Life-long residents, boaters and advocates for the marine and tourism industries are united in outrage by the negligence that let this sewer pipe problem happen and even more infuriated by the city government’s continued deception about its priorities, write the op-ed authors. (ABOVE) Fort Lauderdale residents look over construction charts for the city’s progress on rebuilding infrastructure after a series of sewer pipe breaks in the area before a town hall on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel)