An editorial about the Madeira Beach Board of Commissioners yet again ignoring the voices of residents and voters. From the “Tampa Bay Times“, by Ken Weiss:
More about the invalid vote by the Madeira Beach board of Commissioners, by Anne Lindberg, StPetesBlog.com:
Activists’ attorney: Madeira Beach developments votes were invalid
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The developers are NOT going to go forward. Why, you ask, since the Commission voted 4-0 and 3-0?
Well, here is the reply given recently by Ken Weiss, our attorney. The question was, “Can the developers just ignore the petition (as the city has) and move ahead?
Attorney Ken Weiss’ reply:
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- No, the developers cannot maintain they acted in good faith when they have knowledge of the litigation.
- No, the developers can’t win a lawsuit ...
Read this article by Ann Lindberg –> Click Here
Read this article by Ann Lindberg –> Click Here
Jim Scarborough (see bottom) said very clearly in his 3 minute presentation, the determination of the lack of sufficiency of the petition (made by Mr. Trask) was a preliminary determination, therefore the ordinance is suspended. Mr. Scarborough explained that determining insufficiency is a LEGAL definition with a detailed process.
FACTS from Section 13.5 Madeira Beach City Charter:
When a referendum petition is filed with the City Clerk, the ordinance ...
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Don’t be fooled. Sheila Estrada’s headline, “Ruling clears way for redevelopment vote in Madeira Beach“, belies the truth.
Tom Trask’s ‘ruling’ is a legal opinion. Tom is a hired gun, not a court… His written opinion is colored by who he perceives is paying his bill.
So the points Mr. Trask makes in his ‘ruling’, in favor of his employers as you would guess, will not stand up… He has said:
1) only ...
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Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. several folks involved in petitioning and the Petition Committee, led by Sam Baker, met with the Madeira Beach City Clerk, Aimee Servidio to present to her all the signed and notarized Petitions for Referendum.
Click here for the video that highlights the petitions delivery.
The purpose, from a statement by Sam Baker, is to slow down or stop the two developments that threaten our small town character.
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It is sobering to see our neighbors, our Mayor and City Manager pitted in a war of words over the proposed developments near our city’s entrance. You get the impression that the Mayor, City Manager and Developers are desperately trying to demonstrate the economic benefits of hotel tourism. There is a definite tone of urgency to getting this done. We need the revenue.
When the Madeira Beach Commission was commending City Manager Crawford, because he said the city hall complex was under budget at $11 million dollars (which was actually estimated at $10 million when the city was borrowing money to build) the Commissioners overlooked the fact that their new complex was going to again delay dealing with Nasty Stormwater problems that plague the city.
The stormwater problem might not be too bad – except ...
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This View Point article was written by a resident who has heard numerous questionable and/or offensive remarks — and decided to respond. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, MB Neighbor!
A local real estate business man, Jim Beggins, recently said “Opposition is mostly from the “not in my back yarders” who may be losing a view that they did not pay for, regardless to how it hurts the income of our 2 local developers.
Dissenters show up at ...
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