Will the real Steve Shiver aka Roy Shiver please stand up

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In Opa-Locka: Steve Shiver is in; Michael Pizzi is out
The city of Opa-Locka apparently is not big enough for two political crooks.

Last month, former Homestead Mayor and Miami-Dade County Manager Steve Shiver — who has been pizzi and Shiver accused of squandering millions in CRA funds for Homestead redevelopment after Hurricane Andrew, some of it going to clients he represented after he left the city — started his new job as Opa-Locka’s city manager.

Last week, Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi — who last year beat corruption charges after he was accused of taking $6,000 in bribes for a bogus federal grant scheme — resigned as Opa-Locka’s deputy city attorney.

Coincidence? Sources told Ladra that the two couldn’t work together.

Shiver’s 30-month contract for $150,000 a year was approved earlier this month in a 3-2 vote, led by City Commissioner Terence Pinder, who called Shiver’s hiring “a no brainer.” To his credit, Shiver has already been praised for his assessment of code enforcement and finding deficiencies in the city’s $14 million budget.

But Shiver, who referred calls to the city attorney, wasn’t always so popular.

Homestead’s mayor from 1997 to 2001, Shiver left the office mid-term when he was tapped by then Mayor Alex Penelas as county manager. He was blasted in 2010 after a county audit found he misused county and city funds in a series of bad business deals connected to the city’s political insiders. The monies were from a community redevelopment agency that the city and the county created to develop new jobs, rebuild homes and redevelop the blighted areas after Hurricane Andrew. It generated revenues of more than $2 million a year and eventually pulled in more than $30 million through 2008.

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In Opa-Locka: Steve Shiver is in; Michael Pizzi is out
The city of Opa-Locka apparently is not big enough for two political crooks.

Last month, former Homestead Mayor and Miami-Dade County Manager Steve Shiver — who has been pizzi and Shiver accused of squandering millions in CRA funds for Homestead redevelopment after Hurricane Andrew, some of it going to clients he represented after he left the city — started his new job as Opa-Locka’s city manager.

Last week, Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi — who last year beat corruption charges after he was accused of taking $6,000 in bribes for a bogus federal grant scheme — resigned as Opa-Locka’s deputy city attorney.

Coincidence? Sources told Ladra that the two couldn’t work together.

Shiver’s 30-month contract for $150,000 a year was approved earlier this month in a 3-2 vote, led by City Commissioner Terence Pinder, who called Shiver’s hiring “a no brainer.” To his credit, Shiver has already been praised for his assessment of code enforcement and finding deficiencies in the city’s $14 million budget.

But Shiver, who referred calls to the city attorney, wasn’t always so popular.

Homestead’s mayor from 1997 to 2001, Shiver left the office mid-term when he was tapped by then Mayor Alex Penelas as county manager. He was blasted in 2010 after a county audit found he misused county and city funds in a series of bad business deals connected to the city’s political insiders. The monies were from a community redevelopment agency that the city and the county created to develop new jobs, rebuild homes and redevelop the blighted areas after Hurricane Andrew. It generated revenues of more than $2 million a year and eventually pulled in more than $30 million through 2008.

He is properly poised to misuse our dues monies. Wait and see.

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That’s a no brained. It’s amgiven he will make,it is own piggy bank.

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Omg can we please get off shiver. Steadman is actually doing a good job.

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Hes doing a good job leave him alone

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According to satan????

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That’s some funny shitz!

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Hey if everything is corrupt in Miami DADE why can’t the PBA be the same. After all it’s only our money.

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Sad how our PBA turn to the likes of say Opa Locka, FLORIDA City or Homestead.

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Listen there are those of us on the board that don’t fully understand why this guy was picked but we try to make the best of it since he’s here. It does make me nervous but it’s on Stahl who brought him over.