Stet News🗳️ A Supervisor of Elections Office message sent to about 170 absentee voters indicated that Wellington Village Council candidate Lauren Brody had withdrawn from the March 10 election when only candidate Paulo Santana had dropped out. Elections Supervisor Wendy Sartory Link blamed a printer’s error, but Brody didn’t believe it. “Here I am killing myself for this campaign, doing everything I can for the people of Wellington, only for the Supervisor of Elections Office to kneecap me,” she said. (SunSentinel $$$)
- State legislators are considering the elimination of an easy, fast early-voting method in three counties — Palm Beach, Duval and Lee. (SunSentinel $$$)
🎤 Luther Campbell, the rap music icon, launched a primary challenge Sunday against Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who is under federal indictment, for the Palm Beach-Broward 20th District seat formerly held by Alcee Hastings. (Sun-Sentinel $$$)
🔎 Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were investigated by West Palm and Palm Beach police four years before what was believed to be the first investigation into their sexual abuse of underage girls and young women, documents show. Three students at Palm Beach Atlantic University reported that Maxwell had approached them on campus and that Epstein had touched two of them inappropriately. (The Palm Beach Post $$$, ABC News)
- Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee plan to hold a hearing April 13 in Palm Beach County on the Epstein case. (The Palm Beach Post, $$$)
🤝 Lake Worth Beach and the Palm Beach County School District are considering teaming up to build an Olympic-sized pool at Lake Worth Community High School to replace the pool that closed because of outdated equipment and an iguana infestation. (Lake Worth Beach Independent)
✈️ A proposal to pay $2.75 million to rename Palm Beach International Airport for President Donald Trump is in the newly released state Senate budget, plus other nuggets from state budget proposals. (Seeking Rents)
🗣️ City of West Palm Beach and state House District 87 candidates are invited to speak at the South End Neighborhood Association meeting at 6:30 pm Thursday. The public is welcome. (SENA webpage)
⚾️ As major league pitchers and catchers arrive in West Palm Beach and Jupiter, the spotlight at the Houston Astros’ spring training is on Japanese pitching superstar Tatsuya Imai. (Sports Illustrated)
➡️ A foreclosure lawsuit over the historic Hotel Biba in West Palm Beach was withdrawn by the lender, who said filing the case was a mistake. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
☀️ Five things we learned about the Florida Government-in-the-Sunshine Law at the Riviera Beach Planning and Zoning Board meeting. (Community Voices)
🇺🇸 A voters’ guide to the March 10 municipal elections is available from the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County. Just put in your address to see information about each candidate in your city. (Vote 411 voter’s guide)
🎙️ “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, focuses on local elections with Wendy Sartory Link, the county supervisor of elections. She talks about three bills affecting local elections moving through the Legislature, including elimination of Express Vote machines that could make early voting far more time-consuming. (Listen now; watch.)
