Fort Lauderdale’s Spending Addiction and High City Employee Salaries
Last year, in the middle of a horrible economy, City Manager George Gretsas grew the City’s budget from $600M to $605M. He called it a “zero-based” budget, when everyone at City Hall (including Mayor Jack Seiler) knew that description was a complete fabrication.
This year, City Manager Gretsas [...]
Why you need to care about (and help stop) PUDs;
“Planned Unit Developments”.
With all the outrage we’ve voiced lately about governmental decisions being made without our input (such as the Las Olas Boulevard fence and the Homeless Feeding Center), we need to be especially vigilant about how future development projects may impact our quality of [...]
Two good things happened in Fort Lauderdale last week, thanks to YOU!
Two positive steps occurred last week here in Fort Lauderdale and it was through the efforts of YOU!
The first thing was the Las Olas fence. As you recall, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) began installing ugly barrier type fences along Las Olas Blvd. [...]
Update on “The Wave”, Fort Lauderdale’s Light Rail System to nowhere…
Last year I commented on a project that is as wasteful of taxpayer dollars as it is useless as a transportation system; “The Wave”, a light rail system dreamed up by property owners of Fort Lauderdale’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA).
For a history, go to: [...]