Tag: Fort Lauderdale
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Fort Lauderdale, taxpayers about to learn cost of city’s unconstitutional folly shutting down public feedings
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Fort Lauderdale taxpayers face the prospect of having to foot the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees run up during the city’s unconstitutional efforts to shut down the practice of food sharing with the homeless in downtown Stranahan Park.
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With tens of millions of dollars at stake, a Broward jury assigns blame for 2019 Fort Lauderdale water leak
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org A jury Monday held a Wellington company liable for potentially millions of dollars in damages suffered by thousands of Broward businesses forced to shut down two years ago after workers cracked open a Fort Lauderdale water main.
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Complaint: Fort Lauderdale commissioner bullied homeless into leaving their camp
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org An activist says a Fort Lauderdale city commissioner used bullying tactics to force homeless people to abandon their tent community on public property.
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Fort Lauderdale’s sewer calamity blamed on budget strategy that diverted funds meant for fixes
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org State regulators did what they could to prevent the Fort Lauderdale sewer mess that experts predicted years before a major pipeline sprang leaks in December–and kept on spewing waste for almost three months. But Fort Lauderdale failed to protect itself. Now, in the middle of a pandemic, the city is fighting…
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Broward judge won’t block Florida Panthers 50-year lease at Holiday Park
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org A Broward judge Tuesday dismissed a legal challenge that sought to block Fort Lauderdale’s controversial deal with the owners of the Florida Panthers, giving them control of a chunk of Holiday Park, including War Memorial Auditorium, for 50 years.
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AIDS nonprofit spends millions to control neighbor in Fort Lauderdale housing fight
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org A nonprofit that’s trying to build a controversial low-income housing tower in downtown Fort Lauderdale has spent $4.32 million to buy most of the townhomes in a neighboring development – acquisitions that appear aimed at squelching opposition to the nonprofit’s plans for the area.