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Seat 1 · November 3He promises you the pier.
Then he said this at Town Hall.Anglin’s Pier has been closed since 2022. Commissioner Theo Poulopoulos wants your vote in Seat 1. The pier’s owner is his father-in-law. His mailer, 2026 “Rebuild Anglin’s Fishing Pier.” |
He was talking about his father-in-law’s pier. He told the room he is the owner’s son-in-law and that he sits out pier votes. There was no vote that night. Watch all of his remarks (3 min 23 sec). It was never free. We paid $2 to walk on it and $7 to fish from it. Fees: Boatless Fishing guide, 2020 · Visit Lauderdale |
Short on time? · New songHear the whole pier story in one song.Under three minutes, with a chorus you won’t shake. Tap the record to play.  Label photo: the pier in 2020, Rob Olivera, CC BY 2.0 Sing the chorus It was never free! (Two to walk!) It was never free! (Seven to fish!) We paid our way on that pier, every summer, every week.
It was never free!
We just want our pier back, Theo. That’s all we seek. From the bridge: “You can’t promise you’ll rebuild it, then sit out every vote.” Read all the lyrics |
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Anglin’s Pier, 2017 to todayNine years. Here is every step.The Town requires the owner or a representative at the code hearings about every three months. | ● Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma damages the pier. | | ● March 2018 | The Town cites the pier for lack of maintenance. No permit to repair it had been applied for. | | ● March 2019 | The repair deadline passes. Fines start: $250 a day. | | ● Jan 2022 | Repairs still haven’t restarted. New fines start: $200 a day, every day since. | | ● Nov 2022 | Hurricane Nicole. The Town closes the pier. The restaurant stays open. | | ● Jan 2024 | The owner’s lawyer tells the Commission: permits by April 2026, construction in summer 2026. | | ● Feb–Apr 2025 | OWNER’S SIDE CAMEThree code hearings after spring-break jumpers. The Magistrate orders guards, signs and a barrier. By March, only the signs are done. | | ● Feb 26, 2026 | NO ONE CAMECode hearing. A letter asks for 90 more days. Granted. | | ● April 14, 2026 | Town Commission. The owner speaks (his words are below). Vice Mayor Strauss asks for pier updates every three months. | | ● May 28, 2026 | NO ONE CAMECode hearing. Another delay, to September. | | ● Sept 24, 2026 | The September hearing is cancelled. | | ● Today | About $410,000 in fines. No lien. No permit to rebuild on the Town’s timeline. Not on a Commission agenda since April. Next code hearing: October 22. |
Proof: Town pier timeline · Town pier FAQ · code hearing minutes, Feb. 26 and May 28, 2026 · Commission minutes, April 14, 2026 · Commission agendas, April 28 to October 13, 2026. Fines: $373,500 on April 14, plus $200 a day since. |
April 14, 2026 · Town Hall Spiro Marchelos, the pier’s owner, said: “The fines that are running, let them run and it’ll be resolved when time comes.” “So if you guys wanna help, no problem. Write me the checks, okay?” |
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Same code hearings, 2026 · same Magistrate A garbage cart got a bill.
An empty building got a lien.
The pier got another delay. At the February and May hearings, no one showed up for these cases either. Here is what they got. | 🗑️ | Two homes left a garbage cart at the curb a day late. Both already fixed. | $100 each, due now | | 🌿 | Overgrown yard, cited two weeks before. | Fix it in a month, or $200 a day per violation | | 🐝 | Empty apartment building. A beehive came back for the seventh time. | A lien on the property, plus $495.17 | | 🔨 | Home remodel without a permit. Permit since issued. | $100, due now | | 🧾 | Two businesses without a business tax receipt. Both fixed. | $100 each, due now |
From the Special Magistrate’s minutes, Feb. 26 and May 28, 2026. Private owners are not named. |
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The $410,000 questionWhy isn’t there a lien?Florida law lets a town record unpaid code fines as a lien on the property. The empty building above got one. The pier has not. “The fines accrued thus far have not been recorded as a lien on the property in order to provide Town Staff with continuing oversight and to allow information to be shared with the public.” Town staff, Commission minutes, April 14, 2026, p. 3 |
We think fines that have run since 2019 are long enough to decide. Record the lien, or say why not, in public. Proof: Commission minutes, April 14, 2026, p. 3 · Florida Statutes 162.09 |
We think a commissioner should speak for the people who want the pier back, not for the family that owns it. On November 3, vote: Seat 1 Howard Goldberg instead of Theo Poulopoulos | Mayor Randy Strauss instead of Edmund Malkoon | Seat 2 Patrick Ferguson instead of Justin Bartholomew | Charter questions 1–8 NO on all 8 |
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Election Day
Tuesday, November 3
Vote by mail, early, or on Election Day. Mail ballots and early voting times are at browardvotes.gov. Town races here are decided by a few hundred votes.
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Forward this to a neighbor who misses the pier.
Your neighbors at Let’s Protect Our Paradise
Where this comes from: the Town’s video and minutes of the April 14, 2026 Commission meeting; Special Magistrate code hearing minutes for February 26 and May 28, 2026; the Town’s pier timeline and FAQ (both as of October 11, 2026); Visit Lauderdale and the Boatless Fishing guide for the fees; Commission agendas from April 28 to October 13, 2026; New Pelican, November 16, 2022; his 2026 mailer; and Florida Statutes 162.09. Every quote is word for word. Hero photo: the pier in 2020, Rob Olivera, CC BY 2.0. More at letsprotectourparadise.org/record.
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