Jesse SchecknerMarch 19, 2024Tag: Frank Ortis
Jesse SchecknerMarch 19, 2024
Jesse SchecknerMarch 18, 2024
14min0
City overdevelopment, traffic congestion, housing affordability and a proposed trash incinerator are all top-of-mind for voters and candidates.
Ryan NicolJune 22, 2020
3min614
Two other Pembroke Pines officials are also backing Jonhson's campaign.
Ryan NicolMarch 24, 2020
3min690
Mayor Frank Ortis has led the city since first winning election in 2004.
Ryan NicolJune 14, 2019
6min1120
The allegations were made by an employee of a restaurant co-owned by Ortis.
Ryan NicolDecember 5, 2018
6min318
Don’t tread on us, local officials in Broward County told state lawmakers Tuesday. Municipalities within Broward County are adamant that the state should respect Home Rule in legislation going forward. And those legislators from the Broward County delegation were a friendly audience when it came to issues of local control. Home Rule powers are enshrined in […]
Scott PowersNovember 1, 2017
3min657
Ninety minutes before Miami Beach Mayor Phil Levine planned to announce his big plans, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham is sending a message that she, too, has South Florida support, announcing endorsements from three other South Florida mayors. Graham’s campaign announced Wednesday morning she has the backing of West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio, Coral Springs […]
Mitch PerryApril 10, 2017
6min176
Reacting to the Donald Trump administration’s hardline policy on immigration — which has included threats to withhold federal grants from jurisdictions that act as “sanctuaries” — more than 100 mayors from around the country signed onto a letter to Congress calling on it to revisit and pass comprehensive reform legislation. Among those signing the letter are Tallahassee […]
Guest AuthorMarch 30, 2017
6min854
Among Thomas Jefferson’s many famous sayings is this: “The government closest to the people, serves the people best.” Across our state and nation, that sentiment holds true for all who favor local control, whenever possible. But it seems as though our state lawmakers have forgotten this. For the past few years, state legislators in Tallahassee […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2017
6min344
Florida sugar workers are the latest to come out strongly against Joe Negron’s Senate proposal to create a $2.4-billion, 60,000-acre reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee for Everglades water storage. In a joint letter sent Wednesday from Sugar Labor Management Committee, IAMAW District 166, Florida State Council of Machinists, and Local 2152 (Osceola & Okeelanta), union […]