First the “You must have bribed an official to get your way.” Is a rather common accusation in the construction jungle of South Florida.
Second If bribes did occur it was probably to get the permit issued more quickly But I am sure there will be a close examination of what plans were approved.
Third. I read some of the reports on why buildings failed during Hurricane Andrew. There were plenty of code violations that somehow were “missed” by inspectors. Did you know rebar can simply vanish? I didn’t till then.
If Andrew went just 20 miles north of where it did, a lot of those buildings in that area would not have survived.
I am not saying nothing fishy went on with this building, but this report is garbage..
The Developer attempted to bribe someone to get a permit so they could get a property (not this one) up to code.
That’s not an indication of anything other than how screwed up the government is.
There is no indication or even accusation that this bribe had anything to do with this building, or anything to do with getting away with shoddy workmanship...
The story is they bribed someone to get a PERMIT so they could do work to bring a project up to code.... How messed up is the world if you need to bribe someone just to get a permit to do the work you need to do to fix somehting?
Non story