Commissioners said no to the Bahia Mar condo plan but are willing to negotiate a new lease on the city-owned parcel to get a better deal for taxpayers.
Fort Lauderdale commissioners are expected to wrangle over the issue Tuesday at a meeting that starts at 1:30 p.m. The debate will likely determine the fate of prime oceanfront land for years to come.
Developer Jimmy Tate wants to lease the city-owned property for up to 100 years in order to build condos and a sea of other properties. Opponents say the move would hand over one of Fort Lauderdale’s most prized properties for the next century.
Lots of questions answered about COVID vaccines on WECT s Q&A By Frances Weller | February 2, 2021 at 9:30 AM EST - Updated February 3 at 11:56 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - WECT, along with representatives from Novant Health and New Hanover Regional Medical Center hosted a Facebook live forum on the COVID-19 vaccine. The discussion, which will include questions from viewers, is taking place Wednesday at 8 p.m. See below for live link.
The purpose of the forum is to have an open discussion about the COVID-19 vaccine and to address concerns about the safety of the injection.
Joshua Jones, a leading pharmacist at NHRMC will dispel myths that the vaccine contains the virus. Jones, who is African American, will also address the racial disparities as white people are vaccinated at a much higher rate than black people.
what did we learn on the show tonight craig [m oveings meow] craig: we re out of time. say good night, geoff. geoff: good . this is 9news now. we go right to late breaking news out of the discorrect. right now police are on q street where three people have been shot. we re talking about the 100-block of q street in northwest and that is where andrea mccarren is live. she has the latest. andrea. reporter: derek, that is about a half block south of florida avenue to give you some perspective. right now take a look at this behind me. police investigators are combing the scene for evidence of the shooting. three people shot in northwest washington. according to police, there was an adult male that was shot. a woman as well as a male juvenile. all three have been transported to local hospitals. one of them has life-threatening injuries. we do not yet know the condition of the other two victims. police do not have a suspect in custody or a motive at this point, but