Stet News
📝 “Nobody on their deathbed ever said they wished they had spent more time at the office,” Frank Cerabino writes in his farewell column. As Stet News reported Aug. 15, Cerabino at age 70 is among a handful of veteran local staffers who took a buyout from The Palm Beach Post’s corporate parent, Gannett, effective this month. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
📈 Nearly 50 people with connections to Florida Power & Light Co. testified in support of rate hikes at 10 hearings across the state. They are from foundations, charities, chambers of commerce and other organizations that have been the beneficiary of support from FPL. (Tampa Bay Times $$$)
🗣️ Lake Worth Beach Mayor Betty Resch found that City Commissioner Chris McVoy “crossed a line” last month when he made a “pay to play” remark that she and other commissioners interpreted as a “direct accusation” that they were “taking bribes from developers.’’ (Lake Worth Beach Independent $$$)
⚾️ West Palm Beach resident Drew Feltwell ended up in a viral video Friday when the Philadelphia Phillies fan came out of a crowd in the left-field stands at the Marlins ballpark with a home-run ball and handed it to his 10-year-old son, Lincoln. A woman emerged from the scrum and demanded the ball. Drew took it from his son and handed it to her, prompting outrage when the video went viral. (NBCPhiladelphia.com)
🚫 Delray Beach raised parking fees in downtown city garages in part to push back against people living out of their cars there. (The Coastal Star)
⚖️ U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick filed a $1 million defamation lawsuit against her 26-year-old challenger for the Democratic nomination in Congressional District 20, Elijah Manley. (Sun-Sentinel)
🎙️West Palm Beach invites comments at two virtual public meetings next week as part of a study to determine whether minority-owned and women-owned businesses have equitable access to city contracts. The meetings, coming at a time when such studies are attracting federal and state criticism, are 6 pm Tuesday, Sept. 16, and noon Thursday, Sept. 18. Register here.
- The city is also accepting answers to a survey here. (Office of the mayor)
Daphne Taylor, a Riviera Beach native and longtime South Florida journalist, is remembered for her ability to get “the story behind the story” and as “a giant in this community.” She died Sept. 1 at 63. (WPBF Channel 25)
👋 New Clerk and Comptroller Mike Caruso, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, State Attorney Alexcia Cox and Public Defender Daniel Eisinger will be at the Boynton Beach City Hall for a meet and greet with the public from 10 to 11:30 am Saturday, Sept. 20. (Clerk’s office)
🎧 “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, talks about immigration and deportation with longtime Florida agriculture champion, Glades advocate and conservative voice, David Goodlett. (Listen here; watch after 4 pm Wednesday)
