Tag Archive for ‘Charlie Crist’

Crist scores political trifecta in Aventura stops

Gov. Charlie Crist got into the spirit of Aventura Nov. 25 by touching all the stereotyped buttons in the City of Excellence.
He brought some pre-Thanksgiving greetings and played piano for elderly residents of the The Sterling, an assisted living center on 183rd Street.  For video, go to: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2009/11/crist_visits_with_seniors_on_t_1.html
Crist and his wife, Carole Rome, went shopping [...]

Court case could halt red-light camera bonanza

In a comfortable fifth-floor conference room of Aventura’s Government Center, the City of Excellence is printing money.
It happens almost every Friday morning when a hearing master works through the formalities of adjudicating appeals from motorists caught in the city’s web of red-light cameras. It’s a well orchestrated dance — read the docket number, play the [...]