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Posted January 13 2006

Pembroke Pines

City asks for guidelines to sue the School Board

Alleging the Broward School Board acted in bad faith, City Manager Charles F. Dodge on Thursday said he would ask city commissioners to begin the steps it must take before it can sue.

City officials on Tuesday, at the suggestion of School Board members, went to the board meeting prepared to argue for more tax money to operate their charter schools. The board, however, refused to let the city present its case.

Dodge called the decision "inexcusable" and said it makes clear the School Board has "no intention" of acting in good faith.

If city commissioners agree to his request on Wednesday, the state-mandated dispute resolution process would begin.

It requires face-to-face meetings of officials on both sides of the issue, plus mandatory arbitration, before the city can file suit.