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Hollywood mad over Margaritaville ad's reference to Fort Lauderdale

Margaritaville, fans say, might be just the ticket to put Hollywood on the map.

But a recent promotional email describing the Jimmy Buffett-themed resort as being in Greater Fort Lauderdale has left Hollywood in a huff.

"Fort Lauderdale did not ante up the money to make this project a reality. Hollywood did," Jim Stoodley, one of Hollywood's miffed residents, wrote in an email to City Hall.

Margaritaville developer Lon Tabatchnick says the wording was chosen to differentiate Hollywood from its more famous counterpart in California.

"We want people to find us," Tabatchnick said. "If someone is in Sioux City, Iowa, when they hear Hollywood, they think California.