Following a long battle filled with legal definitions, the city charter and court rulings, George Oliver III is officially back on the Ocoee Commission.
The night's awards and recognitions included Volunteer of the Year, Business Partner of the Year, Community Partner of the Year, Civilian of the Year and Officer of the Year.
George Oliver can run for a seat on the Ocoee City Commission, a judge ruled this week, overruling board members who had rejected his candidacy. Oliver, who in 2018 became the first Black candidate to win a municipal race in Ocoee, filed a lawsuit seeking to be deemed a legal candidate for office ahead of the qualifying period closing at noon Friday. He cited a “tortured interpretation” of the .
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