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FORT LAUDERDALE — There’s no laughter on this playground. No chats between friends. No breaking of bread at the picnic tables. Locks went up on Fort Lauderdale’s Dottie Mancini Park on Dec. 7. More than two months later, the park still remains closed. Nearby residents who have grown to love their little park are fuming. With patience wearing thin, they want to know when Dottie Mancini Park is .
Angry seniors showed up en masse to a town hall meeting to protest the idea. A few threatened to vote Commissioner John Herbst out of office if the deal went through.
The park would sit above a parking lot just blocks from the beach in northeast Fort Lauderdale. Not everyone thinks it's such a great idea. Critics fear it might become a haven for the homeless seeking shelter from the sun and rain.