Tamarac repays former mayor

She was accused of taking bribes

TAMARAC The former mayor’s criminal prosecution is officially over, but Tamarac taxpayers must now pay for it all.

On Thursday, the city wrote former Mayor Beth FlansbaumTalabisco a check to compensate her about $47,000 in salary and retirement contributions she lost out on while suspended from office for almost a year. That figure also reimburses her for health insurance benefits.

In May, Flansbaum-Talabisco was found not guilty of corruption charges in a case where she was accused of taking bribes from two developers. She had