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Tim Smith's Fort Lauderdale (10 unread)

• Mayor Dressler Versus the I.R.S.!

  
                 
  
       You've heard the ol' saying "you can't fight City Hall", and that may, or may not be true, but - God knows -
  
        ..... you can't fight the I.R.S. ....  but that's not stopping former Fort Lauderdale Mayor Rob Dressler.
  
       Dressler is the moderator [...]
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• Gretsas in Homestead Hot Water ?

         
            News from the ..... 
  
                  
  
              Miami-Dade County 
  
                       ROCKY RELATIONSHIP  
  
  
               
                     Seiler with former Ft. Laud. Mgr. Gretsas
  
  
       The relationship between Homestead City Manager George Gretsas and Mayor Steve Bateman is, well, let’s just say, not [...]
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• Fire Tour Fun

       ......  About 2 dozen citizens turned up to the ......
  
                
   
                          Fort Lauderdale Fire Museum tour
  
       ... this past Wednesday, for a fun and informative tour led by museum co-founder, former City Commissioner John Aurelius.
  
       All the participants found the tour enlightening. [...]
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• Update Fire Tour !

       Just got an update from the Fort Lauderdale Fire Museum about the upcoming tour!
  
                        
  
       They're very excited that we are coming, and have decided to "add a few logs to the fire"!
  
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• Onion disses Fort Lauderdale

      Our town is the butt of a warped joke in the online satirical newspaper The Onion.
  
  
  
       The front page article is entitled "Obama speechwriters unsure how they'd praise Fort Lauderdale in event of tragedy".
  
       First off, these so-called speechwriters for a suspected ' [...]
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• Tour Historic Fire Station (and its' ghost!)

       It's Tims' Tours time again, and this one should be really fun!
  
                      
  
       We've been invited to tour the Citys' Historic Fire Station #3 and museum, in Sailboat Bend.
  
       The Station is chocked full of fun pictures, equipment, stories of many a' [...]
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• More on ISHOF

        Update: The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Santa Clara, California ...
  
  Swim Hall of Fame Hopes to Call Santa Clara Home
  By Carolyn Schuk
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• ISHOF Leaving Town ?

       After about a decade of false starts to rebuild Fort Lauderdale's Aquatic Facility, an approved plan seems to be moving ahead, but probably without the entity that made it famous -
  
                             ...... the International [...]
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• Don't Move the Rain Tree

       I've been waiting to weigh in on our now infamous Rain Tree debate as the controversy built, but now I think it's time for me to give my opinion -  
  
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       A developer named Asi Cymbal wants to move the gigantic beauty above to make' [...]
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• Big Vs. Itty Bitty

     Some years back, the City replaced all of its' signature Cushman Jeep parking enforcement vehicles with Ford SUVs.
  
                    
  
       I wrote about that at the time, and was critical. The old Cushman Jeep types were small and cheap, and even cheaper to operate.
  
      The powers' [...]
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