Maybe getting North Bay Village on track to run as a transparent, effective city is not as hard as it has been presented.
Maybe it's just a simple case of doing the right thing at the right time.
Yesterday, there was a problem at Vogel Park. An exercise station fell over. (Insert joke here.) A resident posted on Facebook, another reached out to Village Manager Ralph Rosado and within minutes on a Saturday, the area was cordoned off and the repair plan publicly posted on Facebook.
This is the new normal in North Bay Village. Residents, elected officials and Village employees working together to do the right thing at the right time.
For years, our city has been restrained by elected officials interested only in their own priorities and frightened of public discussion, residents frustrated with the lack of response and employees under constant threat for responding to the public.
Then 2018 happened. North Bay Village had enough and put in a mayor and two new commissioners who have no reason to fear the public and replaced the double dipping handmaid Village Manager with a professional and the results are showing. When a simple thing breaks, a simple solution is proposed and advertised, and then done. Simple and useful. Who knew? Besides all of us?
Kevin Vericker
May 12, 2019
Kevin Vericker
May 12, 2019
This Commission under the leadership of Mayor Brent it’s headed in the right direction. Making NBV a priority. That said maybe they can look into Vogel Park’s history regarding quality, cost and workmanship when it was built. It appears that it has cost a lot more than anticipated!!!! Making us wonder why? and how?
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