I attended last week’s commission meeting for the first time to learn the issues involved with the ethics code. The first speaker looked like an attorney but never introduced himself before he made his well-prepared pitch. I did not know who the man was, so I approached the podium and asked who he was. Mayor Poitier mistakenly claimed that he had identified himself, which someone in the audience then disputed. Commissioner Pam Militello then stated that he was a “pro bono attorney.” I later learned that he was a Coral Springs attorney, who apparently drafted the code of ethics for Commissioner Militello.
Apparently, the commissioners all knew who he was, but did not believe that it was important for the general public at this public meeting to know who he was and what his involvement was. Talk about unethical behavior! Will he be the same lawyer the city hires for $50,000 to handle ethics complaints in the future?
Al Hirsch
Deerfield Beach
Water rates need explaining
Dear Editor:
I hope that the new administration addresses water rates that have doubled and even tripled ... although our incomes have been reduced or eliminated. But then, is there an alternative to water? Guess we’re stuck!
Explain to me how condo associations can run up thousands of dollars in water bills, but single family homes have their water shut off if they are a few days late making their much-inflated and unreasonable payments.
Explain to me how city property can water anytime they want and for as long as they want. Are the taxpayers paying for their own water and for the City’s also?
It isn’t only due to the dry weather that so many yards in Deerfield Beach are brown but due to the fact that few of us can afford to water them for the two days a week that we are allowed.
