“ALL ABOARD FOR THE FORT LAUDERDALE GRAVY TRAIN” Over the last five years (as in years in the past), our elected officials have been freely handing out annual salary increases to City employees. Called “Cost of Living Adjustments” (COLA’s), they have become a routine expectation on the part of City employees, even though the “cost [...]
Is Seiler Bankrupting Fort Lauderdale? (Part 3 of 3) Here’s a better way to use our available reserve funds… Let me show you what we could have done for Fort Lauderdale if our Mayor had been serious about making budget cuts, for the benefit of all of us. By making serious reductions, we would have [...]
How Poorly Run is Fort Lauderdale? Look at this- If you want to see how badly Fort Lauderdale is being managed, all one needs to do is to look closely at the nearby City of Coral Springs. A City that’s smaller than Fort Lauderdale (127K people vs. 180K), it nonetheless sets an example of how [...]
Is Mayor Seiler bankrupting Fort Lauderdale? (Part Two) Tomorrow night (September 21), Mayor Seiler and the Commission will be approving the biggest budget in Fort Lauderdale history. Yet at the same time he will be trying to convince taxpayers that he has kept “tight reins” on the budget and that the process to get [...]
