Kudos to our new City Manager Lee Feldman! At long last, it appears that with our new City Manager, some common sense has returned to the City Manager’s office! This week, Fort Lauderdale Lee Feldman has submitted a plan to reorganize our City Government. I am very pleased. The total number of City Departments will [...]
Continued incompetence in City Hall: And another unqualified City Manager (Part 2) So who is Allyson Love? I decided to learn more about the person who is responsible for managing a $600+ million dollar City budget and over 2,500 city employees. I requested from the City (and received) all of her prior positions, her [...]
Continued incompetence in City Hall: City Manager Allyson Love (Part One) At 3 am on a July morning last year, just days before City Manager George Gretsas’ employment contract was set to expire, Mayor Jack Seiler finally brought up the issue of a new City Manager. He previously had almost ten months to prepare [...]
Coming this Fall to a mailbox near you: A Property Tax Increase! Executive Brief: Fort Lauderdale will have as much as a $50 Million budget gap this fall. Our Mayor and Commission have done nothing to prepare for this budget gap. Either mass layoffs or higher taxes and fees will have to be implemented. You [...]