In an article today in the Miami Herald…Broward section, Pembroke Park Town Manager did what should be done here!
“Hollywood gave us a figure,we used it that as leverage to move the (BSO) off the scneid.” said Levy whose town agreed to pay BSO only
350 thousand dollars more!
Pembroke Park is a town of 6 thousand! [...]
Archive for February 5th, 2008
Call Pembroke Park!
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Could We Have Been Like Hillsboro?
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Just out online…the Sun-Sentinel reports that Hillsboro went ahead and swore in their commissioners last night as planned without the official certification from the Supervisor of Election’s office!
Although representative Mary Cooney said that it is only official when certified by her office, Hillsboro decided that the votes were not going to change.
Days ago Brenda Snipes [...]
Comparing EMS
Posted in Public Safety on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the major worries throughout this campaign was having the best EMS service available in LBTS.
Fears were heightened to a fever pitch when stories were told about replacing BSO with an ambulance transport service.
What an injustice to those who run this town and those who bought this hook,line and sinker!
There is a process [...]
Broward Cutbacks and the BSO
Posted in Public Safety on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
In today’s Sun-Sentinel is an article about Broward cutbacks …to the tune of 94 million!
This time around though, it’s not only parks and county agencies being told to bite the bullet, BSO must also comply.
BSO Sheriff’s office comprises 1/2 of the county’s general operations budget, libraries 7 %, mass transit 5 %.
This should be [...]
Election Certification Process
Posted in Local Politics on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
This election should really be seen as the precursor for what could happen when you combine municipal elections with general elections in November.
Here we are, with a major delay in certification of election results due to waiting for military ballots to be counted for the presidential primary.
Does that make sense?
It is a federal law for [...]
New Info….
Posted in Local Politics on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
At the amended agenda meeting tonight the following took place in record time, from the friendliest dais we have seen in some time!
First, the swearing in will occur either on Tuesday the 12th at 5 pm or Wed. the 13th at 5 pm.
A point that outgoing Town Atty. Cherof tried to get across [...]
