Pompano Beach CRA Attempts to Develop Land It Does Not Own through Branding Campaign Cover Up

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For Immediate ReleaseRe: Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) v. Gil EriksenProperties LLC; Case No. 06-004169 (21) (Closed)

Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency Attempts ToDevelop Florida Land Illegally Seized through Falsification of Deeds

and Racketeering Schemes with Branding Campaign Cover UpPompano Beach, FL, July 1, 2011 – The Pompano Beach Community

Redevelopment Agency just launched a new website, Twitter account, and Facebook pageas part of a positive image campaign, but even this new attempt at public relations mayfail to hide the agency’s long litany of crimes. As was revealed in the coverage of therecently closed Pompano Beach CRA v Gil Eriksen Properties case, it turns out theagency did not have authority to exist according to Broward County charter, was actingas a shill for the Pompano Beach Commission in land grab racketeering schemes, and didnot have the governmental power of eminent domain to take properties. Yet the PompanoBeach CRA has been illegally taking properties from businesses and residents for a

decade as laundered through the Broward County Court and still wants to privatelydevelop these lands today.

In the recent Gil Eriksen Properties case, now a beacon of the blatantunconstitutionality of all the takings, the deed for the multi-million dollar historic dollar

property in question was fraudulently transferred to the CRA, who still does not haveclear legal title to the property. Even so, the CRA has put up signs in the locale touting its

plans for “New Retail/Office Space Development” and calls for “Future DevelopmentPre-Leasing.” The city itself hired Wilesmith Advertising/Design to rebrand the city andCRA. According to the firm, the initiative was designed to “add value by promotingtourism, attracting commercial enterprise and building community pride,” a tall order

considering the city commission and CRA (who are one in the same) are still under firefor stealing non-blighted properties from residents, churches, and businesses like GilEriksen Properties, who privately invested in the city and community.

“Florida’s Warmest Welcome” is the new tagline for the city and has residentswho lost their homes scoffing. Adding to insult, it has been revealed that even this taglineitself was stolen from Pensacola, Florida tourism campaigns. Pompano BeachCommissioners still voted to approve its official use (and paid Wilesmith Advertising for

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it) while knowing it was plagiarized and further directed the city attorney to attempt totrademark it to reduce their liability for theft of intellectual property.

The Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency's resulting publicrelations message became “We’re Open for Business”, which, too, is ironic consideringthe land grab racketeering for private profit, criminal prosecution of the CRA advisor Vincente Thrower for bribery and fraud, and the ethics violation of CRA Chair and CityMayor, Lamar Fisher for using his office for personal gain. Broward County is wellknown for its pay for play development scandals, and with legitimate Pompano Beach

businesses having their properties illegally seized to be resold, it seems the local officialsmay want a bigger slice of the larger, multi-billion dollar lobbying pie.

So how does the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency plan todevelop land it doesn’t own? A good question and one not answered, and blatantlyavoided by the CRA. The CRA instead publishes generalized speculation sketchesshowcasing happy residents amidst retail, office and governmental buildings with nospecific implementation plans. The CRA also held a series of three public workshops for input from residents which was narrowly focused on streetscape design. To the CRA'sdismay, residents don’t seem to be buying the latest propaganda however. Many homeowners and businesses participated in the previous round of “community involvementmeetings” before the last batch of illegal seizures. Those residents found themselvesforced out of their homes and excluded from the legal system with no protection and noreimbursement for their properties.

The question also remains if new individuals and businesses will want to invest inthe area, when deeds are fraudulent, and a class action suit looms large. Constructioncompanies and financial investors are also taking note as it seems development may bemired in litigation for decades. The legal, management, consulting, construction, andfinancing firms already involved with CRA may also face future action due to the factthat racketeering charges have no statute of limitation.

The old idiom of “Nothing comes without a price,” may well be true in the case of these stolen properties. What may have seemed like easy profit for the CRA members,may be turning out to be much more expensive than it would to run government and landmanagement legitimately.

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Additional information:Pompano Beach is located in Broward County, Florida USA

Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board of Directors

(The Pompano Beach Commission sits as the Board of Directors of the Pompano BeachCRA, making both comprised of the same exact members with an organization chart thatshows no oversight of the CRA)

Mayor Lamar Fisher

Vice Mayor George Brummer

Commissioner Charlotte Burrie

Commissioner Barry Dockswell

Commissioner Rex Hardin

Commissioner Woodrow J. Poitier

Pompano Beach Northwest Community Redevelopment Area Advisory Board

Deborah Anthony - Chairwoman

Jay Ghanem - Vice Chairman

Jeanette Copeland

Marguerite Luster

Richard McFadden

Daisy M. Johnson

Patricia Davis

Carl Forbes

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Pompano Beach East Community Redevelopment Area Advisory Board

Jack Rogerson - Chairman

Sandra Von Staden - Vice Chairman

Robert Shelley

Barbara GordonRafael Katz

Rod Trzcinski

Judy Niswonger

Kenneth Thiel

Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency Management

(outsourced to private company Redevelopment Management and Associates, LLC with

principals Chris Brown, Kim Briesemeister, Metrostrategies Inc.)Kim Briesemeister - Co-Executive CRA Director, RMA Principal

Chris Brown - Co-Executive CRA Director, RMA Principal

Floyd Johnson - NW CRA Director, RMA Senior Associate

Horacio Danovich - CRA Engineer

Terrell Neil Fritz - CRA Consultant, Downtown Project Manager, RMA ManagementConsultant Associate

Louis Friend - CRA Construction Project Manager

Carlton Moore - Liaison to the NW CRA Advisory Committee

Jeanine Parisi - CRA Marketing Director

Adriane Esteban - CRA Project Manager

Tom Schneider - CRA Office Assistant, RMA Associate and Office Administration

Steve Spaulding - Community Development Coordinator (recently resigned, noreplacement)

Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency Attorneys

Gordon B. Linn - Pompano Beach City Attorney, CRA Attorney

(and outsourced to private firm Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.)

Mitchell J. Burnstein - WSH Member, CRA Attorney

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