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A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEMORIAL DAY – AT LEAST FOR ME
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 30, 2022
I know that the intent of Memorial Day is to honor those who
have previously fought and died for this country. I certainly
proudly honor all of these brave men and women.
This Memorial Day however, I feel that the 98 victims at
Surfside need to be remembered as well. You can’t tell me that
they didn’t die fighting. They did and they deserve to be
remembered today.
I always said and made promises to the families that their loved
ones did not die in vain and I promised that this would be the
year that condo reform would certainly be passed so that a
similar tragedy could never happen again. I was absolutely
shocked when The Florida Legislature did not pass a single piece
of legislation regarding condominium safety and instead stopped
negotiating with 2 full days left in the session.
I urged Governor DeSantis to do something about the lack of
action by The Florida Legislature and that if another building
falls under his watch, he can kiss any other political
aspirations he may have good-bye. I relentlessly wrote about
how the victims were being disgraced and their graves spit on
because not a single piece of legislation was passed regarding
condominium safety. Even though I’m a Republican, I appeared on
CBS News and tore into the Governor and the Republican
controlled Legislature time and again. It’s been the topic on
the Condo Craze and HOAs radio show ever since The Florida
Legislature threw in the towel,
Well…….wouldn’t you know it. Governor DeSantis called The
Florida Legislature back for a special session to discuss
insurance, not condominium issues. Yet somehow, it turned into
a session to discuss condominium law reform and the entire
Florida Legislature passed massive condominium safety measures
last week.
So for me, this is a special Memorial Day. I’d again like to
honor those 98 innocent souls that died that horrific evening.
And now I can finally say to their families that I kept my
promise to keep fighting for new laws so that their family
members did not die in vain, and in the end, The Florida
Legislature came through big time, and passed laws that will
honor these victims forever.
Well done Senators and House Representatives, well done.
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About
HOA & Condo Blog
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Eric Glazer graduated
from the University of Miami School of Law in 1992 after
receiving a B.A. from NYU. He has practiced community
association law for three decades and is the owner of
Glazer and Sachs, P.A. a five attorney law firm with
offices in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando.
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Eric is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in
Condominium and Planned Development Law.
Since 2009, Eric has been the host of Condo Craze
and HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show that airs at 11:00 a.m.
each Sunday on 850 WFTL.
See:
www.condocrazeandhoas.com.
Eric is the first attorney in the State of
Florida that designed a course that certifies condominium and
HOA residents as eligible to serve on a Board of Directors and
has now certified more than 20,000 Floridians all across the
state. He is certified as a Circuit Court Mediator by The
Florida Supreme Court and has mediated dozens of disputes
between associations and unit owners. Eric also devotes
significant time to advancing legislation in the best interest
of Florida community association members.
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