Margate: Challenger emerges in race for City Commission Seat 4

Why? Because Joe Varsallone is a psycho, that's why. It's time for that crazy old man to retire and for someone that can offer some leadership to emerge. That's why.

Same names every time. Apathy? YOU BET!

Schwartz? next week

Popovic? week afer that

one more nuts than the one before

Same Junk wrote:

Same names every time. Apathy? YOU BET!
Schwartz? next week
Popovic? week afer that
one more nuts than the one before

qualifying is open until the 20th.. you still have time to put your name on the ballot if you want someone different.
le

We need to get new blood into the city commision. It is time for the old timers to go and new people in.The old timers are dead wood.

le...please run against pam.

res wrote:

le...please run against pam.

i can't i already filed for joe's seat and i am leaving for hawaii so i wouldn't be able to change it which is why i had to qualify so early otherwise i would have waited until the 20th.
pam will be very hard to beat she is probably the only commissioner that single family homeowners know the name of.
joe will be hard to beat as well but as my mom always told me, you only fail if you don't try.
le

People who way some things never change and it is always the same people running should put their money where there mouth is and take a run at the job. I agree with the previous post that said Pam Donovan is the best on that Commission. She fights for the people of Margate and has a lot of good ideas and fights to save the taxpayers...US money. If you think you can do better...why not take a stab at it.

lpeerman33063 wrote:

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qualifying is open until the 20th.. you still have time to put your name on the ballot if you want someone different.
le

I don't need to and I'm not required to put MY name on the ballot to excercise MY right to freedom of speech. And in my opinion, your just another rubber stamp..MY OPINION. Riding down Margate Blvd in a convertible once a year, and calling the garbage man for another bulk trash pick-up doesn't constitute a commission seat.

Answer this question: What do you think the city should do with the property purchased from the Swap Shop?

And here's MY OPINION for "Same Junk", YOU are just another person who mouths off but doesn't want to get involved. For one thing, after Wilma hit us, Peerman went around with her chainsaw and cut down fallen trees for people who couldn't do it themselves. She didn't get any credit for that but she didn't ask for any. She fought for 3 years to get a couple of covers on playgrounds. That does constitute a commission seat. If she'd been a commissioner, it wouldn't have taken so long. Now that may not mean much to you, but I have three children and they can go play on a safe playground where there legs won't get burnt now. And my neighbor, a little old widow, is one of the people Peerman helped after the hurricane. So, yes, I will vote for Peerman to be a commissioner because I've seen her help people. None of the other commissioners, except Ms. Donovan, have ever set foot in my neighborhood.

Same Junk wrote:

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I don't need to and I'm not required to put MY name on the ballot to excercise MY right to freedom of speech. And in my opinion, your just another rubber stamp..MY OPINION. Riding down Margate Blvd in a convertible once a year, and calling the garbage man for another bulk trash pick-up doesn't constitute a commission seat.
Answer this question: What do you think the city should do with the property purchased from the Swap Shop?

Same Junk
i apologize if you took my comment as being flip or condesending what i was trying to say was that anyone can run for commissioner and there was still time to qualify. i have never ridden down margate blvd in a convertible.. i did once in my canoe and twice in my truck for the 4th of july parade and have done it for fun.
i did not call the garbage man i collected(with help) 2100 signatures of residents like you who wanted more bulk pickup i presented it to the commission and continued to fight for it with research and facts until they came up with a compromise
as for being a rubber stamp i'm not sure where you get your information about that so i really can't defend or agree with it. there are times i agree with the commission and there are times when i don't. since i am only a resident the option of being a rubber stamp is pretty moot.. if you think i am a rubber stamp because i don't call the commissioners names or attack them then yes i guess to you i would be, but i respect the seat of the commissioners and thus treat them with respect.

as for the swap shop property
because the city owns it i think we will get more developers interested in the downtown project..i would like to see the downtown developed with stores and restaurants and places that margate residents will go to and make it a place that people who drive along 441 see the activity and the charm and say hey lets stop here..i do not agree with the amount of residential units that have been proposed for the swap shop area as well as along margate blvd area.. they seemed to have gone from shops with living areas above them to larger condo, townhouse complexes..
my feeling for downtown is alot of people want to go back to that time when people knew each other and they gathered together..where they supported the businesses in their town because they are part of the community..a simpler life in a not so simpler world
now can i ask you a couple questions?
what constitutes a commission seat in your opinion?
and what would you like to see the city do with the swap shop area?
le

Margate Resident wrote:

And here's MY OPINION for "Same Junk", YOU are just another person who mouths off but doesn't want to get involved. For one thing, after Wilma hit us, Peerman went around with her chainsaw and cut down fallen trees for people who couldn't do it themselves. She didn't get any credit for that but she didn't ask for any. She fought for 3 years to get a couple of covers on playgrounds. That does constitute a commission seat. If she'd been a commissioner, it wouldn't have taken so long. Now that may not mean much to you, but I have three children and they can go play on a safe playground where there legs won't get burnt now. And my neighbor, a little old widow, is one of the people Peerman helped after the hurricane. So, yes, I will vote for Peerman to be a commissioner because I've seen her help people. None of the other commissioners, except Ms. Donovan, have ever set foot in my neighborhood.

