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    Floridians warning letters after storm

    Time to storm city hall

    by Tyler Durden
    Sep 22, 2017 11:15 AM
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    Via TheAntiMedia.org,


    At a time when South Floridians rocked by Hurricane Irma were still surveying the damage to their properties, the county of Miami-Dade apparently thought it appropriate to begin handing out safety notices.







    Celso Perez told local WSVN-TV that he, his family, and his neighbors were starting to clear fallen trees from the streets after the storm passed through at nine in the morning on Monday. Hours later, in the afternoon, Perez got a visit from the county.






    “And we thought he was here to help us or offer some type of assistance with the trees, maybe he was going to bring us ice or something,” Perez told WSVN. Instead, the official slapped a safety notice on the only part of Perez’s fence still standing.






    “I laughed,” he said. “I thought he was kidding. ‘You are kidding right? We just had a hurricane six hours ago.’ ‘No, I’m not kidding. I have to cite you for this.’ I just laughed. OK, whatever; knock yourself out!”


    But Perez stopped laughing when the official told him he would be writing up a report and would be back to check on the property. Perez told WSVN that the man said he’d “have to write me a fine” if the fence wasn’t up to code by then.






    “At the time this officer was out here, we didn’t have power, we didn’t have food, we didn’t have ice. He is crazy, ridiculous,” Perez said, adding that “it’s not like I can go to Home Depot” because all the stores were closed.








    The South Floridian says he understands that there is a lot of work that needs to be done but that the county’s rush to issue warnings was inappropriate:






    “Give us a minute to breathe. Let us get our power back on. And I wouldn’t mind if they told me that a few days down the line or due time but it bothers me that they came out here just a few hours after the storm had passed.”


    On the issue of restoring power, Reason noted that at the time Miami-Dade was handing out citations — the WSVN investigation found Perez was far from alone; the county handed out 680 pool barrier and 177 electrical hazard notices in the hours after Irma — 16,510 homes and businesses were still without power.


    When Reason tried to confirm with Miami-Dade if monetary fines would be attached to citations, the county responded with the following statement:






    “We were looking to advise residents of the following hazards on their properties that they may not have been aware of, but that pose a life safety threat: damaged structures that rendered them unsafe, unsecured pools with no barriers, electrical hazards (down lines, damaged meters) and gas hazards (damaged meters).






    If any of these hazards were found, our inspectors gave out a safety notice, which is neither a notice of violation warning nor a citation. That means there is no fine attached. The safety notices given to property owners identify the hazard, steps that should be taken to correct the hazard, and who to contact for additional information.”


    Fine or no, WSVN’s legal expert and Broward County public defender, Howard Finkelstein, said the timing was “awful” for the people trying to recover:






    “This is outrageous. After Irma, people were stressed, they were worried and for a government official to slap a warning notice on them to add to their misery is insulting.”
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    Time for a change in county government.
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    God bless those brave boys, keeping us all safe.

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    Should make a lot of money, ticketing all those folks for having messes in their yards.

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    It figures it'd be something like that.

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    Romans 13...............

    I'm going to just assume that this is a 70-80% democrat populace.

    They did it to themselves.



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    Well, there goes the neighborhood.
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    County inspectors ? They make good bait in my traps .

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    Hey y'all, just think of them as safe space notices. Got that, safe space notices, for realzies!
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    Good.
    They're all "Law and Order" until they're not. Respect their authority, mundane!

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    Miami Beach wants to fire employees for not going to work two days after Hurricane Irma

    Two days after Hurricane Irma swept over South Florida, triggering the largest evacuation effort in Florida’s history and leaving behind a morass of debris in the streets and widespread power outages, Miami Beach City Hall expected some of its employees to come to work.
    When some of those government workers couldn’t make it back to the island on time, the city’s response was simple: Threaten to fire them.
    About 100 employees have received letters outlining the city’s intent to fire them after they didn’t report to work Sept. 12, less than 48 hours after Irma’s outer bands hit the Beach. The letters are rattling the city’s rank and file employees and even supervisors who were under the impression employees simply needed to stay in touch with their bosses as city operations returned to normal.

    More at: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...174918131.html
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    Alexis de Torqueville

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    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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