The Beaches and Taxes Podcast

E4 Is the Live Local Act Shit Policy?

Why is Fort Lauderdale developing so rapidly? This week, we explore Florida's experiment with housing.

E3 Homelessness: Where Are You Living?

Patrick and Shantel dive into one of Fort Lauderdale’s most complex challenges: homelessness. In this episode, they explore what the city is doing well, where critical gaps remain, and why our current system leaves too many people stuck in the middle. From outreach to shelters , they unpack the policies, politics, and human stories shaping the issue — and ask the community what other solutions could work in this context.

E2 The New Beachfront

Patrick and Shantel discuss the $12 billion investment in Fort Lauderdale's beachfront and ask the burning question: why we can't have both basketball AND pickleball courts?

E1 The State of City

Two concerned citizens giving you the good, the bad, and the ugly of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. Stay tuned as we attempt to make civic involvement spicy.