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? […]

Wayne Slaton gives up; Michael Pizzi is Miami Lakes mayor

Wayne Slaton gives up; Michael Pizzi is Miami Lakes mayor

Miami Lakes Mayor Wayne Slaton has thrown in the towel and former Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi is now, officially, really, the mayor. Slaton announced at a press conference Monday that he would not appeal the most recentcourt ruling in favor of Pizzi, who is likely heading for Town Hall to take his place behind his desk […]

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 […]

Miami Lakes: Michael Pizzi thisclose to being mayor again

Miami Lakes: Michael Pizzi thisclose to being mayor again

Former, arrested, suspended and acquitted Miami Lakes Mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi is one step closer to sitting back in his office at Town Hall after a judge ruled Tuesday that his acquittal on bribery charges — and the subsequent, if forced, revocation of the governor’s suspension — means that he should get his old elected […]

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 […]

Miami Lakes will defend mayor against Michael Pizzi

Miami Lakes will defend mayor against Michael Pizzi

It’s on! Mano a mano. Or shall we say mayor a mayor? The Miami Lakes Town Council voted unanimously Friday to hire an attorney to defend the town and Mayor Wayne Slaton from the litigation filed by former, suspended, acquitted mayor Michael “Muscles” Pizzi, who says the seat is rightfully his and is suing to […]

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 […]