By Buddy Nevins, BrowardBeat.com, for SouthFloridaReporter.com, Dec. 14, 2015 – What’s the rush?
That’s what Fort Lauderdale activists want to know about the proposed lease of city-owned Bahia Mar yacht basin on the beach.
The 100-year lease – Yes, 100 years!!! – popped up on tomorrow’s Fort Lauderdale City Commission agenda on Friday.
That gives commissioners and the public roughly four days to consider this deal, which allows developers to enrich themselves through the use of city-owned property.
In my experience an item is dropped on commissioners at the last minute usually means there is something questionable in it.
In the case of the Bahia Mar lease, there is plenty odious starting with the length, which is apparently 100 years to satisfy some developers.