Scholarships and bling-bling

Elgin Jones reports in the South Florida Times that Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan and other city officials have implemented a program to use funds seized from criminal activities to provide $1,000 scholarships to students in the city. They presently have four scholarships available.

Um, four grand, eh? Crime must be way down in Lauderhill. Or maybe they’ve stopped auctioning off seized houses, cars and boats and have taken to donating them to other ‘good causes,’ more deserving than tomorrow’s workforce.

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