Unlicensed Contracting, Fraud Indicators & City Enforcement Failures
Source Document
“Gould-Broward Complaint – 07/22/08”
Filed with Broward County Permitting / Code Enforcement, submitted by Whistleblower.
Summary of Complaint Evidence
In July 2008, a whistleblower filed a formal complaint regarding roofing and structural work performed by Wilbur Gould / Gould Roofing Co., Inc., including work performed directly on my unit at Omega Villas. The complaint identifies unlicensed or improperly licensed activity, deficient structural repairs, and permit irregularities tied mainly to Phase 2.
Key issues documented include:
- Structural roof work conducted without proper licensure
- Ongoing roof and exterior wall leaks after “repairs”
- Missing, mismatched, or improperly scoped permits
- Use of substandard materials and improper installation
- On-site safety violations
- Noncompliance with Broward County and City of Plantation codes
- Potential misrepresentation by contractor Vincent Pagan
This complaint forms part of the historical pattern that resulted in the $1M+ in fines ultimately levied by the City of Plantation (2006–2009) — fines that still overwhelmingly impact Phase 2 today.
📣🚨🛑Historic Evidence from 2005–2008 Omega Villas Board Minutes
📣🚨🛑Directly linking the 2008 Gould Roofing Complaint to contemporaneous rogue Board records
A. Roof-Beam Replacement Issues (Mar–Jun 2007)
(From “2007 YE OMEGA VILLAS BOD MINUTES.pdf”)
- Phase 2 / pool patio roof-beam replacement by Gould
- Board required permit verification and warranty
- Payment withheld pending City inspection
→ Shows the Board already suspected documentation gaps and workmanship deficiencies.
B. Phase 2 Roof-Beam Replacement (Mar 2006)
(From “2006 YE OMEGA VILLAS BOD MINUTES.pdf”)
- Board again demanded permit/warranty proof
→ Establishes multi-year permitting concerns.
C. Pool Patio Beam Replacement (Jun 2006)
- Permit marked as “pending”
- Inspection not yet recorded
→ Payment held until verification.
D. Leak Patches (Oct–Dec 2007)
- Gould recorded for recurring leak repairs
- No payment until inspection
→ Confirms prior repairs were failing.
E. Vincent Pagan Work (Sep 2007)
- Listed for electrical/light-pole work
- No permit trail / no inspection record
→ Same contractor referenced in the 2008 complaint.
F. Related 2007 Compliance Failures
- City-required plantings/mulch for fence inspection not completed
→ Demonstrates systemic compliance problems.
G. Relevance to Current Investigation (2023–2025)
- This 2008 complaint is a direct historical precursor to the misconduct occurring today.
This exhibit confirms a continuous pattern:
1. 📣🚨🛑Phase 2 has historically been the epicenter of unlicensed work.
- 2006–2009: Gould/Pagan → 2025 City fines exceeding $1M
- 2023–2025: Austro/S&D → potentially defective – unauthorized furring strips, insulation missing, unauthorized scope changes
2. 📣🚨🛑Oversight has failed across 20 years:
- Improper or unlicensed contractors
- Permit manipulation
- Fake or absent inspections
- City enforcement gaps
- Law firms protecting the Board (FWB in 2008; Hollander in 2024–2025)
3. 📣🚨🛑2024-Present Misconduct today looks identical to 2008:
- Unauthorized window removals
- Missing insulation
- Unapproved structural changes (Furring Strips & 2/3rds material vote for changing siding from T-111 to Hardie Board!)
- CAM/contractor “sign-offs” with potentially rubberstamp engineers
- Complete absence of a construction budget
- Blocked financial access (Juda Eskew 2024–2025)
Case Study Take-Away Summaries for Federal and State Authorities to All Stakeholders!
📣🚨🛑Phase 2 now carries ~75% of historic fines and remains ground zero for the same pattern of abuse.
📣🚨🛑The pattern is unmistakable:
📣🚨🛑Unlicensed work → concealed defects → financial harm → Board and attorney protection structure → repeat cycle.
📣🚨🛑And at no point — across 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2023, or 2025 — did any state agency intervene, enforce, or correct the violations documented in the historical record.
📣🚨🛑The absence of meaningful oversight is not an isolated incident; it is part of the pattern.
📣🚨🛑 These findings warrant immediate external review by any competent oversight entity — City, County, State, or Federal — due to the systemic nature of the failures.
