The General Fund had a $4.9M fund balance deficit in 2011 financial statements. There is no way that the General Fund does not still have a deficit fund balance for 2012. The city did have reserves $2M in the special assessment funds (stormwater and solid waste) for 2011, but a deficit of $4.9M in the General Fund. The General Fund still has a deficit fund balance for 2012- thus no reserve.

What is not said- Kessler in the forensic audit wanted to go deeper but they shut him off. Letter mentions 3 employees involved in the use of funds no longer employed. City fired former CM Fain Taylor for lack of confidence-nothing to do with the CRA. Former Asst FD Latoya Cason (who admitted doing the transfers) was let go just days before the Kessler audit came forward so they could say- she did it end of story. How is that forthcoming on the CRA?

The printer and mail house that produced the mail provided information that the order was placed by a Lauderhill resident named Omar Terrell. Mr. Terrell would not reply to several requests for comment. How-ever, Mr. Terrell’s background revealed that he was a student at Florida A&M University (FAMU). While at FAMU, Omar and Cory Alston, brother of school board candidate Torey Alston, shared personal fraternal relationships. Although the Alston campaign has publicly vehemently disavowed having anything to do with the mail piece, many voters feel the connection is just too close.

The investigation followed a South Florida Times report last year which revealed that the group in 2005 took in $145,675 that it solicited in the name of college scholarships, and spent $103,335.53 on an annual gala and related expenses.

Under his stewardship, the the CRA ran up huge debts (estimated to be close to $20m) including that "loan" of $2.5m to the City with an almost 20 year payback period.

But do not worry, at the Sep 11 Comm Meeting Comm Levoyd Willaims motioned to reconsider Resoltuion 2012-95 and it will come back at the next meeting on Sep 25. Comm L Williams- you ever get tired of being lil jon and EH's lackey? How many times are they going to screw you (remember the Vice Mayor thing)? Tried thinging on your own for a change?

The group received $2,500 from the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency in the 2006 and 2007 budget years for the group’s annual gala in both of those years. Those funds were in addition to $2,500 from the city’s general fund for the galas. The city also paid the $100 annual membership dues to the group for Williams, Rogers, and all the other Lauderdale Lakes commissioners except Shomers. The other commissioners, who are black, are John Billingsley, Eric Haynes, Barrington Russell and Mayor Sam Brown.