Welcome!

We cordially invite you to join us! The Broward Coalition, a not-for-profit 501(c)(4) corporation, has been serving the community for over 30 years. We meet the second Friday of each month (excluding July and August) for lunch, which is complimentary and for members only.

Our meetings present topics that help us make decisions about issues that affect us locally, statewide and nationally. We are non-partisan, present both sides of the argument, and do not endorse candidates for political office. We are all volunteers.

Membership includes 10 issues of the NEWSLETTER, notices of our meetings, education, friendship and great lunches. We are a coalition of Condominiums, HOAs, PUDs, CO-OPs, Community Organizations and individuals. We welcome your active participation, and are always seeking volunteers for leadership positions.

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February Newsletter

Message From Our President February

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Boosters & Member Organizations

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Broward Inspector General contact info: www.browardig.org, and a tip line: 954-357-TIPS

Members, we need you to download, print and distribute these two petitions so we can flood the Legislature!

Petition 1 (DOWNLOAD HERE)
One petition gives judges the right to punish banks when they delay foreclosures, costing associations money.

Petition 2 (DOWNLOAD HERE)
The other petition protects associations from being liable for all of the late fees, attorneys? fees, and assessments when they foreclose on the property before the bank does.

We would also ask you to help by making copies of these petitions and pass them out to your neighbors in your building and your community.

Send them to your friends all over the state and ask them to do the same!

The Florida legislature is in session now and we need them to hear our voices and what WE WANT them to do.

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Article in Tamarac Talk about Coalition legislative issues

Photos From the Share and Learn event

Absentee Ballot Requests

Coalition Bylaws

IJ launches state chapter in Florida

New Broward IG contact information

Katzman Garfinkel & Berger Issues Community Association Assessment Collection & Foreclosure Guide

Grand Jury's Scathing Report on Broward Schools...Abolish the School Board

CAN ALERT: Your CAN Advisory Council Members Are Hard At Work For Your Community

This is a dam funny story

Who’s flying Florida’s lawmakers?

 

Updates

Citizens insurance prepares to drop or reduce coverage, raise premiums
A Citizens Property Insurance panel approved 30 recommendations Wednesday to help the state-backed insurer downsize and lower its financial risk to Floridians. The changes will be discussed at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

Fannie Mayhem: A History
Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.): I worry, frankly, that there's a tension here. The more people, in my judgment, exaggerate a threat of safety and soundness, the more people conjure up the possibility of serious financial losses to the Treasury, which I do not see.

Don Urquhart’s Response to Comm. Ritter
I have to begin by thanking Charlotte for helping to keep us so well informed about important issues. I read Mayor Ritteri's comments with a bit of astonishment and was compelled to respond. I apologize at the outset for the length of my response but a matter of this complexity and nature needs to be explored before it can be neatly summarized.

IJ announces Supreme Court victory for free speech
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a landmark victory for free speech, making clear in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that under the First Amendment the government cannot stifle dissent by restricting the right of corporations to spend money on independent political speech.

Is this the next huge swindle/meltdown?
With a mandatory cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions likely, some Florida businesses are looking for an edge — and profits — by trading in voluntary markets. But those markets, some say, are still in a “wild, wild west” stage. For half a century, the Gannon power plant near Tampa Bay burned coal to churn out the electricity that keeps lights burning and air conditioners humming in the Tampa Bay area.

Final Victory for First Amendment Rights in Florida
Arlington, Va.—The state of Florida has declined to appeal a federal court ruling striking down the state’s “electioneering communications” law, marking a final victory for the nonprofit groups that challenged the law as a violation of First Amendment rights in Broward Coalition v. Browning..

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