The victor will be sworn in on Nov. 15, one week after the election. Just two weeks later, on Dec. 1, their annual commission salary will jump from $73,400 to $82,100, with another $9,000 a year to cover expenses.
The hanging tree is long since gone, but the lynching of Rubin Stacy still casts a painful shadow over Fort Lauderdale. Like George Floyd, he is becoming a symbol of the racism that still permeates America more than eight decades later.
Opinions Editor Steve Bousquet tells the tale of a first-time candidate who pins his political hopes on one quaint concept: meeting as many voters as possible.
Only hotel guests and beach chair customers will be able to order up a cool one. And they’ll need to be sitting in the cocktail zone, between Sunrise Boulevard and Bahia Mar south of Las Olas.
Fort Lauderdale is now working on a plan to replace Fiveash, the aging water treatment plant once described by the mayor as held together by spit and gum. But there’s been a snag. The price has gone way up, for one.