I finally finished reading The Miami Herald's latest investigative series Poverty Peddlers over the weekend. It then took a couple of days to disconnect emotionally before writing these few words on the issue.

Who's minding the store in Miami-Dade County? The Miami Herald has managed to serve up a picture of a local government so corrupt that the average citizen should have no confidence in their best interest being of any concern.

Not one to believe everything I read, the investigative series makes compelling points on the criminally incestuous relationships of folks in Miami-Dade. More important is the deafeningly silent response from all of those involved except Congresswoman Carrie Meek and Dennis Stackhouse. Hello? Why are we not hearing from any of the other folks? The public has the right to know.

Let's find the bright side in this issue, at least folks in Miami have made corruption a multicultural affair. We can all get along when it comes to ripping off public dollars. To my fellow black people who try to make this a racial issue, let's not go there. I am pissed at folks stealing and you don't get a pass because you look like me. All skin ain't kin. Again, if The Herald's report is not true, then step up and defend your name.

Between the Miami Herald's House of Lies and Poverty Peddlers series, one has to wonder when some federal law enforcement agency is going to swoop down and take over the City of Miami and the entire county.

You know what's even more sad bout this situation, the by-product of this mess will likely be approval of all the county charter amendments. That would not be good but the public has far more confidence in Mayor Carlos Alvarez than other local officials.