By
Dr. Grayson Walker
City
News Of Fort Lauderdale
January 19, 2008
Table
of Contents
Gulag is an acronym for the former
Soviet Union's penal system. Since then, it has come into common use to
describe any repressive system. I named my column the “Tales From The
Galt Gulag,” because I write about the repression of condominium Owners
on the Galt Ocean Mile. The Galt Ocean Mile is the biggest crime scene in
Broward County.
The
fact that the [Condominium Board] faces is merely that there is less honor
among thieves that was supposed, not the fact that they are thieves. (Henry
David Thoreau) Some say there is no honor among thieves, but they are
wrong, for there is honor among thieves. Honor among thieves is addressed by
the formula, “You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours.” (Jacob
Riis, The Making of an American)
The Galt Mile Corruption
Community Association (GMCA) wants to build a park in tribute to the
Galt’s biggest thief, Bob Rozema. They want to place Rozema Park next to
L'Hermitage, and fill it with park benches for bums. Only in the Galt Gulag
would there be an effort to cover-up the many illegal actions of Rozema,
whose name has become synonymous with graft and corruption in the Galt
Gulag.
In 2005,
Southpoint’s owners, through their attorney Inger Garcia, served
twenty-seven pages of administrative, civil, and criminal allegations on
Rozema and the Southpoint Board. These allegations were never answered.
After reading the allegations, and the findings of violations by the DBPR,
no sane person would want to memorialize Rozema.
Word reaches
us, through the GMCA, that Galt Gulag Commissar Christine Teel support the
Rozema Benches For Bums Park. Come now, Christine! Read the facts about
Rozema. Do you really want to support the biggest crook in the Galt Gulag?
Do you want to bind yourself to the policies of Jim Naugle? The time has
come to show which side of the law you support.
Honor
among thieves; Rozema needed help to steal. During his fourteen years on the
Board, Rozema was in collusion with other members of the Board for the
purpose of defrauding the Federal government, the state of Florida,
Southpoint Condominium Association, and profiting from that fraud. Rozema
Co-conspirators include Richard Gabrielle, Murray Moskovitz, Marty Glazer,
Morris Baum, Michael J. Longo, Dumont St. Martin, Teddy Spatz, Patricia
Pastor, Delores French, Harold Krauss, and Lois Ginsberg.
As
part of his deception and fraud, Robert John Rozema has been illegally
reimbursed for his Condominium Maintenance Fees (in excess of $25,000);
replacement of his apartment's windows ($5,259.00); Health Insurance; Car
insurance; Gasoline; Electric service; Telephone; America On Line; Property
Taxes on his apartment; Maintenance on his apartment; Assessments on his
apartment; American Express credit card; Costco credit card charges; Dinner
with John Aurelius, the association attorney ($247.00); Bedspread;
Dishwasher; Personal items for his apartment; Membership in the Tower Club;
Continuing Education for Condominium Association Manager; and the Fee for
Condominium Association Manager License.
Florida’s
DBPR found, and Rozema and Southpoint admitted, that the Rozema and
Southpoint violated the following Florida laws:
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FS
718.116(9)(a). Illegally paid RJR's condominium assessment.
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FS
718.116(9)(a). Illegally paid RJR's condominium maintenance
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FS
718.111(12)(a)11. Illegally failed to maintain sufficient detail in
accounting records.
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FS 718.111(12)(a)11. Southpoint Board lied to the DBPR, and provided "three conflicting
statements regarding his [Rozema] compensation, none of which were verifiable."
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FS
718.111(12). Illegally failed to maintain Board Minutes.
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FS
718.111(12). Illegally failed to maintain Rozema’s employment
records and contract.
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FS
718.111(12). Illegally held secret meetings concerning Rozema's
compensation.
Boffa-Rozema Memorial Criminal
Defense Fund
Having
admitted many violations of Florida law, Rozema does not deserve be
memorialized with a park. There are other ways to remember Rozema’s
contribution to the biggest crime scene in Fort Lauderdale. Playa del
Mar’s president, Bob Boffa, is a convicted felon. We suggest the
creation of a Boffa-Rozema Memorial Criminal Defense fund to defend
Condominium Board members caught stealing.
Help for Owners
Is a Condo Commando is trampling upon your rights? Are you the victim of voting fraud? Are you the victim of financial fraud? What can you do about it? How can you protect your rights? Talk to your neighbors, and you will discover that you are not alone. Organize!
Call Condo Ombudsman, Danille Carroll, Representative Julio Robaina, and Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff. Spend twenty dollars and join the Cyber Citizens For Justice. Join the AARP and let them know you support their Owner’s Bill Of Rights. If you want other ideas, please feel free to contact me.
Attorney
Inger Garcia can be reached by telephone at 954-894-9962, at www.IngerGarcia.com,
or at [email protected].
Jan
Bergemann of the Cyber Citizens For Justice can be reached at www.ccfj.net,
386-740-1503 or at [email protected] .
Condominium
Ombudsman Danille R. Carroll, Esquire can be reached at 954-202-3234 or at [email protected].
State Representative Julio
Robaina can be reached at 305-442-6868 or by email at [email protected]
State
Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff can be reached at 954-767-9850 or at
[email protected]
Harold
Hyman of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
can be reached at 954-202-3982 or at [email protected]
Florida
State Attorney Michael J. Satz can be reached at 954-831-6955.
Fort
Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle can be reached at 954-828-5003, or at [email protected].
Fort
Lauderdale City Manager George Gretsas can be reached at 954-828-5013 or
at [email protected]
Galt
Gulag City Commissar Christine Teel can be reached at 954-828-5003 or at [email protected]
Fort
Lauderdale’s Code Enforcement Department is investigating the illegal
changes to condominiums that put your home risk. Protect your building,
your home, and confirm that all work on your building had a permit and an
inspection. They can be reached on the Internet at http://ci.ftlaud.fl.us/building_services/comm_inspections_staff.htm.
Debbie
Hernandez, Code Enforcement Manager, can be reached at 954-828-5808, or at
[email protected]
The Southpoint Condominium website can be reached at http://Southpoint-Condominium.org
The AARP’s Bill of
Rights for Homeowners is available online at http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/consume/2006_15_homeowner.pdf
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
I
own an apartment in the Galt Gulag,at the Southpoint condominium, on
the Galt Mile in Fort
Lauderdale. Many people
do not realize how many rights they
give up when they buy an apartment in
a condominium association.
I
have taught American Government, Constitutional Law, and Ethics for over
twenty-years, but I was not
prepared for life in
the Galt Gulag. At the
June 2005 Board meeting, Board
President Marty Glazer called the critics
of the Board “insurgents.” I am an
insurgent in the Galt Gulag. You can reach me at [email protected]
or 954-567-0520.
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TALES
FROM THE GALT GULAG -- PART I
TALES
FROM THE GALT GULAG -- PART II
TALES
FROM THE GALT GULAG -- PART III
TALES
FROM THE GALT GULAG -- PART IV
TALES
FROM THE GALT GULAG -- PART V TALES
FROM THE GALT GULAG -- PART VI
TALES
FROM THE GALT GULAG -- PART VII
THE CONDO LAWYER -- INGER GARCIA
THE CONDO LAWYER -- INGER GARCIA
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