CPCA General Meeting October 2022 - Candidates Forum

 CPCA General meeting-October 2022

—The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Board members in attendance were Pat, Rhonda, Heather, Jodi, Joe, and Virginia.

—FLPD Officers Haggarty and Jackson head up the Community Support Unit for our neighborhood. They report one stolen car that was recovered within a day, stolen tags from another car, a car burglary (car broken into), and one residential burglary (storage shed in the backyard). No violent crimes.  Both officers reminded us of the importance of always locking our cars and not leaving valuables in the car in plain sight. Ofc. Jackson stated that 911 calls will get answered ASAP unless a more dire active crime occurs at the same time.  But she emphasized that they will answer 911 as soon as possible with another unit.  All in all, crime is low at this time in our vicinity.

—The slate of CPCA Board Directors added a new member, Carlos Lang.  The slate includes Pat Rathburn, Michelle DiMaria, Virginia Russell, Joe Russell, Rhonda Kramer, Heather Cunniff, Jodi Perraud, and Carlos Lang.  The slate was voted on and approved by the CPCA members in attendance.  The new Board will convene in January 2023.

—We provided CPCA members the opportunity to hear from all seven candidates running for  District 4 City Commissioner. They are (from left to right) Kevin Cochrane, Ted Inserra, Mike Lambrechts, Kitty McGowan, Ed Rebholz, Jackie Scott, and Warren Sturman. Pat presented a QandA format which included a 5-minute speed round for the candidates to introduce themselves, individual questions for each candidate derived from the audience suggestions, and a final two-minute roundup.

Minutes by Virginia Russell, Secretary

Pics by Rhonda Kramer, Director

Candidates Forum at Neighborhood Meeting - Tuesday, October 25, 2022 7:00 pm

Dear Neighbors,

Please join us on Tuesday, October 25^th for the election of Board members for 2023 and the final candidate’s forum for District 4 Commissioner.

Many of you have already decided which candidate is going to get your vote but just in case this will be the last opportunity for you to see all the candidates together and make your final selection. We also wanted to remind people who are not early voting that the polling place for Croissant Park has been relocated to the Seventh Day Adventist Church on 9^th Avenue and Davie Blvd.

If you have specific questions, please submit them to us in advance as we will be limiting questions from the audience in order to move the discussion along. We care about what you care about so please submit questions in advance.

The Civic Association has already donated our usual trunk full of candy for the Halloween Party that will be held at the Community Center on Saturday, October 29th but they can always use more. So, if you would like to donate a bag of treats, just bring them to the meeting.  Thanks!

 

Pat  Rathburn

President Croissant Park Civic Association

Patricia A. Rathburn P.A.

500 SE 17 Street #312

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

954-764-6166

The Community Center is at 245 West Park Dr. - right next to the neighborhood pools/school.