Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Florida Blogs -> South Florida Lawyers

Florida

: South Florida Lawyers

Stop Making Sense

Here's attorney Harley Tropin, representing Norman Braman, at the County Commission meeting that recently approved handing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to a private business for a for-profit baseball enterprise, using funds dedicating to easing poverty, blight, and to providing affordable housing:

Miami attorney Harley Tropin, representing car dealer Norman Braman, challenged the lack of public participation in the process and called for a referendum. He said his client would drop the lawsuit in circuit court to block the global agreement if a referendum was held.

Tropin also said it was wrong, and the lawsuit charges it is unconstitutional, for the city and the county to spend community redevelopment money on projects that don't remove blight, provide for affordable housing, prevent crime and redevelop slums.

What's to worry -- look how well the Miami Arena worked out!

Full post as published by South Florida Lawyers on February 25, 2008 (boomark / email).