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Archive for May, 2008

Local Papers

5/30/08…
The Times is out….
BCbythesea…overview…
Bravo!… for the excellent article including the salient points pertaining to the floating gas port….
It asks the important questions …. those being lost within the movement of opposition….
the diagram…brings a visual that is… a must look…
Nice Editorial…
A way to make a more informative decision…at this point and not just jump on the [...]

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Each individual property owner has lost almost  $30 thousand in home equity in LBTS!
(based on 7000 properties….)
www.miamiherald.com
Taxable property values drop 5%….Jasmine Kripalani…
many more cuts for Broward municipalities…
“We are witnessing the worst Broward real estate climate since the mid-1980s “…Broward County Prop. Appraiser…in a memo to Broward County Taxing Authority….”For planning purposes, you should expect to [...]

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Crane Crash

Crane crash in Manhattaan…
the equivalent of 2 Boeing jets crashing down….
Yet another random act of God?…a lack of oversight…..or Bush?
Just kidding….
but you have to admit…Bush must be smiling through the expected show of concern….
the cable news cycle…of Scott McClellen…is broken…. 5 days in….
for now….
BCbythesea NOTE:…in previous post ….wrote a post on Vanity Fair [...]

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Here’s The Scoop

What’s the deal with the purchase of the A1A property?…
There are real questions…that need real answers….
1. What fund were these “earmarked” funds in?
BCbythesea was told …from the $3.4 million fund…how so?…if that was the fund for the now defunct Palm Club sewers…that would not have left enough money to acquire the property…and…
we were told the [...]

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Here’s The Scoop

www.miamiherald.com
9 am today …Friday 5/30/08….
Join the forum….those opposing the gas port..
L’Hermitage …Building One 3100 N Oceand Blvd…
Round 2!…
In the Miami Herald today….on board Chris Chiari……who is running again for House District 91….
BCbythesea …worked briefly with Chris …when we began the campaign for Dodd/Clottey….he is the real deal …when it comes to knowing how to get [...]

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resumed after recess…5/27/08 on 5/28/08 Jarvis Hall 3 pm..
15 New Business Cont…
c. Pre-agenda conference…Mayor Minnet…referred to Oakland Park using this forum…a review with citizens…
Comm. Dodd/Clottey had similar idea as campaign promise…Vice Mayor went into the downside from the pre- meetings with the “Old Guard”…Comm. Silverstone wondered if there was really a need…
finally a compromise [...]

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LBTS 5/27/08…
different view…from home on cable…
1.Call to order
2. Pledge…
3. Invocation…LBTS resident Pauline McGinnis…gave a lovely invocation…presumably the first woman to do so…
titled …”Prayer For America”…
Mayor Minnet tried to table her item in New Business about floating gas port…in order to include Suez Rep. to participate…died for lack o a second…
BCbythesea…opinion….This would have been appropriate [...]

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Here’s The Scoop

www.sunsentinel.com
Today…
Gasworks off coast?. Residents not sure….Ken Kaye…
previous posts…floating gas port…1st stop on the public persuasion tour…
(Bad timing for Mayor Minnet and her first 110 day reception…that was set-up at the bank….last night…)
What a difference an election makes…
as previously posted …last election….. when Suez was having an open house …published in the sentinel at that time [...]

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Local Papers

www.flsentry.com
AUSTERITY….is the word for budget time in Pompano Beach….
BCbythesea concurs…
It’s J.P. Bender time ….online ….. the Sentry….
a few lessons for LBTS…..
contained within this must read….

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Here’s The Scoop

Residents are contacting BCbythesea….big time….
asking the questions…
about …..$ for change orders?
about …..music every Sat. night and closing Commercial every Sat. night?
about……Jazz on the Square….and what really happened?…especially after approving Sat, nights….
about…… buying the $1.7 property from what funds?
about…… selling the warehouse…in this market….
about……  $ now before the budget…for lights…etc…? which they see adding up…..
about……..$ [...]

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