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…

How I Lost the Election So Long and Thanks for the Fish

To the 65% of the voters that did not turn up to vote or had no idea of what the last election was about,  I was running for City Commissioner of Coral Springs,  the city you live in, and I lost by 104 votes. The morning after the election, I…

City For Sale?

Sitting Coral Springs Commissioners Receiving Campaign Contributions from Lobbyists and Companies Doing Business  with the City – Stinks Coral Springs, FL 01-02-14: Our City Commissioners that are running for re-election have been taking campaign contributions from companies that require them to vote in favor of their contracts.  Our city code…