New organization aims to solve poverty
Nonprofit veteran Mark Bergel opens Palm Beach Gardens-based institute.…
Public response to West Palm marina: It ‘stinks of rotten fish’
Mayor Keith James defends decision to negotiate lease for downtown Flagler Drive marina; says public will have ample opportunity to weigh in Six weeks after West Palm Beach city commissioners agreed to negotiate to build an 84-slip marina on the downtown Flagler…
Mayor blames administrator but Ethics Commission won’t drop case
‘That’s what this case really turns on … bad optics,’ Mayor Keith James’ lawyer argued. ‘There’s not a scintilla of evidence … that suggest that that friendship … translated to any corrupt purpose.’…
Exclusive: Security contractor Willie Perez in his own words
‘Part of my structure, of what I do and how I do it, is the ability to be able to understand the politics and the requirements in a city that wants security.’…
Exclusive: Documents shed new light on 3-year ethics probe into WPB Mayor Keith James
Former city administrator says in deposition he took the fall to ensure mayor’s benefactor kept no-bid security contract…
Get out of your car
An effort to ease the daily traffic crunch in downtown West Palm Beach by giving drivers more alternatives launched Thursday. Among its backers: Downtown’s biggest high-rise builder, the Related Cos., the city and the Downtown Development Authority, which provided $100,000 in seed money. Its…