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Plantation City Council Candidate Wayne Clark On Removal Of Homeless Encampment Inside West Regional Library

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Plantation Police responded to West Regional Library on Friday

On Friday morning, Plantation Police were called to the West Regional Library to help remove homeless campers. According to Library officials, a new law, effective November 1st, prohibits patrons from bringing large bags and carts inside the library. Earlier this week, REDBROWARD revealed the existence of a homeless encampment on the second floor of the library.

H. Wayne Clark, a Republican running for Plantation City Council Group 5, has brought the homeless encampment problem to the forefront of the campaign.

Clark has urged officials to remove encampments at the library, the library parking garage and the County bus depot. This week, all 3 encampments were cleared out.

Democrat candidate Louis Reinstein refused to respond to our request for comment.

Worse than silence, Reinstein has told numerous voters that the City is powerless to combat the homeless problem.

Clark’s steadfast opposition to this do-nothing mentality has produced real results.

“Plantation needs real leadership,” Clark said.

Plantation City Council Candidate Wayne Clark Discusses Homeless Encampment At Broward Early Voting Site

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Republican H. Wayne Clark is running for Plantation City Council Group 5
Disabled van serves as housing at West Regional Library.
Homeless person sleeping on floor of West Regional Library parking garage

As early voting kicked off this morning in Broward, voters, candidates and volunteers were not the only ones at the poll in Plantation. Before the sun came up, H. Wayne Clark, Plantation City Council Group 5 candidate, encountered homeless individuals sleeping in cars and even the floor of the parking garage of the West Regional Library. REDBROWARD spoke with Clark at the County’s West Regional complex which includes the library, the courthouse, a bus depot and the Emergency Operations Center.

Clark, a Republican, has made the homeless encampment a major issue in his campaign. He said Plantation needs real leadership to keep other cities, such as Fort Lauderdale, from pushing their homeless populations into the city.

Earlier, REDBROWARD asked Clark’s opponent to comment on the West Regional homeless encampment and a proposed pallet home encampment near Plantation.

Councilman Louis Reinstein, a Democrat, did not respond to our request for comment.

Plantation Councilman Louis Reinstein, with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz