Centennial Celebration Highlights - Sunday March 27, 2011

 Keeping the rhythm busy at Huizenga Park.

 "If you're in the CBA zone you can join," says CBA Liaison Sadler James.

Visioning Committee Recommendation moves to negotiation stage

At the City Commission Conference meeting today, the Mayor and Commissioners indicated their support for this project that will imagineer Fort Lauderdale over the next 25 years.  Cost will become the focus before this item is next presented to the Commission.

Central Beach Alliance New Officers

Early Wednesday, the Central Beach Alliance announced that John Weaver would be the new President.  

Vice President and acting Secretary is Lester Zalewski of Lauderdale Beach Management.  

Debra Hiers is Treasurer and Monty Lalwani is director without portfolio.

Visioning Committee OK's consultant - Central Beach Alliance headless

Tuesday, January 25th, 2010, Commissioner Tim Smith's Visioning Committee selected Wallace Roberts Todd, a Philadelphia consultancy, to head up the study which will imagineer the next 25 years of Fort Lauderdale with the help of experts and the general public. 

Attending the panel Tuesday were Vice Chairman Stanley Eichelbaum,  Peg Buchan, Alan Gabriel, Dan Lindblade, Gary Sieger, former Commissioner Gloria Katz and Wiley D. Thompson III.  Former Fort Lauderdale CityMayor Dressler met with members of the panel and public but left early.

Public comment was advanced by tennis photographer Art Seitz, condo manager/entrepreneur Lester Zalewski from Lauderdale Beach Management  and the novelist C.J. Beck.

The City Commission will consider the Visioning Committee's recommendation and the funds required at the 1:30 PM Conference Meeting, 8th floor City Hall on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.

[For more information go to:- http://ci.ftlaud.fl.us/visioning/index.htm?pid=10787&sid=9 ]




Last Thursday at the AGM of the Central Beach Alliance, Fred Carlson, President of the CBA resigned. He claimed behind-the-scenes actions of certain board members to elect a Director's spouse prompted him to resign.

Two of the three directors involved then resigned.

A week later, there has been no organizational meeting, and no officers appointed.


The By-laws do not allow for ordinary members to call a meeting to demand why - or recall the 2011 directors for failure to comply with Article Three, Section three of the by-laws which require the organizational meeting be conducted "shortly" after the election. The results of the election have been known for over 40 days.


Fort Lauderdale reproduces below part of a clipping of the latest press release issued by Beach Alliance for Central Beach Alliance, a blog that is not the official website of the CBA, but is fast becoming its only voice. A proposal for a website was adamantly turned down by the 2010 board with one dissenting vote - Lester Zalewski of Lauderdale Beach Management.

See the Sun Sentinel story

Go to myfortlauderdale.blogspot.com for the latest news.

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Jackie Mason on movie set outside Riverside Hotel, Friday.

On the Fort Lauderdale set of In A Pickle with Jackie Mason, Steve Moskovic (One Angry Man) directing- - with a host of cameos from established actors such as Havana born action movie star Steven Bauer (Scarface).

Producers told this blog today that they want "no publicity".
No worries there then -they spoke to the right blog for that.

Mason demonstrated many years ago that he too believes in the My Fort Lauderdale credo by standing up to blowhard Ed Sullivan on his eponymous hit TV show. Cost him half-a-lifetime at the top.

Bauer's maternal grandparents were Jewish refugees from Germany which one might conclude are excellent credentials for being in a pickle.

Shooting in Fort Lauderdale will continue for another four days at two locations.
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Middle River Sculpture Event - Sunday May 16, 2010

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nothing going on here -
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