A New Year and a new beginning at BSO
Dear Editor:
Each year, when we celebrate the New Year, it brings the opportunity for change. In a vote of confidence by the citizens of Broward County, I have been humbled and privileged to have been elected to serve as the Sheriff of Broward County.
Throughout my professional career, I have been faced with many tasks and challenges. Through every situation, I rose to meet those challenges and I am committed to doing the same as your Sheriff.
When we consider the responsibilities of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the nation’s largest fully accredited agency, it’s important to remember its mission to protect and serve the public. Our goals going forward will be to establish a cohesive, productive and diverse working environment within the Agency and to build strong, long-term partnerships with the community. We will focus on crime prevention; crime control and enforcement; fire safety and awareness; and maintain the highest standards for employee education, training and professionalism. The members of my Command Staff will lead by example, upholding the State and Federal laws and be open, honest and fiscally responsible to the community we serve.
To the men and women of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, I respect and appreciate you and look forward to working with you. Your hard work, dedication and professionalism sets this agency apart as a shining example in our community. We will work together, in support of one another and for the benefit of the nearly 2 million people we serve in Broward County.
On behalf of the men and women of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, I wish you and your family a very Happy and Safe New Year! I look forward to serving you as the Sheriff of Broward County and together building a safer community. Stay safe!
Sheriff Scott J. Israel
Real annoyance, these dishes?
Dear Editor:
In your Dec. 27 edition, in the column entitled “The dishes are still here,” Kathy Richards writes “It appears that the unit owners do not want to adhere to our rules and are doing what they want with total disregard to anybody or anything.” I do not agree with that statement.
First, the satellite dishes around Century Village East are not all illegal. Three years ago, before the installation, we contacted the authorities of Deerfield Beach, who told us we needed no permit.
“Now, the city is cracking down and fining people who have installed them without permits,” writes Ms. Richards. These satellite dishes were installed by technicians of a legally-recognized cable company in Florida, Shaw Direct. As well, many unit owners have obtained authorizations from their boards to put up satellite dishes and even signed agreements covering the locations, the wiring, the landscaping around, as well as recognizing financial responsibility if damages occur. They also take them down from April 15 to Oct. 15 of each year as a precaution against dangers in the hurricane season.
All the cost of the installation of bolted dishes and appropriate wiring was paid by the users only. It did not cost a penny to anybody else. These owners pay their monthly coupons like everybody else for Comcast . I don’t see why Canadians, many French-speaking condo owners, who spend three to six months here, should be deprived of their national news and TV programs.
Candide Charest
Cambridge C
Deerfield Beach
