Longstanding Ethics & Governance Problems at Hallandale Beach City Hall Continue Apace

A fish rots from the head down, and so does local government in Hallandale Beach, FL

Above, City of Hallandale Beach Municipal Complex, 400 S. Federal Highway. The City of Hallandale Beach Municipal Complex. October 13, 2012 photo by South Beach Hoosier. 
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This monument sign on the west side of the intersection of U.S.-1 and S.E. 5th Street, across from Gulfstream Park Race Track & Casino and the Village at Gulfstream Park retail complex, alerts you to your proximity to Hallandale Beach City Hall and the Hallandale Beach Police Department HQ. 
It's a place and culture whose very own words and actions have made clear to taxpayers of this city -regardless of age, race or income- that it holds itself apart from and above from the very citizens it's supposed to serve, often acting like they don't have to follow the same laws that govern everyone else in the state of Florida and the U.S., whether of logic, reason or contracts. 
(More to the point of this blog, the Florida Statutes on Sunshine Laws and Public Records.) 


City employees in Hallandale Beach routinely refuse to answer perfectly reasonable questions posed to them by taxpayers, and as I have found out myself and witnessed, are not above berating you for even having the nerve to ask! 

As it happens, it's also not a very safe area, despite who operates here, and over the past nine years, the public parking lots have often been pitch-black for 6-9 months at a time, including in front of the HB Police Dept. HQ. 
Then-Police Chief Thomas Magill even shrugged his shoulders at City Commission meetings when I told him as much at public meetings more than a few times. As if they didn't appreciate that the city couldn't make a worse first impression on visitors, and at one point, even the spotlights shining on this sign didn't work at night for over FOUR YEARS
REALLY.
 

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