New red light cameras in South Florida - be careful to avoid getting a ticket!

For those in South Florida…hope this helps you from getting a ticket! Below is a list of where red light cameras will be installed in South Florida starting next month. Please be aware that one traffic light in Hallandale issued $1 million in tickets in just six months. Most of these tickets are for rolling through the red-light when turning right on red. The camera will pick this up and mail a ticket to the owner of the car. Wanted to let all of you know where they will be and remind each of you to drive carefully. Total Locations: 30 E Sunrise Blvd & NE 15th Ave Fort Lauderdale , FL 33304 Operational mid-August of 2010. NW 9th Ave & NW 62nd St Fort Lauderdale , FL 33309 Operational mid-August of 2010. NW 62nd St & NW 31st Ave Fort Lauderdale , FL 33309 Operational mid-August of 2010. Pines Blvd & SW 129th Ave Pembroke Pines , FL 33027 Eastbound traffic has a red-light camera N. Federal Hwy & NE Eighth St . Fort Lauderdale Operational by mid-August of 2010 S. Federal Highway & State Road 84 Fort Lauderdale Operational mid-August of 2010. Northbound. Florida 84 & SW 9th Ave Fort Lauderdale , FL 33315 Operational mid-August of 2010 W Commercial Blvd & NW 9th Ave Fort Lauderdale , FL 33309 Operational mid-August of 2010. W Commercial Blvd & NW 21st Ave Fort Lauderdale , FL 33309 Operational mid-August of 2010 W Sunrise Blvd & NW 15th Ave Fort Lauderdale , FL 33311 Operational mid-August of 2010 U.S. 441 & Hollywood Blvd Hollywood , FL 33024 Operational December 2010 W Sheridan St & N Park Rd Hollywood , FL 33021 Operational December 2010 U.S. 441 & Sheridan St Hollywood , FL Operational December 2010 Pines Blvd & Dykes Rd Pembroke Pines , FL 33027 Northbound Dykes Road affected. Sheridan St & N. 72nd Ave Hollywood , FL 33024 Starting date TBA. Taft St & N Hiatus Rd Pembroke Pines , FL 33026 This affects eastbound Taft St. Starting date TBA. Taft St & N Hiatus Rd Pembroke Pines , FL 33026 This affects northbound Hiatus Road . Starting date TBA. Pines Blvd & SW 136th Ave Pembroke Pines , FL 33027 This affects northbound SW 136th St. Starting date TBA. N Australian Ave & Banyan Blvd West Palm Beach , FL 33401 Right turns NOT enforced Belvedere Rd & Parker Ave West Palm Beach , FL Right turns on red lights NOT enforced Summit Blvd & Parker Ave West Palm Beach , FL 33405 Right turns on red light NOT enforced. Okeechobee Blvd & Royal Palm Beach Blvd Royal Palm Beach , FL 33411 Will switch from warnings to fines by Sept. 2010 Royal Palm Beach Blvd & Crestwood Blvd N Royal Palm Beach , FL 33411 Will switch from warnings to fines by Sept. 2010. NW 183rd St & NW 2nd Ave Miami Gardens , FL 33169 Right turns on red lights enforced NW 183rd St & NW 17th Ave Miami Gardens , FL Right turns on red-lights enforced. NW 27th Ave & NW 183rd St Miami Gardens , FL 33056 Right turns on red lights enforced. NW 27th Ave & NW 211th St Miami Gardens , FL 33056 Calder Casino and Race Course entrance. Right turns on red lights enforced. N Federal Hwy & E Hallandale Beach Blvd Hallandale, FL 33009 Red light on northbound Federal Highway Florida 84 & SW 9th Ave Fort Lauderdale , FL 33315 Operational mid-August of 2010. Thanks to Isac Keboudi for forwarding this to me.

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Who Is Saying It is Time To Buy a Home? EVERYONE!

Share“Enough with the doom and gloom about homeownership.” – WSJ 9/16/2010 WOW! If that quote was attributed to the National Association of Realtors or the National Association of Home Builders, it would have been quickly dismissed. However, it was the

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Rendez Vous - Aventura FL

Rendez Vous – Aventura FL

Authentic French cuisine              

This is one of those small great restaurants in Aventura that don’t get the credit they deserve, unless you have gone to eat there of course!  It is a small French restaurant tucked away in the Office Depot shopping center which has a great lunch menu, when you eat there you feel that you have been transported to  a small  Parisian Cafe. Most of the waiters parle vous francais and are very attentive and helpful. The ambiance is relaxed and casual. Your wallet won’t suffer either, since the prices are inexpensive for the great food.

 Tip: You can buy some of the pastries as take out and serve them for a family get together or dinner with friends and you will be wowed and complimented on the presentation and taste.

Salad Nicoise

Croque Monsieur

Location

Rendezvous Bakery and Cuisine

17851 Biscayne Blvd, Aventura FL 33160

305-936-1440

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Almost 65,000 Floridians claim tax credit

Almost 65,000 Floridians claim tax credit

WASHINGTON – Sept. 7, 2010 – A report by the Government Accountability Office finds that Florida ranked third in the number of first-time buyers who qualified for one of the three IRS tax credits, with 64,879 buyers making the claim. The study includes all three credits authorized by Congress.

In dollars and cents, that means Florida residents received $455,565,365 offered under the Housing, Recovery and Assistance acts.

Still, the amount pales compared to No. 1 ranked California that had almost 117,000 claims and over $814 million returned to residents. Texas, which ranked No. 2, saw almost 100,000 claims and over $680 million in federal money. Nationwide, Americans collected about $23.5 billion and submitted 3.32 million claims, which is about $1.5 billion higher than original estimates.

Congress had passed three different versions of the credit to help stimulate the housing market.

• The Housing Act version provided a refundable tax credit, equal to 10 percent of the purchase price of a home, up to a maximum of $7,500. Taxpayers must repay the credit.

• The Recovery Act version provided a refundable tax credit equal to 10 percent of the purchase price up to a maximum of $8,000 with a waiver of the repayment provision.

• The Assistance Act version extended the timeframe in which homebuyers could claim the credit to April 30, 2010, and included several modifications, such as allowing certain long-term homeowners purchasing new homes to claim a tax credit up to $6,500.

According to the National Association of Realtors, the tax credit had a strong impact on home sales, and the last version’s expiration led to a significant drop in July home sale numbers.

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