Letters for November 30-December 6, 2006

Backpedaling on redevelopment would be a disaster for the city. He attacks the process for not being complete and minimizes the significant progress made in the CRA districts. He bemoans development downtown and on the beach but minimizes the slum and blight that is continually being removed. He takes potshots at the leaders and agencies that have been implementing public upgrades that affect the economic health of the entire city, yet he fails to discuss the conditions that led to the redevelopment campaigns or their significant successes.

Hollywood is growing because it has to survive in the global marketplace, and organizations such as the downtown and Hollywood Beach districts are the engines powering this necessary transition from deteriorating Florida beach town to world-class destination.

Gil Martinez, Executive Director

Hollywood Beach Community Redevelopment Agency

Hollywood