Page 24 - Boca ViewPointe - May '21

Page 24, Viewpointe May 2021

Mayor’s Update:

The News Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This!

Scott Singer is the 35th Companies are taking note of Boca Raton. When you Homebuyers are flocking here, so much so that airlines
Mayor of Boca Raton. can work from anywhere, why not work from paradise? are expanding their schedules at all three area airports.
A South Florida native, This question from our Economic Development team is According to the Florida Realtors, the median sale price
attorney, mediator and gaining a lot of traction, and people are voting with their in the county is up 17 percent over 2019, with inventory
small business owner, Scott feet. Targeted marketing ads in San Francisco, Chicago and days listed before contract both down more than 35
and his wife, Bella, live in and the northeast are making people question why they percent.
Broken Sound with their aren’t living in Boca Raton. With record-low interest rates and strong buyer
two young children. Businesses are moving here, and they are in good demand, the average price for a home in Boca Raton
company. Boca Raton is the economic engine of Palm is now more than $400,000, with record sales in the
Boca Raton is working Beach County, and home to more than half the corporate luxury home category. Despite the increased demand for
to turn the adversity of the headquarters county-wide. We are seeing companies flee services, our tax rate continues to be one of the lowest of
last year into opportunity, high-tax jurisdictions for our livable neighborhoods, great any full-service city in the state, and no tax rate increase
which should continue to fuel our economic engine and schools and universities and growing talent base, building in nearly a decade. Our cost of services is far less than
keep taxpayers happy. This pandemic has changed the on our strength in the financial services, technology other cities in South Florida, and yet our quality of
way people think about how and where they do business. and medical sectors. Our Economic Development staff services has remained unmatched. All of these are more
I was never on Zoom before last year, and it’s probably and I have each been engaging in efforts to build on the reasons to be happy about the outlook for Boca Raton
the case for many of us. Across the nation, businesses are excitement for the region. and our local economy. You can see more of the news
rethinking the way the office – and the concept of a large, We plan to partner with the cities of Miami and Fort in our State of the City recap at myboca.us/soc. Please
central corporate headquarters in a Manhattan skyscraper Lauderdale, and other governments in South Florida, in share your comments, by email at ssinger@myboca.us,
– does not have the allure it once did. As someone who efforts to build a brand for the venture capital and tech firms and stay connected for more news @ScottSingerUSA on
worked there for 10 years, it’s hard to imagine going back that are coming to Miami and three counties. What was just all social media platforms. 
to that anytime soon. the Magic City of Miami is becoming the Magic Region.

County Clerk’s Office Guardianship Investigations

Making a Difference Statewide

By Joseph Abruzzo, Clerk These reviews by our IG team can mean a world of Our team also serves as subject-matter experts,
of the Circuit Court & difference for the victims of fraud. Consider the case of providing testimony on best practices in guardianship fraud
Comptroller, Palm Beach Lynrod Douglas, who has six separate felony cases pending in investigations and giving presentations on prevention of
County. Clerk Abruzzo serves Palm Beach County, with the most recent arrest in February. guardianship fraud throughout Florida and the country.
as the county’s protector of The arrest reports in four of those six felony cases Our Deputy Inspector General and Chief Guardianship
public records and public specifically credit our IG team for discovering a total of Investigator, Anthony Palmieri, also serves as the president-
funds. He was elected in $79,210.07 that Douglas allegedly stole from his clients. elect for the National Guardianship Association and is a board
November 2020 and sworn Thanks to our IG team, Douglas is no longer registered member for the Florida State Guardianship Association.
into office on January 5th, in Florida as a professional guardian. Movies like Framing Britney Spears and I Care A Lot can
2021. Prior to his election, The investigators from our IG team also play a key role bring important issues like guardianship into focus for a short
Clerk Abruzzo served in the in investigating guardianship fraud throughout Florida, as time, but our team’s vital work in preventing guardianship
Florida Legislature for a part of the Statewide Investigation Alliance. This partnership fraud, waste and abuse will continue long after these movies are
decade, serving in both the Florida House of Representatives with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs’ Office of forgotten. They also will shine a light on the good work being
and the Florida Senate. He proudly served in the United Public & Professional Guardians (OPPG) allows accredited done by guardians in Palm Beach County and statewide.
States Coast Guard Reserves as a Port Security Specialist IG divisions within Clerk’s offices to investigate legally This September, our IG team will celebrate the 10-year
from 2005 to 2013 and is the recipient of numerous awards, sufficient complaints about the conduct of professional anniversary of the office’s Guardianship Integrity Assurance
medals and outstanding performance citations. guardians statewide. Hotline. I look forward to building on this success for years
This partnership took full effect in 2017, and has to come.
Guardianship has made national headlines in recent resulted in high-profile arrests of professional guardians Learn more about the clerk’s guardianship fraud
weeks, thanks to two movies – one documentary, one throughout Florida. investigations at www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/fraud. 
fictional – that place court-appointed guardianship
squarely in the spotlight.
Both the documentary, Framing Britney Spears, about
pop star Britney Spears, and the fictional film, I Care A Lot,
examine court-appointed guardianships and the issues that
can arise in those cases.
At the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller in Palm
Beach County, our work on guardianship has made headlines
for years, thanks to our investigations into allegations of
fraud, waste and abuse by court-appointed guardians and
anyone willing to exploit vulnerable people.
The clerk’s office has a proud history of leadership on
guardianship issues. In my tenure as clerk, I plan to shine a Scott Cohen is Here to Help!
bright spotlight on the guardianship expertise we have here in
Palm Beach County, and the work our office does to protect Your fellow Boca Pointe Resident is available to
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