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54 matches for 'lauderdale city'
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Marina Lofts Development Approved, Rain Tree Not Even Considered At City Hall Meeting
The city's Planning & Zoning Board met Wednesday night at Fort Lauderdale City Hall and recommended approval for the Marina Lofts development high-rise apartments proposed for near downtown Fort ...' [...]
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Marina Lofts Development Approved, Rain Tree Not Even Considered At City Hall Meeting
The city's Planning & Zoning Board met Wednesday night at Fort Lauderdale City Hall and recommended approval for the Marina Lofts development high-rise apartments proposed for near downtown Fort ...' [...]
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Stewart still in charge as Fort Lauderdale attorney search continues
It has been more than a year since Fort Lauderdale City Attorney Harry Stewart “retired,” but he’s still the one making decisions in the City Attorney’s Office, collecting a pension in addition to the salary he takes in as the city’s top-paid employee. [...] -
Commissioners to keep tabs on Fort Lauderdale city clerk
Fort Lauderdale commissioners spared City Clerk Jonda Joseph a public rehashing Tuesday of complaints that she bullies her employees, satisfied that steps have been taken to remedy the problem. [...]
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Eighth Floor
....... Things are a bit different now-a-days on the 8th floor at
Fort Lauderdale City Hall.
New (old) Commissioner Dean Trantalis is in the building.
Word has it that Trantalis has been slammed with appointments, and needless to say, he hasn't' [...]
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Employees complain Fort Lauderdale clerk bullies them
Employees in the Fort Lauderdale city clerk’s office are complaining that their boss, City Clerk Jonda Joseph, bullies them. They say she’s frequently either yelling at them or belittling them, and that she’s “disorganized, inefficient, absent-minded.” [...]
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Developer in Cindi Hutchinson corruption case likely to get probation
The developer who did free work for former Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Cindi Hutchinson could resolve his case next month in a plea deal that includes no jail time.
On Tuesday, Hutchinson pleaded guilty to unlawful compensation and official misconduct and was sentenced to four months in jail starting April 15. [...]
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Ex-Fort Laud Comm Cindi Hutchinson to jail next month
Former Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Cindi Hutchinson pleaded guilty today to unlawful compensation and official misconduct. The three felony counts will land her in the Broward County jail for four months starting April 15th. As a convicted felon, she loses her right to vote.
Hutchinson voted in favor of rezonings for [...]
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Ex-Commissioner Hutchinson, felon, gets four-month sentence
Former Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Cindi Hutchinson has been sentenced to four months in jail. She is a felon now, and will lose her voting rights, among other things. [...] -
Trantalis beats Rodstrom in close Fort Lauderdale race
Dean Trantalis is heading back to the Fort Lauderdale City Commission, if his 18-vote victory over Charlotte Rodstrom holds up once all the provisional ballots are counted. [...]
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Sources: Mayor Jack Seiler, Consultant Judy Stern Cheer Rodstrom’s Loss
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Political consultant Judy Stern and Mayor Jack Seiler are cheering.
That’s what well-placed, long-time Fort Lauderdale City Hall watchers were saying after the results of the city election Tuesday.
Be assured that Stern and Seiler are, at the very least, not upset by Charlotte Rodstrom’s loss.
Rodstrom’s attempted comeback ended in [...]
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Ex-Fort Laud Commissioner Cindi Hutchinson to change plea in potty case
Former Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Cindi Hutchinson appears that she will change her plea to guilty in her third-degree felony case.
Hutchinson filed for a change of plea hearing Feb. 27th and it is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. March 18th in Broward.
Hutchinson was charged in 2011 with multiple counts including unlawful [...]
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Race For The Money!
Often you can tell who will win a political race by who gets the most campaign contributions.
But in the race for Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner for District II, coming on March 12th, it's not that easy.
Dean and Charlotte in friendlier times
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Why Vote Trantalis ?
There is a Fort Lauderdale City Election in just twelve days, on Tuesday, January 15th.
Did you know that?
You might not, because there is only one thing on the ballot, the primary of the special election for District II City Commissioner. Only those [...]
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Political storm cloud for Char?
Charlotte Rodstrom may not be able to waltz back into the Fort Lauderdale City Commission seat she abandoned in an ill-fated attempt to succeed her husband, John, on the Broward County Commission. [...]
