Tag: Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights
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Tired of problems, Fort Lauderdale audits its community redevelopment agencies
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
Fed up with project failures, management problems and possible city overcharges, Fort Lauderdale commissioners have ordered an extensive audit of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agencies. -
Firm tied to US Rep. Lois Frankel gets no-bid contract, owner gives her campaign $11K
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Fort Lauderdale’s Downtown Development Authority awarded a lucrative, no-bid contract for its security patrol program to a private guard firm with political ties to Congresswoman Lois Frankel. -
Fort Lauderdale to use “poor people’s money” to subsidize transit for affluent?
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
Fort Lauderdale’s recent approval of a no-bid contract to update the plan for the troubled Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Agency has raised concerns about a lack of public input amid a rush to add projects not in the current plan at the expense of community needs.
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