First shoes drop: Sue-happy Hallandale Beach vs. Hollywood re Beach One Resort

My comments about this matter will appear in this space later tonight, after today's dispatch in the Miami Herald by Breanne Gilpatrick.
I'll have a lot to say!

The only bias displayed in this matter is the City of Hallandale Beach's overconfidence in foolishly thinking they were entitled to money from the developer.
Nope!
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/813288.html
Hallandale Beach suing Hollywood over hotel
By Breanne Gilpatrick
December 15, 2008

Five months ago Hollywood and Hallandale Beach city commissioners were practically holding hands as they looked for ways to save money by sharing city services.

But times change and now the neighbors are in a spat. Hallandale Beach recently sued its northern neighbor, objecting to a recent Hollywood development vote and saying some commissioners were biased against Hallandale Beach.

Hallandale Beach says traffic from a proposed 41-story hotel bordering its city, known as Beach One Resort, will block vehicles leaving a nearby fire station, according to two lawsuits filed against Hollywood and the project's developer last month in Broward Circuit Court.

The complaint also says "some members of the Hollywood commission clearly based their vote not on the evidence at all, but on bias.''


Earlier this month, attorneys for Hollywood and the developer asked Broward Judge Robert B. Carney to dismiss the case, saying the lawsuits are based on a misrepresentation of the city's development rules.

Hollywood Mayor Peter Bober said the suits won't stop the cities from cooperating on other issues.

''I don't think that just because we have this one disagreement that's headed to court that we won't be able to work together on a personal level,'' he said.

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