Wednesday, September 28, 2016

News from NBC5/WPTV's Charlie Keegan: "Renters win court battle against landlord at Lake Worth's Breezeway Inn"

First, before we get to the former Breezeway Inn on North Dixie Hwy., a humorous story that followed a tragic event. Remember that horrific plane crash last year? The only reporter on the scene who got the location correct was Charlie Keegan. The only one.

While reporters from the Post, CBS12/WPEC, ABC25/WPBF, and all the others were bumping into each other, scratching their heads saying, "Where are we?", Keegan quickly did his homework and reported the crash happened in "suburban Lake Worth".
If the crash occurred just a short distance north, east, or west it would have been Palm Springs. Even weeks later many in the press couldn't figure out where this crash occurred, saying it was "in Lake Worth". Sadly, even their editors don't understand what the Lake Worth Corridor is.

It's not magic. The other local reporter that gets it right all the time is the Post's Julius Whigham II. Would guess he knows the trick too. Anyhow, to learn why the press is so confused all the time use this link.

Now to the former Breezeway Inn located at 2001 North Dixie. This news story subtitled, "Jury awards tenants monetary damages" has a video also. Here is an excerpt from the text:

     After nearly two years, a jury sided with the tenants; awarding eight of them at least $6,000 a piece.
     Alison Brown from the law firm Holland and Knight helped the Legal Aid Society in the courtroom pro bono. She said the judgement is about more than money.
     “It was, ‘I don't want this to happen to anyone else, I don't want these landlords, or any other landlords like that, to be able to do this to other people,’” Brown said.

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