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By CHARLES BLAZEK expect from someone in his sition, bliss brings a great deal
of useful hen ask why he left job as " " to become or of Data sing,
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to this pleasant South Dade
Finance-Director- City of Years Iater he was de Finance
a to fill that ee co unity° Director for that city of 45, people
pose= _ With aver.twenty fiv Years experience in
tion for South Miami, John Corbliss came municipal government,including where he successfully prepared pros -
g seventeen;- S ing as a deputy controller for the Ci- tuses and sold bond issues totalling over six
up with the pragmatic answer one would and a half years as a finance director, Car®
ty of battle-Cieea Michigan,--he moved up,__ _ 'an dollars. .
From the:o Corfiss moved on to
become Finance
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: 160,000
people.
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he
put tog
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3 '< saki municipal band issues worth over:015
$145 Million for v QUCQntUCtIQ d< improvement d anticipation p notes.
He finally moved down to the welCom-
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ing weather found in South
Florida when
he took the position with
` 1987.
Pero
g Finance Director Of a City of
size can be a ve ry stressful r fUI position.It took
its toll while Corbliss was working in Flint,
Michigan where e suffered a ,minor heart'4
attack.s U happened g budget prep
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F
ont It
e and he refused to take the time
off that his doctor prescribed. Instead he
F
took o ne
with
com-
pleted the budget «I did take i
ttle easier,"he said.
• tow he Combats stress through
w exercise, and ,watches his diet. "I walk
d� x evesometimes p to four miles,"
said the soft spoken° tor. He also likes to play golf when he gets the chance.
Corbliss i
s
cu
rrently residing
in North
Beach, is looking for
a home
Closer to his present job. His wife, who is
still in Michigan where she is trying to sell
µ~ '` their home, will be coming down to join
oert a saran listens intently icer aria Iglesias of the City of Miami Police Department explains her job."One of the seen.
most important things that I do,is to help keep the City o Miami safe for kids like you.", Being brand new to his current position,
and coming in just when the city budget is
f
Chamber of Commercq
` ie der preparation, he hasn't had time to rk review the city's financial position
thoroughly enough to formulate y plans
for improvement as yet. Looking at his
he South _Kendall ea along with some high-stepping cloggers. Unicycle exhibition, and a tour of a Dade
that hebackground,have afe however,-g one would guess
Chamber of Commerce is proud to 13arbeque Chicken and Ribs d all the fix® County Fire Truck. Everyone is invited to
that he have a few suggestions once he
announce our first "Picnic in the ins will be catered by Sam &Carl's Cater® this summer fun in the sun! Cast of a 's-
P k" to be held on Sunday, August 6, at ing® Activities for.both the o gets his feet Wet.
Fuch's Park, 10 S.W. 80 Street. e • includes Volleyball, Water g Balloon children under ar1 .�mR.S.V.P.�hto the
Corbliss is very complementary towards °
festivities begin at I: p.m. d d not Tosses, Egg "Tosses, Facep °-tern, ree Ch bar Cffice 1-1621 to risks our me calibre of people he is currently working
stop until the f ends! Live country is legged races, Sack , Storytelling, reservations. Y with. e credits the fine Work of his staff'
by Cross Creek will provide entertainment Miami Youth Museum art activities, with making his transition into a new posi-
tion much easier than it could have been,
BY CHARLES BLAZEK
reason the task force was assembled and Marshall Williamson Park also known as
e' South i was the major that there was not one reported burglary Rock Creek Park), were cited as the that building a higher wail was not the solu-
issue discussed during the July 25th the weekend of July 21st through reason for the request. e park is directly ti ex at the problem at the t ant Cam-
CitY Commission meeting. Com- the 23rd. "There are two factors that apply across from the apartment complex,facing "might Jane La next said that the wall,
` Toner Cathy c 'd that statistics this time of y g might present extra d. o one '
," said Hampton in the area Where the higher wall is requested. would be able to see in if something
showed a noticeable increase in hams d reference to the reasons for the increase. ere is an axis ° g six foot w at t were
automobile burglaries in the city during the " soon as school is out our house location. happening g on their side of the wall.Danny
�v k of July 12 throw 18° Brown suggested the formation of a
burglaries d car burglaries seem to go up. Drug transactions, loitering,
Certainly y Mosse, who gave the recently from the State rem between Park and the City,
police department report at the meeting, Prison number maintenance expenses from damage and "re remove the al element from our
Raiford, Florida, there've been a n bar `.trash by outside users,.parking conflicts;_: streets."
said that during the last two weeks he had of known burglars that this department theft, vandalism and other
g related ;
been putting together a Burglary Task had sent up-"He indicated that they seem problems were all listed as causing - It was finally suggested t
Farce, d that they had already arrested ed to prefer this area at this time of year. necessary . dships to the residents of residents meet` with the I Park
.two known Neigh-
burglar.ar. had d a ° e two burglars arrested were p of that Park.
They had aisQ made ten arrests group and every effort was being made to Mr. Lonnie borh Committee to s what d of
d than e period within about a tty, su superintendent d cooperative program could work out.
thousand feet of schools in the area.
get the rest of them off the streets. acting manager of the complex said t the e wall variance as turned down, but
The k farce headed u b S Brad- application for a variance to allow a Police were, "slow in coming,"when called Commissioner I Schwait told If
P Y° e foot fence at Park Apartments, a about incidents Beatty
shaw,is comprised of four detectives. It is cooperative at 6110 S.W. 68th Street also the park. John Ritter, attorney Around they,Ritter t his"was not t ignored s :c-
not a full-time force, but is in conjunction focused attention on the issue of i a e in Park,said e had photos of bullet holes in tion before the next
e not able talgetsoe ac-
with their re duties. South on meeting,
City Manager Willi Hampton .d doorwars and cars from gun fire he asked them to come back and let the
P Hardships brought about by the criminal Originating at the park° commission ow so t sometou on
hing else t the increase in bur was the element t appears to gravitate towards e commission
were all in agreement might be worked out.