City Needs To Clean Up After Itself

7 February 2005 - 10:00am

Fort Lauderdale uncovers a surprising culprit contributing to blight.

"An aggressive city code sweep has snared a surprising culprit contributing to community blight: the city itself.

Midstream in a code crackdown targeting three poor, black neighborhoods, the city has racked up 59 code violation notices, making it the top single violator in the cleanup program."

Source: Sun-Sentinel, February 4, 2005
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