By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Yet another Fort Lauderdale neighborhood is fighting City Hall over plans for unwanted new development – and has taken the additional step of hauling the city into court to try and stop it.
In court papers, the not-for-profit Trust for Historic Sailboat Bend claims the fix was in when the city commission voted [...]
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Fort Lauderdale mayor accused of “sell out” as public housing battle heats up
Are you ready for some football? Fort Lauderdale neighbors say no; claim city zoning brass won’t enforce rules that protect property owners
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Fort Lauderdale’s summer of neighborhood discontent continues – this time in Coral Ridge where Cardinal Gibbons High School is pressing ahead with plans to light up its football field over the objections of neighbors.
The neighbors oppose lights on poles that reach as high as 95 feet on an athletic field at the [...]
Worried neighborhoods seek moratorium on controversial Fort Lauderdale development law
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Spurred by a pair of high-profile zoning battles, a dozen Fort Lauderdale neighborhood associations have called on the city to halt the use of an innovative ordinance meant to encourage “unique” development.
Upset residents insist the city slap a moratorium on its eight-year-old Planned Urban Development scheme – commonly known as a PUD.
Some [...]
Nine-year-old Boulis murder coming to big screen in Abramoff saga before trio of alleged killers stand trial
Anthony Moscatiello, top, Anthony Ferrari, left, and James Fiorillo
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
It was Fort Lauderdale’s murder of the decade: the 2001 gangland-style slaying of day-cruise casino cruise ship kingpin Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis.
On Oct. 1, it’s coming to a movie theater near you.
The three men charged in 2005 with conspiring to kill Boulis have yet to [...]
Classic power struggle over church expansion pits big names in Fort Lauderdale
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
First Presbyterian Church’s $20-million plan to build a big new family center and a parking garage off Las Olas Boulevard finally returns to Fort Lauderdale City Hall next week for a zoning board showdown with irate neighbors in historic Colee Hammock.
After several delays, the board is expected to approve or reject construction on [...]
Fort Lauderdale zoning vote on church’s expansion plans delayed again
UPDATE: Fort Lauderdale’s planning and zoning board will meet June 16 at 6:30 p.m. to decide whether to approve First Presbyterian’s proposed expansion plans.
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Fort Lauderdale’s planning and zoning board can’t get its act together to take a vote on First Presbyterian Church’s controversial building plans in historic Colee Hammock.
The board announced Wednesday [...]
Broward’s $1.5 billion no-bid trash deal under fire by cities
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
The first shot was fired last week at Oakland Park City Hall in a brewing rebellion among Broward cities over the high cost of garbage disposal.
County officials have offered a proposal they say will save the cities nearly $49 million a year over what they now pay to get rid of their [...]
All eyes on Romney Rogers in church’s zoning fight with neighbors
UPDATE: May 19: Fort Lauderdale’s zoning board voted this evening to hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on May 27 to decide whether to approve First Presbyterian Church’s controversial expansion plans.
UPDATE, MAY 18: Wednesday’s expected vote by the Fort Lauderdale zoning board on First Presbyterian Church’s controversial expansion plans has been delayed. The reason: city officials have learned there won’t be enough board [...]
Fort Lauderdale church’s big expansion plans rile neighbors
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Three years ago, Fort Lauderdale’s First Presbyterian Church lost a fight with neighbors to build $25-million family center, parking garage and other facilities in the city’s historic Colee Hammock district.
The defeat, however, wasn’t a knockout.
The church goes back to the city’s planning and zoning board April 21 with a new proposal intended [...]
Lori Parrish proposes, God disposes, pastor says
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Tough-talking Broward Property Appraiser Lori Parrish called it a “tax dodge” four years ago when Pastor Frederick “Sonny” Irons asked her to grant his $1.9 million Fort Lauderdale waterfront estate tax-exemption as a church.
“Everyone knows what a real church is, and this isn’t it,” Parrish told the Sun-Sentinel after she rejected Irons’ request.
But Parrish [...]
