More King Mango Strut drama

There is an article in The Miami Herald about last month's King Mango Strut parade in South Miami, it appears that the City of South Miami is upset with Glenn Terry, the Strut organizer, because he did not have permits for putting on the parade, which Glenn calls a flash mob.

Word on the street is that the Grove's King Mango people called the City of South Miami to complain. We were told that that they asked to see permits only, not to complain. "I did make a Public Records Request last Thursday. I got the address for the South Miami City Clerk in their website directory," said Antoinette Baldwin, head of the Grove version of the Strut.

The Volksblast was actually going on on Sunset Drive and the Strut marched through that.

I'm not taking sides, I do believe that there should be one Strut and that it should be in Coconut Grove, no matter who runs it, but I did enjoy the S. Miami version as well as the Grove's version. The two sides need to take it to court already and get the ownership issue solved, dragging the City of South Miami into it is not the answer.

For the City of South Miami to complain about permits (even when the South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard was part of that Strut, that's him in the blue mask), is ludicrous, simply because it was a closed event. The street had permits for an event already -- the Volksblast. The five minute King Mango Strut was just part of that. And even if it wasn't they didn't cause any street closures or traffic stoppages since it was done inside an already permitted event.

Since when are flash mobs illegal anyway?

Does the City of South Miami double dip when it comes to permits now? Probably not, they are just being dragged into the middle of the King Mango Strut drama and are probably just as confused as everyone else. It seems like this Strut drama is not ever going to end.