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The Town of Southwest Ranches, Corrections Corporation of American (CCA), and DHS / ICE want to build one of the largest immigration detention centers in the nation within walking distance of thousands of homes; thus, reducing the quality of our life and our community. We do not agree with the federal government privatizing our immigration detention centers throughout the nation when there is clear evidence that privatizing our prisons creates a clear public safety threat. For ICE to continue to privatize these institutions and bring this safety threat through their "secure communities Initiative" to our community is unacceptable. Depriving someone of their liberty is a non-delegable governmental function and privatizing of such a function is infecting our nation like a virus.

The Town of Southwest Ranches has now entered into it's THIRD Fire Contract within the last year now with the Town of Davie, costing taxpayers $120,000 in ramp up fees. They are now closing several roads in western Southwest Ranches charging the tax payers $80,000 for the gates. They have paid an unknown amount of money for lobbying with ICE regarding this prison. They have several lawsuits against the Town, 1- Involving Open Meeting Violations on a November 5th meeting concerning the ICE Detention Center, 2- Open Records Violations, and 3- The Town is putting together a lawsuit to sue Pembroke Pines for breach of contract because the City utilized their exit clause and cancelled for convenience their Fire/EMS contract which included water and sewer at the last minute for the CCA prison. In the contract it states that there should be no third party beneficiaries. CCA would be a third party in this instance.

CCA has also filed suit in Federal court against the City of Pembroke Pines saying they are denying them water however the City had never seen a water application. The City did file for a Declaratory Judgement in State Court but that has been put on hold until the Federal Court hears the suit from CCA.

Is ANYONE CONFUSED as to why the Pembroke Pines/Southwest Ranches Fire Agreement was cancelled? The Town Attorney Keith Poliakoff attempted to "slip" into the agreement a portion that guaranteed water for the prison at CCA's request. This is something that should have been brought up separately. CCA should have brought it forward on their own in a water application. This is sleight of hand that CCA and the Town attempted to do because they were so afraid of CCA being on the Pembroke Pines agenda.

As of June 2012, ICE put out a statement that the site selection was no longer needed due to the fact that the extra bedspace was no longer needed. READ UPDATE HERE!


Monday, October 15, 2012

Mayoral Candidate Holly Hugdahl Discusses Outrage of Requiring Permits to Excercise Political Free Speech

Listen to Mayoral candidate Holly Hugdahl's interview with Jimmy Cefalo this morning on www.610wiod.com. She discusses the Town Attorney's actions in directing Code Enforcement to cite residents who don't get permits for their small political lawn signs!

Is it Safe for Them to go Back Into the Water?

It's as if the law firm of Becker Poliakoff doesn't even understand the basics of protected first amendment political speech.   Bob Norman's News 10 reported on Thursday, October 11th, 2012.  Where is the Town Council reviewing the decisions of Town Attorney Keith Polaikoff?  Also, watch the Norman piece to see the Town Attorney Keith Poliakoff turn tail and run from the camera and refusing to justify his anti first amendment position.

Keith Poliakoff has broken decorum by actually supporting the pro prison, incumbent mayor Jeff Nelson in the upcoming election.  Strangely, it's only been Nelson's opponents who have been cited by Code Enforcement which works under the direction of the Town Attorney.  We wonder if Mayor Nelson and Poliakoff actually hatched this hair brained attempt to limit free speech themselves or are just acting "independently" on the complaints of pro Nelson supporter and intimidator, Dee Schroeder.  It would be in character with Poliakoff's "cone of silence", repeated stonewalling of public records requests, and infamous email where he advised the Town Council to keep the prison plans quiet because "the sharks are circling" to try and suppress dissent elsewhere.

Here are the simple facts:
  • The Code Enforcement department is at the direction of the Town Attorney
  • The Town Attorney has the ability to override judgements of the Magistrate
  • The Town Attorney asked Stan Morris to require the candidate to turn in permits for small signs
  • The same Town Attorney is supporting the incumbent's reelection campaign with thousands of dollars and fundraisers.  $1300.00 came directly or indirectly to Mayor Jeff Nelson's campaign from the Town Attorney; Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
Is he being impartial?  You Decide! Incidentally, these are the same tactics that were used by the pro-prison Nelson and Poliakoff when residents were expressing their freedom of speech about the prison. 

Listen to the interview by clicking the audio bar below Jimmy's picture:



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