Celebrating the award of $190 million to replace the aging Fort Lauderdale federal courthouse, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has set his sights on getting money for a new one for West Palm Beach, too.
Nelson requested U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas ask Chief Judge Michael Moore to form a task force to spearhead the effort for a new West Palm Beach district courthouse. Dimitrouleas is chairman of the task force created about a decade ago for Fort Lauderdale’s effort.
“We’re going to have to do the same for West Palm Beach because it has an old federal courthouse as well,” Nelson said during his Fort Lauderdale courthouse appearance Wednesday with Mayor Dean Trantalis and court officials. The West Palm Beach courthouse, built in 1973, is at 701 Clematis St.
Nelson said a site decision for the new downtown Fort Lauderdale courthouse could come from the General Services Administration as early as June and “then let’s get this project going.” He took a tour of the courthouse while officials pointed out many of the leaks that have plagued the building.
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About time! Just contrast Miami's courthouse with that one.
ReplyDeleteMore taxpayer money wasted. How many new courthouses do we need? #draintheswamp
ReplyDeleteClassic government pork. They haven't even started the Lauderdale courthouse and he's talking about Palm Beach. Madness. This is not the way we MAGA.
ReplyDeleteThat's right! MAGA is all about making the rich richer at the expense of the middle class and the poor.
ReplyDelete$190M? You know how many tax breaks to billionaires that can buy?
Exactly. The only way the poor and the middle class can rise is if the wealthy have more money to spend. Basic economic theory. That how you MAGA.
ReplyDeleteAhhh!! The old trickle down economic theory.
ReplyDeleteDidn't work in the 80's under Reagan. Didn't work following W's tax cuts. Won't work here. The only ones who prosper when you give government money to the rich is . . .
THE RICH!!!
What a shock!
No! No! No!
ReplyDeleteMAGA is about ethnic cleansing!!
Do you know how many non-white, non-Christian immigrants can be deported for $190M?
Throw due process out and you can triple that number!
Don't know where you get your info but supply side economics has made this country great.
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ReplyDeleteYeah. If you are (very) rich. Screws everyone else.
Just think about it. If I get a tax cut, I can buy a new yacht. Money goes to the boat builder, the crew, suppliers, storage/marina. I'm a job creator. MAGA.
ReplyDeleteFacts:
ReplyDeleteFor the Americans who actually work in this country (the little people you and Dumb Donald care nothing about) wages have remained stagnant for . . . 10, no, 20, no, 30, no, 40, no
50 YEARS!!!
From a 2014 study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
In 1964, the average hourly rate for production and non-supervisory employees on private non-farm payrolls was $2.50, which equates to about $19.18 in 2014 money. In 2014 that average was . . .
$20.87.
The middle class, hard-working Americans, have not gotten a raise in 50 YEARS!!
Care to take a guess how the top 1% of this Country has done in the same period of time?
Listen, you just have to budget your money. I would love a 60 foot yacht. But I can only afford a 40 footer. Just makes me work harder.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't got a raise, just put in more hours. Simple math.
For those who may not be aware, the Broward Fed Courthouise has asbestos, black mold, a leaky roof, occasionally working elevators, and is a horrible geometric waste of usable space (Thank you Judge Roettger). It is time and 10 years overdue.
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