📌 Master Exhibit Index Components
- Category: ⚖️ Historic Legal / Enforcement (S-Series)
- Subcategory: S-4 – Unlicensed Contracting & City Enforcement Failures (2008)
- 📣🚨🛑Relevant Associated Evidence Exhibits:
- The Omega Villas Case Study — Overarching Theory of Systemic Failure, Manipulation, and Control (2005–2025)
- 📣🚨🛑Exhibit L — 📣🚨🛑Government Correspondence Timeline & Systemic Oversight Breakdown Overview
- Omega Villas Board Minutes (2005–2008) — Part 1 of the City Fines & Governance Study (2005–2025)
- Omega Villas Board Minutes (2010–2014) — Part 2 of the City Fines & Governance Study (2005–2023)
- Omega Villas Board Minutes (2018–2023, Pre–40-Year Recertification Construction) — Part 3 of the City Fines & Governance Study (2005–2025)
- Exhibit BB — Legal Spend & Recall Suppression (2007-2011)
- 📣🚨🛑Exhibit L — 📣🚨🛑Government Correspondence Timeline & Systemic Oversight Breakdown Overview
- Exhibit L2 — Attorney Rhonda Hollander: Documented Communications & Proceedings (2023–2025)
- Exhibit O — DBPR Financial Oversight Failures & Accounting Irregularities
- Exhibit Q — Contract Review: Austro Contract vs. Reality
- Exhibit S-3 — Electrical Scope Deviation & Permit Misrepresentation (2008 Case CE08-03180)
- Exhibit T – Unauthorized Furring Strips & Missing Insulation at Omega Villas
- Exhibit T2 – Furring Strip Drainage Path Concerns & Potential Implications at Omega Villas
- Exhibit V — Citation and Enforcement History (2007–2025)
- 📣🚨🛑Links to Evidence Attachments:
- 🚨Examples of Phase 2 Gould Roofing Repairs (2007–2009) Showing Defects: 2007-09 Gould Roofing Phase 2 Shoddy Repairs
- 🚨More Examples of 2007-2024-25 Living Conditions from My Personal Story: https://hoajusticenow.com/home/160-2/
- 🚨2008 Broward Complaint PDF
- 🚨🚨2008 DBPR email stating they were deferring this complaint to City of Plantation Building Department: 2008 Gould Roofing DBPR Complaint
- 🚨🚨City of Plantation Chief Building Inspector Emails on Citations: 2008 City Chief Building Inspector Adam Attah email on upcoming Citations/Fines & Adam Attah email 8.5.08
- 🚨🚨City of Plantation Stop Work Notice Placed on Phase 2 Properties
- 📣🚨🛑2008 City of Plantation Citations Issued for Phase 2 Only, when same date(s) and type(s) of citations scope/summary can be seen in Phases 1, 3, & 4’s citation history on the City of Plantation’s Code Enforcement website???
- 📣🚨🛑2008 Phase 2 City Code Violation Citations Issued for Gould Roofing & Pagan Work: 2008 City Citations for Phase 2
- 📣🚨🛑The selective issuance of citations exclusively to Phase 2 — despite identical violations appearing across Phases 1, 3, and 4 — suggests arbitrary and capricious enforcement practices by the City of Plantation during the 2008 review period.
- 📣🚨🛑Such non-uniform application of identical standards raises substantial questions about procedural fairness and equal treatment under the City’s code-enforcement framework.
- 📣🚨🛑The record indicates a lack of due diligence in the inspection and citation process, as violations recorded in other Phases were neither cited nor documented despite being visible in the City’s own records.
- 📣🚨🛑The pattern suggests a failure to exercise prudent oversight consistent with municipal code-enforcement obligations.
- 📣🚨🛑The disparity reflects a potential pattern of selective enforcement that materially distorted the financial and legal impact on Phase 2 owners.
- 📣🚨🛑If validated, such selective enforcement may constitute grounds for equitable relief, including reassessment or reallocation of legacy fines tied to the 2008 citations.
- 📣🚨🛑The selective targeting of Phase 2 may have caused compensable harm to affected owners by distorting the distribution of fines and inflating long-term financial burdens.
- 🚨🚨2007 Juda Eskew paid invoices for Gould Roofing Co., Inc.
- Copies of the actual checks signed by two Officers for these invoices are available for authorities to review.
- Invoices appear to indicate nearly ALL Phases (subdivisions) such as 71st Ave (Phase 4), 72nd Ave (Phase 3), 73rd Ave (Phase 2) and 74th Ave (Phase 1).
- Refer to Pagan’s invoices paid as well: https://hoajusticenow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Copies-of-Juda-Eskew-Invoices.pdf
- Received a Fax from Coastal Contracting in response to Vincent Pagan DBPR complaint, not sure how they are involved other than they did the 2007 Fence Project. 3.28.08 Coastal Contracting Fax
- Omega Villas Board Minutes discussing Gould Roofing & Pagan Projects:
📹 Video Recordings Relevant to S-4 (Click-Through Timeline)
- 🚨🚨May 2024 BOD Meeting – Confrontation with Former President Ken Aker Discussion connected to Gould Roofing and historical roof work. https://youtu.be/TiX9PT3reIg
- 🚨🚨February 2024 BOD Meeting – Austro’s “Levy” Discusses Unlicensed/Unpermitted Roofing in Phase 4 Demonstrates the repetition of historical patterns. https://youtu.be/qeeW6etMmQI?si=91xBnrZwz4xpuTkc
- 🚨🚨October 2023 BOD Meeting – Whistleblower Challenges Board About $1M+ City Fines Identifying that fines likely stem from the 2008 citations tied to Gould Roofing / Pagan. https://youtu.be/4_YOf41x21s
- 🚨🚨2008 Citations Discussed on Record Historic discussion tying Gould’s work to the original City citations. https://youtu.be/E3z60KLjtV8?si=CfN_PKIS4L3MAMBV