Belle Glade election: Three win commission seats
With all six of the city s precincts reporting,
Joaquin Almazan,
Andrew Kenny Berry finished first in the races for three city commission seats.
Almazan, vice president of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party s Hispanic Chamber, opposed Stephen Messam for Seat C. Incumbent Larry Underwood did not seek re-election.
Wilkerson, the incumbent in Seat B, faced a challenge from Robert C. Mitchell.
Berry, senior pastor of Grace Fellowship Worship Center in Belle Glade, challenged incumbent Johnny Burroughs Jr. for Seat E.
Boca Raton election: Two incumbents win
Voters returned two incumbents to the City Council by comfortable margins.
Term: Until March 2024.
Salary: $20,869 for commissioners. Who ever is appointed vice mayor will be paid $21,562.
Belle Glade, a 6.9-square-mile city southeast of Lake Okeechobee, has an estimated 19,654 residents. It is overseen by five commission members who serve three-year terms. Three seats are up for election this year.
Seat C: Joaquin Almazan is running against Stephen Messam.
Seat D: Robert C. Mitchell is running against Mary Ross Wilkerson.
Seat E: Andrew Kenny Berry is running against Johnny Burroughs Jr.
About the races: Joaquin Almazan, vice president of Palm Beach County Democratic Party s Hispanic chapter, says supporting local business can close the racial wealth gap in the majority Black and Hispanic city. He is endorsed by the Palm Beach County firefighters union the Palm Beach-Treasure Coast AFL-CIO.
A Feinberg Series Event with Vanessa Nakate and Varshini Prakash ’15, moderated by Toussaint Losier, co-hosted with the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
Young people have transformed the climate and environmental movement. Youth of color and youth from the Global South have been especially central in this process. Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, executive director of the Sunrise Movement Varshini Prakash ‘15, and other leading climate organizers will reflect on their personal experiences in the movement and share their organizing strategy, insights, and visions for the world they’re fighting to win.
This event will be live and recorded on the Feinberg Series website, Facebook and YouTube. Spanish interpretation and closed captioning will be available.
What’s at stake in Georgia? Everything!
Published: 12/16/2020 4:36:19 PM
Modified: 12/16/2020 4:36:09 PM
With less than a month to go, it’s Biden and Harris or McConnell for the next two years!
Without the Senate, it’s progress by executive order and the country needs transformational change.
If you make as generous a contribution as possible today, as I have to fairfight.com, which was created by Stacey Abrams and divides your money evenly between Ossoff, Warnock, and Fairfight 2020, Democrats can win both seats on Jan. 5. Then, Schumer becomes Majority Leader and Vice President Harris breaks all ties.
Plus, progressive cabinet appointments will be approved and crucial legislation passed on a robust second Cares Act, the Climate Emergency, Racial Justice, Health Care, and raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15, a living wage. And, liberal federal judges will fill seats across the country to offset the more than 200 right wing judges and the three Supremes that Trump