Commissioner Sarnoff receives code violation notice

It's been a busy summer for some. Village Council Member Stephen Murray and activist Al Crespo have been putting pressure on the City of Miami to cite District 2 Commissioner Marc Sarnoff for running his law practice out of his house, which they claim is an illegal office since Sarnoff did not have proper permits and the house is not zoned to be used as a law office, or any office for that matter. John El Masry, owner of Mr. Moe's, started the whole thing by filing the first complaint.

Sarnoff claimed for years that he had proper licenses, he insisted he had them with him in 2006 on Jim DeFede's radio show, where he "debated" with his then political opponent Linda Haskins.

The house has been staked out for weeks and even video taped, showing files being moved out. But apparently the office was in violation and as you can see on the Investigation Miami blog, papers were served. The whole story going back weeks, may be seen at Investigation Miami which links to various stories and blogs who are in on this mix including Miami For Change.

This is the best in investigative reporting. It's a case of the bloggers being part of the story and literally making the story. Something newspapers used to do back in the day.