2025 was a year of active engagement, civic vigilance, and community involvement in North Miami Beach. From exploring city initiatives to holding local government accountable, WakeUp NMB worked to ensure that residents had a voice and stayed informed on issues that affect their neighborhoods, safety, and quality of life. Each month brought its own challenges […]

This past Monday night, we held our WakeUp NMB November General Meeting, and our guests were the residents of North Miami Beach for an open mic discussion about all things City of North Miami Beach. We were happy to welcome new attendees from the Skylake neighborhood, who shared concerns about the lack of police visibility.

Is it just us, or do city managers keep failing upward? WakeUp NMB is once again bewildered, though not surprised, by how city managers who leave behind a trail of questionable decisions in one city are quickly recycled and rewarded in another. Just recently, our former City Manager, who left North Miami Beach citing personal

On October 9, the City of North Miami Beach released a video featuring Mayor Joseph proudly announcing the adoption of a “balanced” 2025–2026 budget that he says reflects both responsibility and impact. In the video, he highlights investments in infrastructure, public safety, community services, and beautification, and claims the city restored $5 million in reserves

Let’s get this straight: The Mayor moved the North Miami Beach commission meeting so he could go on a taxpayer-funded trip to Japan. But when Commissioner LYNN SU North Miami Beach Commissioner couldn’t attend, because she was with her mother in the hospital, he refused to let her commission report be read into the record?

Tonight, Sept 8, 2025, at the City of North Miami Beach Government Commission Meeting, State Representative Fabian Basabe said what many of us have been thinking for a long time. Although he doesn’t represent our city, he showed up, uninvited but absolutely welcome, and delivered a powerful and honest message about the dysfunction, corruption, and

Bay Harbor Islands removes Joe Geller as Town Attorney after public push by Fabián Basabe For those of us who watch local government closely, this is a familiar story: concerns raised, red flags ignored, and eventually, a tipping point. North Miami Beach residents are already familiar with Joe Geller, he’s our City Attorney too, and

At the July 15, 2025 City of North Miami Beach Government Commission Meeting, Commissioner Lynn Su used her Commission Report to raise serious concerns about equitable treatment, unprofessional conduct by the City Attorney, and the alleged leaking of internal information related to her initiatives. We’re sharing her full statement, and the video of her remarks,

We usually shine a light on local government. But after the June 17, 2025 Commission meeting, maybe it’s time we shine a microphone, too. Let’s talk about Resolution R2025-86​ and the vote that shouldn’t have counted. At that meeting, a walk-on consent agenda item proposed changing the September commission meeting date to accommodate a taxpayer-funded