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Broward County Commish Chip LaMarca on Foreclosure: “Nobody’s Perfect!”

Posted by , July 12, 2012 Print

Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca with wife Eileen and pooch Bella

Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca with wife Eileen and pooch Bella

Rookie Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca, a Republican who ran on a platform that included fiscal responsibility, is facing foreclosure on his homestead!

According to records obtained by Gossip Extra, the 40-year-old owner of a construction company apparently stopped making payments on the second mortgage on the Lighthouse Point home.

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And now, Wells Fargo is after him to make good on the $385,000-loan – or watch the 8,700-square-foot home he’s owned since 1999 sold on the courthouse steps.

“I’ve been on the phone with the bank and I’m hoping they’ll work with me,” LaMarca tells me, adding that he pays religiously for his $240,000-first mortgage and property taxes. The house is currently assessed at $319,000.

LaMarca explained his construction business hasn’t been doing that great since the real estate bubble exploded.

“We took out a second mortgage on the house to put money in the construction business,” he said. “In 2006, the business was headed in the right direction but things became very difficult.”

Does the foreclosure make him look silly when trying to set county policy?

“People who seek office are people,” he said. “Nobody’s perfect. At least, I’m not walking away like many people do. I will continue making responsible decision at the county level.”

– This story was first published in my column in the Miami Herald

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5 Comments

  1. LHP Resident, 10 months ago Reply

    Are you kidding? This guy is a great neighbor and does an excellent job as our representative. He is in the construction business, which has suffered the worst in our area. I am too, but I guess you don’t want to write about me?

    Also you may want to check your facts. The house is like 2,000 sqft, not 8,700! I think you checked the size of the lot. Gossip columnist doing political stories? Is the octomom too busy to talk with you?

    • Jose Lambiet, 10 months ago Reply

      LHP, thank you for taking the time to comment. Made my day so far!!!!

    • The Senator1, 10 months ago Reply

      To all: Chip LaMarca is a good and honest guy. Nothing shady about him.. He is surrounded by a bunch of thieves however, and we should make sure their names overwhelm anything you can say about LaMarca. Stacy Ritter and her hubby Russ Klenet (bad users of other people’s money), Ilene Lieberman and hubby. Moskowitz would comes up defending every one of the Ritter clans corrupt money grubbers. Chip is a fair and honest guy. Keep up the good word! Watch out for Ken Keechl, not unlike his corrupt pals, I think he has things up his sleeves. We’ll have to watch for the obvious and call him on it.

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