COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DIVISION + CAM REGULATION?

MEET THE PERSON WHO HAS THE POWER TO MAKE THE CHANGES:

DBPR Secretary Charles W. Drago 

 

An Opinion By Jan Bergemann 
President, Cyber Citizens For Justice, Inc. 

November 1, 2008

 

Day by day I receive telephone calls and e-mails from angry condo owners who are complaining about the problems with the Division and the DBPR Section dealing with the regulation of community association managers. 

 

I can understand your frustration, and I agree that this has to change. 

 

If you live down in South Florida and had bad experience with the DBPR, here is your chance to talk to the person who can change all that.

  

The newly appointed Secretary Charles W. Drago will be in Fort Lauderdale this coming Wednesday -- see below for time and location. Meet him “one on one" and let him know how you feel about his Department. Bring your documents and show him the disservice his employees are doing to the tax-paying citizens of Florida .

 

According to the announcement, Secretary Drago has been charged with promoting less intrusive, more effective government.

 

I'm wondering how less intrusive the Department can get?  Condo owners have to get outright pushy to even get a response to their complaints -- and all in all nothing really ever is resolved!

 

More effective would be great. Suggestion No. 1: Stop writing ten letters explaining why the Division shouldn't get involved or do anything. Write one factual letter and take the necessary action! PERIOD!

 

And while you're at it: Let the Secretary know that you are tax-paying citizens of the State of Florida . We are the people who finance his paycheck and that of the Department employees. We are not their CUSTOMERS and not CONSUMERS! If we had a choice, most of us would have long ago picked some other entity -- with better service. We have no choice, but we are paying good money for a dysfunctional service. We are TAX-PAYERS who pay their salaries.

 

So, go to the meeting and let Secretary Drago know what's wrong with his Department!

He is the one who can make the much-needed changes!


FLORIDA'S CONDO OWNERS' WORST ENEMY: DIVISION CHIEF MICHAEL COCHRAN!


WHEN:

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: 

North Broward Regional Service Center

1400 W. Commercial Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33309

 

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation is taking its business directly to customers; Secretary Charles W. Drago will be in Ft. Lauderdale on Wednesday, Nov. 5, to meet with licensees and consumers in the area.

 

“On the Road to Better Business” is designed to bridge the communications gap and bring a piece of government right to the people it serves. 

 

As directed by Governor Crist through “Accelerate Florida:  Extending Florida's Economic Horizons,” Secretary Drago has been charged with promoting less intrusive, more effective government.

 

Licensees and citizens are encouraged to schedule a meeting with the Secretary between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, by e-mailing [email protected] with the time they would like to meet and their contact information.  Meetings will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.  

Walk-ins are welcome. 

DYSFUNCTIONAL DBPR

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