There's a New Sheriff in Town - Grand Jury Investigation of South Florida Corruption Underway

May 18, 2010 - PRLog -- A long history of untold corruption in South Florida is starting to be exposed. The illegal taking of private property by the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency under the guise of 'eminent domain' while not actually having the right of eminent domain to seize property, and the complicity of Broward County as a whole in the land grab scam that has irreparably damaged countless citizens and businesses for the nefarious profit of the rich and powerful is but one of the abuses of public office being revealed.

There is a 'new sheriff in town' by way of an anti-corruption grand jury that has been convened to investigate South Florida's public officials. Governor Crist requested the Florida Supreme Court empanel the 12-month 19th Grand Jury on Public Corruption as in recent months FBI investigations have exposed an entire wave of criminality in the highest seats of South Florida government. Judge Victor Tobin is presiding over the grand jury and jurors have been chosen from multiple South Florida districts. Victims of corrupt officials are pleased at the prospect of a real investigation into the good ole boy (and girl) networks tied to big business and racketeering that have taken over government at the expense of the people.

Recently a hand-appointed member of the Advisory Board to the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, Vincente Thrower, was arrested for bribery and unlawful compensation for misusing his position and making deals with developers and money lenders. Thrower's appointment to that advisory board was made by current Commissioner and CRA member, Woodrow Poitier, who himself has also faced FBI investigation in his past position as chairman of the city's public housing agency who 'misused' one million dollars in federal funding meant for low-income housing programs. The Pompano Beach City Attorney Gordon Linn knew of Thrower's extra-curricular 'consulting' work as he is reported by The South Florida Times to have issued an opinion on it in 2006.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. The current and five year long case of the Pompano Beach CRA v Gil Eriksen Properties LLC whereby a multi-million dollar restored historical property was taken without the authority of eminent domain by a phantom agency, without due process in the Broward Courts, and with ongoing intimidation of the respondent and efforts to obstruct justice is a glaring example of the misuse of public office and obliteration of the US Constitution and Florida state law.

Land grab racketeering has been committed by the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency in Broward County Florida for a decade, and victims want justice. The City of Pompano Beach was not authorized by Broward County to create the Community Redevelopment Agency, nor pass the City's power of eminent domain to the agency, or any agency for that matter, and yet the CRA took private property from citizens unchecked. The Broward Courts didn't stop it, nor did the Broward County Commission, but the tide may be turning on corrupt officials in South Florida.

To view the 19th Statewide Grand Jury on Public Corruption Website visit: http://myfloridalegal.com/19thstatewidegrandjury

For more information on the Pompano Beach CRA Land Grab Scheme visit:
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