Of Mice and Men…and Commissioner Larry Vignola Stranger than Strange

November 2014 – Rev 2.1  There are many people that want to be Monday morning quarterbacks as to why I lost the election for Coral Springs city commissioner seat #4 last Tuesday, by only 104 votes.  To cheer me up,  several people weighed in and told me that almost half…

TRASH SECRET WASTEPRO NOT THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN FOR BUSINESSES Commercial Businesses Can Save 50%

Coral Springs, Florida  04/08/2014 It is bad enough to see all of the empty stores, office space and a corporate park that is half empty, that the city commissioners gave out a contract to WastePro that provides no relief at all for businesses in this city.  In fact, most business…

CITY COMMISSIONERS RAISE YOUR TAXES AND TELL YOU IT IS NOT REALLY A TAX INCREASE Fuzzy Math leads to fuzzy budgeting including Telling you that a Million Dollars is not a lot of money

July 23, 2014, Coral Springs :    At the Special City Commission Meeting , the city of Coral Springs commissioners are proposing a tax increase of 5% to all homeowners while at the same time saying it really is not an increase.  Their claim is that property values have increased and…

Free Lunches and Other Perks For City Commissioners Need to Stop.

Slogan “ Everything Under the Sun” was not supposed to apply to Spending Habits of 4 City Commissioners as  Commissioner Expense Report shows wasteful spending prevelant.   – by Howard Melamed Coral Springs, Florida  05/20/14 City Commissioners have a fiduciary responsibility to spend taxpayer money wisely, since it is not…