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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