by John Rodstrom | Jun 20, 2025 | Giveaways, The Bloc
Enjoy our editorials? Check out our new podcast above! For more than three years, a fenced-off 3.3-acre lot in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale has sat dormant. Once the city’s permitting office and long envisioned as a public park, it is now the subject of...
by John Rodstrom | May 7, 2025 | The Bloc
Enjoy our editorials? Check out our new podcast above! Tuesday’s Commission conference meeting was supposed to be a routine update on city business. What it turned into was something else entirely — a chaotic and revealing look at how Fort Lauderdale’s most powerful...
by John Rodstrom | May 4, 2025 | Giveaways, The Bloc
On Tuesday May 6, 2025, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission will be reviewing the status of the infamous One Stop Shop project as part of their conference agenda. Let’s be blunt: it’s time to kill this deal. Over three years ago, on March 15, 2022, the Commission...
by John Rodstrom | Apr 25, 2025 | The Bloc
If Fort Lauderdale’s budget were a household, it would be the kind of place where the lights are on thanks to maxed-out credit cards, the roof leaks because repairs were put off, and the furniture has been pawned for a quick fix. That’s what The Bloc, Mayor Dean...
by John Rodstrom | Apr 21, 2025 | The Bloc
Routine Appointments Turn Into Political Drama What should have been a routine board appointment process in Fort Lauderdale has instead erupted into controversy and infighting on the City Commission. In recent meetings, a majority bloc of Mayor Dean Trantalis and...
by John Rodstrom | Apr 19, 2025 | The Bloc
Two years ago, Fort Lauderdale residents in Edgewood and River Oaks watched helplessly as over 26 inches of water flooded their homes, swept through their streets, and swallowed entire blocks. It wasn’t a fluke. It wasn’t unforeseeable. And it wasn’t just the rain....
