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Nazi Germany had “The Fuehrer”, Fort Lauderdale has George Gretsas.

Even I did not think that our greedy, manipulative, City Manager could sink any lower than he has over the last several years. But he has. Several disgruntled City employees brought this to my attention last Friday. He decided to have all of our City Employees do this last week, which, by the way, YOU [...]

Here’s a REAL project that can benefit us all!

Here’s a REAL project that can benefit us all! With all the talk of the “Wave” Light Rail Project, (including the costs and who benefits from the project), I thought I would propose a different project that we, as Fort Lauderdale residents can ALL benefit from. This project is a “shovel ready “ project that [...]

My meeting with the Downtown Development Authority regarding “The Wave”

My meeting with the DDA regarding “The Wave” Based upon my previous post challenging the DDA’s promotion of “The Wave” light rail system here in Fort Lauderdale (http://abetterftlauderdale.com/?p=291), the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) invited me to meet with them this week. I accepted. At the meeting was Charlie Ladd, Chair of the Board of Directors, [...]

Earth to City Manager George Gretsas: Ever hear of “Zero-Based Budgeting”?

Earth to City Manager George Gretsas: Ever hear of “Zero-Based Budgeting”? Apparently not. With all the talk last fall and this year about our City’s bloated budget and the need to make cutbacks due to our bad economy (remember certain politicians calling for “Zero-based budgeting”?), it appears that this was all just political posturing. Since [...]