Stet News🍃 Just days before an annual gathering on Everglades restoration that for decades has provided a neutral playing field for politicians, government staff and activists, state and federal officials pulled out. One federal official said the decision was “ongoing retribution” for anything that opposed White House policies. (WLRN)
🐕 Read the Florida DOGE report released last week. The part about Palm Beach County begins on Page 86. (Stet News)
💵 Tracking the money and the legislation incentivizing massive data centers, including the one to be considered in April by the Palm Beach County Commission. (Seeking Rents)
🏨 On the Palm Beach County Commission agenda today: Related Ross wants the county to pay $1 for the potential site of a second convention center hotel to make it easier to finance the hotel by eliminating property taxes. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
🛞 Lake Worth Beach is catching flak for inviting Tesla to offer test rides at the city’s Sunset on the Avenue concert Feb. 13. “Whether or not you hate Elon Musk, show up for the city,’’ Commissioner Anthony Segrich urged. (Lake Worth Beach Independent)
🔍 A subcommittee that spent months examining U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat who represents parts of Palm Beach and Broward counties, has found “substantial evidence of conduct” described in a criminal indictment against her last year and is bringing multiple charges against her. (Sun-Sentinel $$$)
🚨 Palm Beach County is “the belly of the beast” for immigration arrests, activists tell elected officials. (WLRN)
🧲 Billionaires Stephen Ross and Ken Griffin have backed a $10 million campaign to attract businesses and executives to South Florida. Ross’ pitch: “It’s clear that the next generation of companies belongs along Florida’s Gold Coast from West Palm Beach to Miami. This region offers a clear competitive advantage — a strong operating environment, a flourishing innovation ecosystem and public leadership that works constructively with the private sector.” (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
🏛️ Main Street at Tuttle Royale filed its Chapter 11 plan last week seeking court approval to sell 38 acres near the southwest corner of Southern Boulevard and U.S. 441. The first, and preferred, track is to sell the property for $60 million to Concord Wilshire Capital, a Miami-based developer. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
🇺🇸 Palm Beach Gardens voters can hear from candidates for two seats on the City Council at a forum at 6:30 pm Monday at the Gardens Branch Library on PGA Boulevard. (League of Women Voters Facebook page)
♞ The Florida Renaissance Festival, known as Ren-Fest, will run Saturdays and Sundays from Feb. 7 to March 29 at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach. (Sun-Sentinel $$$)
🎙️ “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, checks in on the Florida legislative session, exploring the friction between Gov. Ron DeSantis and House Speaker Danny Perez, the reality of the 2026 gubernatorial race, and why Florida is the center of the political universe. (Listen now; watch.)
