Palm Bay Code Enforcement: OUT OF CONTROL

Monday, November 16, 2009

This morning, Florida Today broke an amazing story about wrongdoing by Code Enforcement in the City of Palm Bay, Florida.

The newspaper article discusses the admission by City of Palm Bay Code Enforcement that the department was not notifying property owners that fines and liens had been placed on their properties. Palm Bay City Attorney Jim Stokes, who began working for the city in March 2008, was quoted as saying, "When I came here, I found out they weren't being done."

He also said that Lee Feldman,
Palm Bay City Manager
had instructed him to continue to pursue
the liens and fines anyway!!!

"We're taking the position that these are all valid until a court tells us otherwise" Stokes said.

Outraged by what is going on in her city, Palm Bay Deputy Mayor Kristine Isnardi Spoke Out and said that she wants some help for property owners. As stated in the newspaper article, she has long said that:

"The city's Code Enforcement department is...

OUT OF CONTROL

If homeowners were not properly notified,
then those fines should be nullified.
Code Enforcement should only be used
in response to the most extreme cases,
not as a proactive force that ultimately results in
the liening of someone's home due to
large, accumulated, outrageous fines."

Kristine Isnardi
Deputy Mayor
Term Begins: 11/08/07
Term Expires: 11/04/10

Thank You, Deputy Mayor Isnardi,
for speaking out in defense of the
Citizens of Palm Bay!!!

If you would like to thank her also,
here is how you can contact her:
120 Malabar Road
Palm Bay, FL 32907
E-mail: Kristine Isnardi
or call her at: (321) 952-3400

This morning, Bill Mick talked about the story on his extremely popular morning radio talk show Bill Mick Live.

To hear the powerful comments he made today about the injustices being done to the Citizens of Palm Bay:
Podcast of Bill Mick's Show
Discussion begins at minute 20:49

You can listen to Bill Mick's show every weekday from 6am-9am on WMMB AM 1240/1350. You can also listen, at your leisure, to his podcasts, or you can stream his show live from his website:
Bill Mick's Website

Thank You, Bill Mick, for always shining

the Bright Light of Truth on

the Darkness of

Aggressive Code Enforcement Abuse!!!

To read the story of Harold Westlake, Florida F.A.C.E.OFF. Palm Bay DeGroodt Area Organizer, who to this day is unable to get City Water due to the $7,000 Code Enforcement lien that was placed on his property without notification, see this blog story:
Very Tricky, Palm Bay!