. After getting his acquittal on the bribery charges and the court to force Gov. Rick Scott to rescind his suspension from office and another […]

Both Miami Lakes mayors think they won first round

Both Miami Lakes mayors think they won first round

Former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi went before a judge again Wednesday — but, this time, he was not the defendant. Pizzi appeared before Circuit Judge Gisela Cardonne Ely as plaintiff in a lawsuit to reclaim the mayor’s seat, which his dream team of seven attorneys attorneys claim is “unlawfully occupied by Wayne Slaton, who […]

Michael Pizzi swings again to get his Miami Lakes seat back

Michael Pizzi swings again to get his Miami Lakes seat back

And the legal fees keep racking up in Miami Lakes. Founding Mayor Wayne Slaton moved to dismiss the lawsuit filed by his nemesis, former and suspended and acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi, who says he should be reinstated to his seat because the governor rescinded the suspension from office. The argument used by Slaton […]

Email urges Miami Lakes residents to ‘stop’ Wayne Slaton

Email urges Miami Lakes residents to ‘stop’ Wayne Slaton

In the escalating war between the two men who think they are each mayor of Miami Lakes, today’s meeting promises to be fun, if nothing else. “Urgent citizen action required to stop Slaton,” reads an email sent out Thursday to who knows how many addresses and by New Era Communications Corporations. But everyone knows that […]

Miami Lakes: Pizzi speaks and Wayne Slaton digs in his heels

Miami Lakes: Pizzi speaks and Wayne Slaton digs in his heels

Former, suspended, acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi — who was arrested in 2013 on bribery charges in a federal bogus grant scheme — says his not guilty verdict entitles him to serve the remainder of the four year term he was elected to in 2012. “I don’t care if you think I’m the […]

Michael Pizzi to Rick Scott: ‘Read the law and unsuspend me’

Michael Pizzi to Rick Scott: ‘Read the law and unsuspend me’

UPDATED: Miami Lakes former Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi, who has been rebuffed twice now by Gov. Rick Scott‘s refusal to lift last year’s suspension, has basically told Gov. Rick Scott that he needs to read the actual Florida law, not what he wants the Florida law to be and revoke the suspension that followed his […]

Michael Pizzi thinks he is still mayor, throws town party

Michael Pizzi thinks he is still mayor, throws town party

Former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi — who was suspended in August after he was arrested on federal bribery and extortion charges — seems to think he’s still the town’s fearless leader. He’s been sending emails to his virtual constituents for months — one this week included a link to a fairly positive Miami […]