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Lobbyists’ Row At Ft. Laud. City Hall: The Pix
Number of comments: 3BY BUDDY NEVINS
My thanks to photographer and city activist Art Seitz III for bring us this picture of three movers and shakers in Fort Lauderdale City Hall.
No, not the commissioners.
It’s the lobbyists.
From the right, that’s lobbyist Alain Jean.
Then there is Neil Sterling, the former School Board member who has a [...]
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Fiscal Folly In Fort Lauderdale City Hall
Number of comments: 10BY BUDDY NEVINS
If you are a Fort Lauderdale home owner, I would be afraid. I would be very afraid.
The city appears at the end of its financial rope to knowlegable observers.
The problem is the out-of-control pension costs in the city.
My proof?
The annual budget.
Pension costs are rising…fast.
They were $36 million five [...]
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Freedom From Speech!
He is Charlie King. By day a realtor.
But at night, he turns into the King, the King of Criticism. You might have caught him lambasting the Fort Lauderdale City Commission on Government TV ( Channel 78) during Citizen Input , or you may have somehow [...]
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Attorney: Rodstrom can cut aide's salary, not his benefits
UPDATE: Fort Lauderdale City Attorney Harry Stewart said Friday that Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom has no authority to change a benefit given to a city employee -- even if the employee is her own aide.
She can, however, reduce aide Scott Wyman's salary "if a mistake was made in setting the'" [...]
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Bradford Cohen reemerges ... on FOX NEWS
Bradford Cohen, the local criminal defense attorney who ran for Fort Lauderdale City Commission in 2006, appeared on FOX News this morning to offer opinions on a case.
He's not really as famous here for his unsuccessful candidacy as he is for being on the receiving end' [...]
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Fort Lauderdale city attorney: Charlotte can run
Now that Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom has said she’s going to run to keep her seat, I checked in with City Attorney Harry Stewart to see if he sees any legal problem given the city’s term limit restrictions.
The word from Stewart is that Rodstrom is good to go, [...]
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Old campaign pictures: Rodstrom, Trantalis, Gunzburger
Found some old campaign ads as I rummaged through my files for a story. Here they are for your enjoyment.
This one speaks for itself, no?
Will Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom run again for her city seat, now that she lost [...]
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Bill Kling, activist for veterans, Democrats, dies
Above, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, presented Bill Kling with the Civilian Marksmanship Program's Patriot Award on April 5, 2010, at the Fort Lauderdale City Commission chambers. (Photo courtesy office of Wasserman Schultz.)
William “Bill” Kling, a longtime and tireless activist on behalf of veterans causes and' [...]
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Another candidate files for Charlotte Rodstrom's seat
Chuck Black, president of Lakeridge Homeowners Association, has filed to run for Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom's seat.
Rodstrom is running for County Commission, and had to turn in a resignation letter in order to do that. She's still a city commissioner until November.
Her replacement will be selected [...]
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PHOTO: The Rodstroms
Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom says it's sexist to constantly refer to her as incumbent Broward County Commissioner/Mayor John Rodstrom's wife, or to suggest that electing her into his seat would be the equivalent of having him still there making the decisions.
In other words, it would [...]
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Fort Lauderdale’s once and future commissioner?
When Dean Trantalis decided not to run for re-election to the Fort Lauderdale City Commission in 2006, he was replaced by Charlotte Rodstrom.
Now Rodstrom is running for the Broward County Commission to replace her husband, Broward Mayor John Rodstrom.
And Trantalis wants to succeed Charlotte Rodstrom and return [...]
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More Mahogany Mayhem Machinations!
..... Much to the chagrin of Broward County School's Development Division, the annihilation of Fort Lauderdale High School's nearly century-old Mahogany trees controversy is not going away any time soon.
Now, Fort Lauderdale City Manager Lee Feldman, has [...]
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Charlotte Rodstrom's Car Burglarized !
Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom is used to attending her arranged crime meetings she holds for her District constituents. They are usually held on 13th street in a FLPD substation, to address crime in all parts of her District, (the highest crime rates are mostly in the neighborhoods [...] -
How Rodstrom's Seat Gets Filled, and by Whom?
Seems to be some confusion out there about how the Fort Lauderdale City Commission seat, currently held by Charlotte Rodstrom, will be filled.
Rodstrom
Here's how I think it goes -
Rodstrom had to step down from her City [...]
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