City Collects Money for Garbage

City move results in no savings to Citizens Waste Management increases bill  Coral Springs 08/31/02 “Good News” says Michael Levinson, the City Manager in a recent letter to the citizens of our city, ” We are now in the Garbage Business!”. This is in response to a recent resolution 2001-057…

NEW FLORIDA BUILDING CODE: Foxes in the Hen House?

by Howard Melamed August 6 First Draft On January 1 of 2002 the entire state of Florida will be under a new Florida Building Code. In the wake of trying to standardize the construction industry in the state, our politicians have left us with a code that might compromise the…

Bad Policy Changes at Police Department

Officers To Give Warning First, Tickets 2nd Performance of Police Officers Now Based on Ticket Quota. 07/22/02 In order to alleviate race based complaints based on unfair traffic stops, City of Coral Springs Police are now following a policy that forces them to issue you a written warning on the…

SIDE DOOR PICKUP: A BUNCH OF GARBAGE

by Howard Melamed Now that the City of Coral Springs collects money for garbage and we can’t complain to Southern Sanitation, side door pickup is now a bunch of garbage. Southern Sanitations contract requires them to bring the 2 garbage cans beside your side door to the street every time…