Stet News🚙 Get a new Florida driver’s license? You may not be able to vote. Since August 2024, anyone who has renewed a license has received a new number, a number often used to verify a voter’s identity. But the new number is not matching the old voter ID. All Voting is Local, a voting-rights group, is raising the issue. (Sun Sentinel $$$)
💰 A $47 million foreclosure ruling went against Brian Tuttle, threatening the Main Street at Tuttle Royale in Royal Palm Beach. The 38-acre section of the 200-acre Tuttle Royale called for 400,000 square feet of retail, 401 apartments, a 125-room hotel and 82,875 square feet of offices. The property is slated for court auction on Sept. 24. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
✝️ Father Frank O’Loughlin, 83, founder of the Guatemalan Maya Center in Lake Worth Beach, picked Alligator Alcatraz to say Mass Saturday to celebrate his diamond jubilee for 60 years in the priesthood. “We have been invited, Lord, to participate in the great crime of our times. … You send us to be your face, your countenance, your visibility in the company of the heroes who have come to take asylum among us. So, maintain some confidence in one another as you charge us to go forth from here and be the face of your power and presence in the unfortunate episode through which this country is suffering.’’ (Joe Capozzi’s Lake Worth Beach Independent)
📲 Passengers who ride South Florida public transit, including Tri-Rail and buses in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties can buy tickets with a single smartphone app, called SoFloGo. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
🚧 The Florida East Coast Railway is planning to close three rail crossings in Palm Beach Gardens for about three days each this month. The closures are: Donald Ross Road, 6 pm Aug. 20 to midnight Aug. 23; Northlake Boulevard, 6 pm Aug. 23 to midnight Aug. 26; and Burns Road, 6 pm Aug. 26 to midnight Aug. 28. (Palm Beach Gardens city website)
👮🏼♂️ Jupiter Police Chief Michael Barbara said he will retire Oct. 3 after 29 years with the department. (Town of Jupiter)
📫 Watch the mail this week. The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office reports it will send tax notices Thursday.
💉 Should you get a flu shot? The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Poynter Institute has a fact check. (Poynter)
📻 “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, welcomes Palm Beach Gardens attorney Philip DiComo, who shares what people tell him about public media. (Listen here. Watch here)
