Anne GeggisAugust 31, 2022
4min0
Wayne Messam has served on the Miramar City Commission since 2011, and has served as Mayor since 2015.
Tag: Florida League of Mayors
Anne GeggisAugust 31, 2022
Renzo DowneyAugust 31, 2021
3min1859
On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, the incoming association president faces policy hurdles.
Sarah MuellerFebruary 12, 2020
4min377
The mayors say they are the government closest to the people and should be allowed to make the decisions for their communities.
Jacob OglesOctober 30, 2019
3min394
He spoke on the issue at the Lee County Legislative Delegation meeting.
Guest AuthorOctober 18, 2018
4min383
Here they go again. Our state politicians are calling Amendment 1 a “tax cut,” but it’s actually a tax shift. A few property owners will benefit, but millions of us will pay for it. We believe that our tax system should be fair and work for all of us, not just a few. Amendment 1, […]
Peter SchorschAugust 17, 2018
2min251
Matthew Surrency, mayor of Hawthorne in Alachua County, was named president of the Florida League of Mayors at the organization’s annual business meeting Thursday. Surrency will serve a one-year term as the League’s president. “I’m honored,” Surrency said. “Mayors across Florida have long benefited from working together to solve common issues. I’m really looking forward to working with our […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 8, 2016
3min176
A bill that would ban discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has one more chance of passage. The Senate judiciary committee on Monday temporarily postponed the measure (SB 120). The measure, which prohibits gender- and sexuality-based workforce discrimination, will be taken up again Tuesday. Nadine Smith, CEO of Equality Florida, said in […]
Guest AuthorApril 22, 20155min173
For more than five decades, local governments and utility companies have had a very good arrangement that works well for everyone. When a private utility needs to run such things as transmission or cable lines, the utility enters into an agreement with a local government and this agreement allows the privately-owned infrastructure to be placed […]
Guest AuthorApril 16, 20156min209
For those of us who care about the future of our nation – and in particular the future of Florida – we must first and foremost acknowledge that it is more than just the climate that is changing. Sea levels are unquestionably rising. High tides are measurably higher. And drinking wells near our coastlines are […]
Guest AuthorApril 16, 2015
6min209
For those of us who care about the future of our nation – and in particular the future of Florida – we must first and foremost acknowledge that it is more than just the climate that is changing. Sea levels are unquestionably rising. High tides are measurably higher. And drinking wells near our coastlines are […]