thank you..
i have found that we have some of the best neighborhoods that no one even knows are there and they all have treated me so kindly.
i appreciate your post and am touched by it
le

fyi election day is EEEEK the first day of school in august but there is early voting from aug 11 to aug 24 at the coral springs library or the bcc library mon-sun

LPeerman33063 wrote:

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fyi election day is EEEEK the first day of school in august but there is early voting from aug 11 to aug 24 at the coral springs library or the bcc library mon-sun

oops i was misinformed the first day of school is the 18th the 26th is a teacher planning day..sorry

I don't know about "Junk" or anyone else posting here, but as a citizen who lives close to the project this is my opinion.

The Swap Shop property should be offered for sale to the Hilton or Sheraton companies..or the like.

With the "luxury" of having a HUGE addition to the casino about 2 miles up the road, one could argue that with all the additions, restaurants, shows, and other events they are planning..it's NOT TOO unrealistic to assume that perhaps some of the planned tourists/stayovers that cannot get rooms on their property, or those who wish to stay in a $150 a night room as opposed to $300 rooms could use an extra "up-scale" hotel to stay at. In addition, that hotel might probably provide a shuttle service to the casino area.

This hotel plan would HELP the local new merchants that are being invisioned on renting spaces in the new complexes. Restaurants, shops, services, etc.

To just assume that the local residents will be able to keep afloat ALL the merchants on the lower levels of that property is really unrealistic. Also, condo's /apartments may NOT be such a good idea for second floors on top of these storefronts. Section 8 housing has seemed to incorporate in areas of unrented housing. THIS WOULD BE THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN to the project.

Think about it.. Hilton or Sheraton or Marriott..those stayovers..will INDEED USE those shops and services. AND those rooms will be used due to the LARGE casino projects just minutes up the road.

THAT'S THE SMART MOVE

outsider
i completely agree about hilton,sheraton,or marriott..unfortunately the people who did the market research pretty much nayed that idea saying we are not a destination spot..they don't take into consideration the price of the casino rooms vs the price of a regular hotel room as being a factor..they even nayed a movie theater saying there were some already close by..the latest picture plans showed a condo on the swap shop site which looked like it could have been a hotel the way it was set up and yes with the restaurants and other things planned for that area it would be great..
it isn't assuming that the residents will keep the businesses afloat..the businesses have to be ones that margate people will want go to..a robb and stuckeys is not the kind of place margate people shop at on a regular basis..
le

LPeerman33063 wrote:

outsider
i completely agree about hilton,sheraton,or marriott..unfortunately the people who did the market research pretty much nayed that idea saying we are not a destination spot..they don't take into consideration the price of the casino rooms vs the price of a regular hotel room as being a factor..they even nayed a movie theater saying there were some already close by..the latest picture plans showed a condo on the swap shop site which looked like it could have been a hotel the way it was set up and yes with the restaurants and other things planned for that area it would be great..
it isn't assuming that the residents will keep the businesses afloat..the businesses have to be ones that margate people will want go to..a robb and stuckeys is not the kind of place margate people shop at on a regular basis..
le

LOL..

The market research is wrong...very wrong. It's the SMARTEST thing to do.
I also agree that the shops pplanned must be of the "regualr, affordable" idea. That's even a better idea for the stayovers..affordable, clean housing..with mid-level type restaurants.

Once again..research is WAY OFF here.
I'd venture to honestly say..it MAY BE the only way the project survives. Coconut Creek plus all others are in the midst of their "downtowns"..Seems the new idea, really isn't "new" anymore.

Joe Varsallone is a good person with a lot of heart and experience. In my opinion he's not the optimal choice to run against.

Outsider wrote:

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LOL..
The market research is wrong...very wrong. It's the SMARTEST thing to do.
I also agree that the shops pplanned must be of the "regualr, affordable" idea. That's even a better idea for the stayovers..affordable, clean housing..with mid-level type restaurants.
Once again..research is WAY OFF here.
I'd venture to honestly say..it MAY BE the only way the project survives. Coconut Creek plus all others are in the midst of their "downtowns"..Seems the new idea, really isn't "new" anymore.

outsider
hopefully the cra board doesnt completely follow the marketing research people..it appeared to me that some of the board members had a problem with them and the reccomendations...
le

Robert Perkis wrote:

Joe Varsallone is a good person with a lot of heart and experience. In my opinion he's not the optimal choice to run against.

mr perkis
you will never hear me say otherwise about joe..however to become a commissioner you have to run for a seat and that is what i am doing i am running for a seat not against joe...
le

Keep talking maybe I,ll find someboby to vote for
I'am new to Margate

DUHHH wrote:

Keep talking maybe I,ll find someboby to vote for
I'am new to Margate

DUHHH
you can email me at lpeerman33063@aol.com..i answer all emails and do my best to answer any questions...
le