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Sylvia Poitier, who was removed from office yesterday by Gov. Rick Scott.

​Sylvia Poitier is now officially former Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia Poitier after Gov. Rick Scott signed off on her removal from office yesterday.

Poitier -- who was a "suspended" commissioner until her case finished -- was sentenced last week to a year of probation, a $1,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service for the four counts of falsifying public records she was found guilty of in November.

Adjudication was ordered to be withheld in the case, so Poitier can have that scrubbed off her record in a bit.

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Sylvia Poitier, after being arrested for committing multiple crimes.

​It looks like Sylvia Poitier's time at the Broward County Jail is limited to her quick photo-shoot back in April.

Poitier was sentenced yesterday to a year of probation, a $1,000 fine, 200 hours of community service for those four counts of falsifying public records she was found guilty of in November. Adjudication will also be withheld if she behaves while she's on probation.

Poitier, 76, was arrested in April on five charges of falsifying documents -- which were related to a loan from her brother to a city-tied organization -- although the fifth count was dismissed by the judge during the trial.

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​Deerfield Beach Housing Authority Executive Director Pamela Davis literally said she was "happy to report" that the Housing and Urban Development Inspector General won't need to audit the authority.

According to the report, there's no audit needed because, among other reasons, "HUD OIG Office of Investigations and the Broward State Attorney's Office are in the process of conducting investigations related to some of the issues in this complaint."

Hey, at least there's no audit.

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Sylvia Poitier, at jail, after being arrested for committing crimes.

​Despite the building's namesake being found guilty of four counts of falsifying public records, the Sylvia Poitier Business Skills Center will remain the Sylvia Poitier Business Skills Center.

The idea from Deerfield Beach Housing Authority Commissioner Michael Weiss didn't seem that extreme -- you don't get to keep your name on a public building after you're taken to the Broward County Jail for a photo shoot.

Apparently nobody else on the authority saw it that way.

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​Less than three months after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the Inspector General came to Deerfield Beach to look into its housing authority, its executive director is moving north.

Pamela Davis, who's been the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority's executive director for more than 20 years, has taken the same post with the Gainesville Housing Authority -- rated earlier this year by HUD as one of the worst Section 8 programs in the state.

The results of that aforementioned investigation though, have yet to be released.

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Sylvia Poitier

​Suspended Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia Poitier is still guilty of four misdemeanor counts of falsifying public records after a judge denied her attorney's motion to reverse the jury's guilty verdict and acquit her of the charges.

Her sentencing is now scheduled for January 11.

Poitier, 76, was arrested in April on five charges of falsifying documents -- which were related to a loan from her brother to a city-tied organization -- although the fifth count was dismissed by the judge during the trial.

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Sylvia Poitier

​A jury convicted suspended Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia Poitier today on four misdemeanor counts of falsifying public records.

Poitier, 76, was arrested in April on five charges of falsifying documents -- which were related to a loan to her brother, who was part of a city-tied organization -- although the fifth count was dismissed by the judge during the trial.

Since Deerfield gadfly Chaz Stevens is the one who filed the complaints against her, he wins a free quote: "After four decades in office, her lies finally caught up with her. I came, I saw, I kicked her ass," he tells the Pulp.

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​Memos from the city clerk's office in Deerfield Beach accuse former Mayor Jean Robb throwing a fit in their office last week, tossing some insults and expletives and even dropping a "you people" line on employees.

The memos, obtained by city activist Chaz Stevens, describe Robb coming into the clerk's office on the afternoon of November 2 to submit petitions for the Unfair Rescind Taxes Committee -- which fell short a few thousand signatures to force a referendum on the city's new utility tax.

A memo penned by Heather Montemayor, an administrative employee at the clerk's office, describes what happened:

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​After an audit of Deerfield Beach festivals declaring that three then-city commissioners secured scores of tickets to the city's mango festival "to garner political support" -- and the ensuing complaints filed by city activist Chaz Stevens -- those three former commissioners earned a trip to Tallahassee for a probable-cause hearing before the Florida Ethics Commission.

Those three lucky former commissioners are Sylvia Poitier, who's awaiting trial for five misdemeanor counts of falsifying public records; Steve Gonot -- who's appealed his yearlong jail sentence for misconduct, grand theft, and falsifying records; and Pam Militello.

Between the damning report released last year by forensic auditing firm Kessler International, an email to commissioners from the city attorney, and some missing or nonexistent records, this may be a problem for the three amigos.

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​Rep. Allen West's July request has been answered: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the Inspector General is coming to town to look into the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority.

A letter from Deputy Inspector General Michael P. Stephens to West dated August 3 confirms a case has been opened, and auditors from the Inspector General's Office have been asked to review the allegations.

According to an email from DBHA Executive Director Pamela Davis sent to the agency's board of commissioners, they're coming to town this week:

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