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Friday, December 14, 2012

John W. Scott, Inspector GeneralOffice of the Inspector GeneralOne North University Drive, Suite 111Plantation, FL 33324

Broward State Attorney Office201 Southeast 6th StreetFort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

Attention: Timothy Donnelly, Assistant State AttorneyPublic Corruption Unit

RE: City Manager Jonathan Allen, City of Lauderdale Lakes, FL

Dear Sirs:

From a recent Palm Beach Post article,[1]

Mayor Shirley Mae Walker-Turner, Vice Mayor Linda Johnson and Commissioner JohnWilson were charged with violating the states Sunshine Law. Prosecutors claim they inAugust secretly agreed to pay Alston $25,000 for 498 hours of unused vacation time an improper payment that was more than twice what he would have received had he leftthe city. Further, they said, it wasnt approved at a public meeting until three monthsafter the check was cut.

And in a similar Sun-Sentinel piece, [2]

Each agreed to authorize the payment, according to the affidavits, and at a Nov. 20meeting of the City Commission, the elected officials approved the payout of thevacation time. It would be for 498 hours, even though according to Alston's contractand the city handbook, he would only have been eligible for 200 hours.

Turning your attention to Lauderdale Lakes, I offer two attachments for yourconsideration.

1. Resolution 05-134, page 3, Executive Leave, payable only to department heads,not City Manager Jonathan Allen.

2. Allens payout of Executive Leave an unauthorized cash bonus of $7,700 hegave to himself. He did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted.

Our latest discovery, as you know, finds Allen receiving a 4% restoration, for the 10%reduction taken last year. Only problem is Allen did not take the original pay cut.

Simply said, he got a bonus he wasnt entitled to.

That is grand theft.

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We opine Allen was helped in this illegal endeavor by Finance Director Marie Elianor,Human Resources drone DAndrea Gibbons, six Commissioners, Mayor BarringtonRussell, City Attorney Jim Brady, and numerous others.

Sirs, if you think the corruption in South Bay is widespread, then youll have to agreewhen I say, That shit doesnt compare to whats going on in Lauderdale Lakes. Andeven worse, its quite obvious that city will never be able to get out of their own way.Someones gonna have to put a boot up their collective asses.

In the end, Allens theft of $7,700 is just tip of the iceberg. I opine if you start checkinginto the contracts he has been involved with (sports leagues, etc.), youll find hesrotten to the core.

And when that happens, well be sure to say, See, we told you so.

Happy hunting;

Timothy Chaz Stevens818-468-5433

[1]: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/3-south-bay-commissioners-city-manager-charged-wit/nTW4J/

[2]: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-south-bay-corruption-20121214,0,243885.story

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