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Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness Hired Marlon Bolton Associate Anthony Bonamy As Aide After He Was Fired By The City of North Lauderdale

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Dale Holness, on left.
Dale Holness & Tamarac Hall?

Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness hired Anthony Bonamy as his aide less than a month after he was fired by the City of North Lauderdale. Bonamy had been the deputy city clerk of North Lauderdale since December 2020. The North Lauderdale Commission fired Bonamy on April 13, 2021 after REDBROWARD revealed his role in the “Tamarac Post” website which supports Marlon Bolton, Elberg Mike Gelin and Dale Holness. While Bonamy’s role in political consulting caused concerned for North Lauderdale leaders, it did not stop Holness from using Broward taxpayer dollars to put Bonamy on the County payroll.

According to Broward County Commission visitor logs, Dale Holness met with Anthony Bonamy on May 5th to “discuss office details.” Two days later, Holness and Bonamy met again. At the second meeting, Holness and Bonamy discussed “future items.” On May 14, 2021 Bonamy met with Holness chief of staff Heidi Richards. The log indicated Bonamy provided “documents” to Richards. As of publication, Anthony Bonamy is listed as a Holness aide on the official Broward County Commission website.

Why is Dale Holness and his allies so eager to use taxpayer dollars to keep Anthony Bonamy employed?

Did Dale Holness instruct Bolton and North Lauderdale Commissioners Samson Borgelin and Regina Martin to get Bonamy the North Lauderdale deputy clerk position?

Now that he is a county employee, is Bonamy allowed to keep shilling for Dale Holness in the Tamarac Post?

Dale Holness and Anthony Bonamy

Former Tamarac Interim City Attorney Hans Ottinot Billed City $195,000 For Three Months Of Work

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Former “interim” city attorney Hans Ottinot billed Tamarac taxpayers $195,000.55 for three months of legal work. REDBROWARD obtained the invoices Ottinot submitted for legal work in January, February and March. Even though he was a favorite of Commissioners Elberg Mike Gelin and Marlon Bolton (D-Bully), the City Commission removed Ottinot from the position two weeks ago. Invoices were not yet available for April and May.

Invoices for January show Ottinot billed $3,564 for work related to a Woodmont hotel project. A January invoice for general legal matters totaled $50,210 from taxpayers.

The February invoice for Woodmont issues was $10,486.05 and $57,925 for general matters.

In March, Ottinot’s invoice for Woodmont was $12,262.50 and $60,553 for general matters.

For three months of legal work, Tamarac taxpayers owe $195,000.55 to the lawyer personally recommended by Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness.

How did Ottinot racked up so many billable hours?

Invoices show Ottinot constantly answering questions, reviewing agenda items and taking phone calls at the request Gelin and Bolton.

On January 11th, Ottinot spent 2.5 hours discussing “transition” issues with Marlon Bolton.

On January 12th, Ottinot spent fours hours discussing Roberts Rules of Order and rules and procedures with Bolton.

Ottinot spent 2.8 hours researching reimbursement of expenses by city officials.

Ottinot spent multiple hours researching and drafting documents regarding the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Status of Women committee.

On April 18th, Ottinot spent nearly eight hours dealing with travel policy matters and procedures regarding public records requests.

Ottinot billed taxpayers when asked by Gelin to review an email from former Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman.

Ottinot even billed Tamarac taxpayers to draft a resolution about Jamaican political activist Marcus Garvey.