Another un-flattering and devastating snapshot of South Florida government accountability and responsibility in the year 2009 is delivered today by Michael Butler at his fact-filled website, Change Hallandale,
Per my previous blog post and occasional emails to some of you out there, Michael connects-the-dots on one of the more outrageous aspects of ALL the many cringe-worthy, over-the-top stories that have emerged out of Hallandale Beach City Hall the past few years.
One that he and I have both spoken about before: the contract of Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good.
The City Manager’s total gross pay for 2008 was $422,373.91.
You'll recall me telling you that back in December, Mayor Cooper arranged to have Good's new contract brought up and voted upon without any public notice, without it appearing on the public agenda, and without any supporting documents that the commissioners or HB citizens could review or examine beforehand or online.
In the second-floor HB City Hall room that, just coincidentally, doesn't have the city's cable channel TV cameras
present.
Result? Another in a long line of 4-1 votes.
Why? Because that's the way Mayor Joy Cooper likes to do things.
That's the way she rolls.
And she's going to keep on doing it as long as she can get away with it, too, regardless of what Florida's state laws say.
The City Attorney, David Jove, could care less about what rights HB citizens are guaranteed under the state constitution, he wants to keep his job, so he looks the other way.
Nice!!!
And as I've said a million times in the past here at Hallandale Beach Blog, Cooper practically dares anyone to stop her.
Clearly, Commissioners Julian, Ross and Sanders are perfectly happy to be her dependable rubber stamps, salute her and do her bidding without raising the slightest fuss whatsoever.
Tomorrow's HB City Commission could prove pretty interesting, http://www.hallandalebeachfl.gov/files/2009-03-18/Agenda%20Outline%20for%202009-03-18.htm but maybe my time would be better spent trying to find out why Michael Satz's State Attorney's Office has been so oblivious and myopic for so long as to what's happening right on U.S.-1.
It could hardly be more self-evident.
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