Your Morning Sift

Good morning.

it was truly a gorgeous morning for a bike ride or for anything else, for that matter. Hope you're having a good morning and your morning Sift only adds to it...

A- On Day 3 of his drive from Miami to Seattle Holy Crap stopped by the MLK Memorial in Atlanta and this morning, fittingly, he shares the photos.

I stood there, staring at his resting place. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 1929 – 1968. “Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty I’m Free at last.” The words roll through my mind and I hear King’s voice loud and commanding saying this. Goosebumps. I shudder at the strength a man who passed away nearly 30 years before I was ever born was able to have on me. This man, which I will never know or meet was in my mind, yelling his declaration of freedom.

B- Finding the unexpected is one of Miami Favs' favs.

C- Miami Bike Days is coming back, according to Transit Miami.

Downtown Miami will be hosting the next Bike Miami Day on Sunday, October 10, 2010. Preparations are underway to bring back this great event where residents get to re-discover Downtown, Miami in a new and refreshing way by being able to walk, bike and enjoy the city streets.

D- Random Pixels links to a great growing up in South Florida story by his pal Jeff Klinkenberg.

E- Is it the Miami Herald's job to root out possible criminal violations of state laws by Miami politicians? Miami for Change seems to think so.

Here's your chance, we'll even make it really easy for you:

(1) Did Mayor Tomas Regalado and his Special Assistant Jose Fulgueira violate Florida Statutes Chapter 104.31 by participating in the political campaign of Raquel Regalado?

(2) Did Chairman Marc Sarnoff, Esquire, violate any laws and abuse his power as a commissioner by tampering with an investigation into his home law office and issuing a memorandum of defense to a violation he had not yet been charged with?

Time to do your job Herald.

F- Blind Mind has a refreshing story of Miami Nice.

G- Bark Bark Woof Woof offers up another snippet of his life in what makes for some laid back Saturday morning reading.

The station wasn't even on the air yet and the salary was ridiculously low -- I had made more running a chairlift in Santa Fe -- but my ego won out and I took it. A few weeks later I found a little house to rent on the shores of Crystal Lake and in the middle of October, the station -- WBNZ -- went on the air. (I remember that my first news broadcast covered the election of Pope John Paul II.)

H- If you're familiar with Miami-Dade Democrat Fredrica Wilson, you'll LOL at Eye on Miami's post this morning.

I- Burger Beast puts Quickie's Burgers and Wings owner Evan Alichos through The Grinder.

BB: The number 1 mistake home cooks make when preparing burgers is?

EA: They overwork the ground beef and it makes the burger tough.

J- Lots of new photos are up at The Street.

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