![]() ![]() In another case, Danziger persuaded the city's public works director to let the church avoid building a sidewalk on Northeast 22nd Avenue. Within days, they were gone, records show.Īssistant parking manager Chester Good asked the county to remove the signs on Sept. But I don't think this warrants anything more official at this point."ĭanziger and other church officials also told Witschen and city parking officials they wanted the "No Parking, Tow Away Zone, Sundays Excepted" signs removed. "Basically, I feel, and I told Doug this, I think he could have handled the situations better. "Doug was upset some officers were ticketing some people (at Coral Ridge Presbyterian)," Gerwens said in an interview. Three days later, Danziger met with Gerwens and then-acting City Manager Witschen. Again he stated that I had messed with the wrong person." that since we obviously had so much time on our hands to harass the cars at the church, he would find projects to keep us busy. Vince Maffei, "to cover my ass."Īccording to the memo, Danziger tried to "intimidate me with veiled threats of political retribution" and said he was "going to see that the Police Department was put in line. Danziger's tone was so threatening that Michael said she wrote a memo to her boss, Capt. It has been explained how busy we are."īy the time Danziger got Michael, he was irate, she said. ![]() Said if we don't call him in five minutes he's calling the chief. A police dispatcher passed a note to Michael saying Danziger was "very upset. ![]() Patricia Michael, the supervising officer in the district. Later, when tow trucks arrived, Danziger came out of the church and ordered them away. 7, a Friday, public service aide Michael Claremont wrote 11 tickets for cars parked illegally in a lot marked "No Parking, Tow Away Zone, Sundays Excepted" at the church. That lack of parking has led to disputes between Danziger - representing the church - and residents and police. Hundreds of cars besiege the neighborhood with nowhere to park - except in the neighborhood - several times a week. But the church, which has since demolished four homes to the west for parking lots, still is 230 parking spaces short of the city requirement. City Zoning Admininstrator Jo Honer and Assistant City Manager Pete Witschen said the city made a mistake. In 1987, the city approved the expansion plans without checking to determine how many spaces the church had. The church had almost nowhere to go because of its location in a neighborhood that is primarily residential. The church quickly discovered it was woefully short of additional parking spaces required by the city - it needed 1,160 spaces and had about 800. Neighbors of Coral Ridge Presbyterian began their complaints almost four years ago when the church - home of TV evangelist Kennedy's worldwide ministry - decided to start a multimillion-dollar expansion that would add television and radio studios, a youth center and a 1,200-seat fellowship hall. Danziger frequently complains at commission meetings about overcrowded parking in the city, particularly at popular night spots such as Shooter's and Confetti's. ![]()
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