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JAABCAM: COURTHOUSE TASK FORCE MEETING

By JAABLOG

1.) Broward Mayor/Big Spender Ken Keechl with Clerk of Courts Howard Forman.  The New Courthouse Task Force met Friday afternoon, to block the wheels of progress by continuing to gut social and rehabilitation projects in favor of an unnecessary seventeen story courthouse tower, to be built where the judicial parking lot currently sits (and they call themselves Democrats).  The room was crammed with developers and construction company types, since the entire purpose of the Task Force is to rubber stamp the 328 million dollar plan the builders came up with in between the Task Force's quarterly meetings.  Make no mistake about it, this ship has sailed.  For instance, check out what Chief Judge Victor Tobin said in his "State of the Circuit" address last Thursday, as reported by The Daily Business Review:"Broward Chief Circuit Judge Victor Tobin is recruiting lawyers to attend a Broward County Commission meeting on a bond issue for courthouse construction and is considering legal remedies to ensure the county provides a safe and adequate building, he said Thursday in his state of the circuit speech ...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on January 24, 2010 (boomark / email).