Gretsas's Condo His Long Term Home ?
City Manager George Gretsas's employment future should be decided at the upcoming City Commission meeting, this Tuesday night.
Gretsas lives on the beautiful Fort Lauderdale Beach and has this beautiful view when he wakes -
Fort Lauderdale beach at sunrise
He's trying to keep that view, and his job! As we've told you before, the conventional wisdom of him being retained as the City Manager stands at two votes for, two against, and one hanging in the balance.
Gretsas lives at the Points of America Condo that overlooks the inlet at Port Everglades.
Here are the stats on the property records that detail the value if his condo, and the taxes he pays:
Site Address 2100 S OCEAN LANE # XXX , FORT LAUDERDALE
Property Owner GRETSAS,GEORGE
Mailing Address 2100 S OCEAN LANE # XXX FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33316
Legal Description POINT OF AMERICAS CONDO UNIT XXX
Property Assessment Values
Year Land Building Just Value Assessed Tax Bill
2009 $37,810 $340,330 $378,140 $378,140 $6,838.35
2008 $50,670 $456,050 $506,720 $482,760 $8,854.81
You'll see that he took quite a beating in the value of his condo ( and the subsequent reduction in taxes) this year. Here's the sales history of that condo -
Sales History
Date Type Price Book Page
6/1/2006 WD $545,000 42373 937
5/1/1987 WD $130,000 14466 675
6/1/1971 WD $52,000
12/1/1969 WD $43,500
Check back Wednesday morning to find out if Gretsas gets to keep that stunning view!
Gretsas lives on the beautiful Fort Lauderdale Beach and has this beautiful view when he wakes -
Fort Lauderdale beach at sunrise
He's trying to keep that view, and his job! As we've told you before, the conventional wisdom of him being retained as the City Manager stands at two votes for, two against, and one hanging in the balance.
Gretsas lives at the Points of America Condo that overlooks the inlet at Port Everglades.
Here are the stats on the property records that detail the value if his condo, and the taxes he pays:
Site Address 2100 S OCEAN LANE # XXX , FORT LAUDERDALE
Property Owner GRETSAS,GEORGE
Mailing Address 2100 S OCEAN LANE # XXX FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33316
Legal Description POINT OF AMERICAS CONDO UNIT XXX
Property Assessment Values
Year Land Building Just Value Assessed Tax Bill
2009 $37,810 $340,330 $378,140 $378,140 $6,838.35
2008 $50,670 $456,050 $506,720 $482,760 $8,854.81
You'll see that he took quite a beating in the value of his condo ( and the subsequent reduction in taxes) this year. Here's the sales history of that condo -
Sales History
Date Type Price Book Page
6/1/2006 WD $545,000 42373 937
5/1/1987 WD $130,000 14466 675
6/1/1971 WD $52,000
12/1/1969 WD $43,500
Check back Wednesday morning to find out if Gretsas gets to keep that stunning view!
Tim, if what you say is true, and I have no reason to doubt you, if two commissioners are for the manager and two against that's a 50% approval rating. Would this be acceptable for any other employee? The citizens deserve better!
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Rodstrom & Roberts are for sure going to vote for the "Idiot" to be gone! (hopefully with his side kicks that also ruin our city) I am not sure about the other commissioners, but I have a "strong feeling, call it "gut feeling" that the Mayor will go for the vote of yes to say "bye-bye idiot" I stongly believe that Jack wanted to feel him out when first came into office, now he has seen first hand what an asshole Georgie is.
Ashame that I am scheduled to close at work this coming Tuesday evening for I would of loved to see the "fireworks" when Georgie gets his final kick in the ass as he has kicked us for the last time.
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Do we really want Judy Stern and Ron Book lobbiests and the Police Union running our city?
Stern has been shut out of lobbying FTL for years. Look at her track record at the County, Davie and Miramar.
Why do you think her and "possible" ECO Common Cause Coalition with the FOP financed ad for bruce against teel?
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/TreFin.exe
Stern connection to Common Cause
http://www.browardbeat.com/roger-stone-rothstein-broke-state-election-laws/
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You got the apartment number wrong. It's not XXX it is ???.
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To many Policy Makers take the easy route instead of making the Right Choice.
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Gretsas is running for what his "third and final term" (three years) and the new Term Limits Rule for elected officials should be applied, for what is the most powerful position in local government. He is being "elected" by proxy on Tuesday. Our Commissioners and Mayor need to have compelling and overwhelming reasons to "re-elect" him. Unless they are convinced he is by far the best candidate, and is not responsible for the apparent behind-the-scenes manipulation and politicking, why wouldn't the new Commissioners want to start clean and search for and choose a City Manager who is willing to execute their vision for the City and people of Fort Lauderdale? While status quo decision making is often the least controversial mode favored by politicians like Mayor Jack Seiler, in this case he and the other Commissioners have everything to gain by bestowing their patronage and recruiting their own man, or woman.
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