“When opportunity presents itself, you run toward it.”

For more than four decades, the Carbonell Awards have recognized achievements in South Florida regional theater, like the Drama Desk Awards in New York City and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Awards.

Wilton Manors will allow the operation of medical marijuana retail center dispensaries.

Resolutions approved by the city commission are usually done so without much debate.

The last item on the Wilton Manors commission meeting agenda generated the most robust discussion of the evening.

The rules regarding board attendance may get stricter soon. At their June 14 meeting, commissioners debated the possibility of allowing for the removal of a board member if he or she misses three consecutive meetings.

Per the city commission’s request, the city manager and city attorney will research what regulations other cities have instituted regarding generators and multi-unit residential units with multiple stories.

Wilton Manors is proceeding with a bold policy to offer employees up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

Wilton Manors is opening its commission meetings to the general public again.

Talk about burning the midnight oil. Tuesday’s commission meeting lasted five hours and 37 minutes and did not end until after midnight.

After asking Wilton Manors Elementary School and Somerset Academy Village charter school to supply a wish list of items list for up to $1,500 each, to be funded by the city, the commission voted 3-2 to reduce the amount of money allocated to Somerset. Mayor Gary Resnick and Commissioner Julie Carson dissented.

The Cooper City commission passed a resolution in support of the Florida cities that are fighting to ban conversion therapy.

Don D’Arminio, a member of the Wilton Manors Planning & Zoning Board, has filed the necessary paperwork to campaign for city commission.

A Miami civil rights lawyer hopes his client — a butch lesbian evicted from her rental at a North Bay Village condominium — is among the first vindicated through a recent decision by the Florida Commission on Human Relations.

The Fort Lauderdale City Commission voted to pass a resolution against the anti-transgender bills in the Florida House and Senate.

Fort Lauderdale Vice Mayor Heather Moraitis announced in an email statement Friday that she will be resigning from her post in November to pursue opportunities in education.

In Oakland Park, four gay candidates are vying for three commission seats.

Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Góngora recently was named a finalist for Best Elected Official at the Latin Builders Association Awards’ 50th-anniversary event, which was held Oct. 1 at Jungle Island in Miami. 

Broward County Commissioner Dr. Barbara Sharief received a boost to her campaign for Congress from two influential LGBT political organizations. 

The Charter Review Board was created by the city commission and their task was to look at the City Charter and make independent recommendations to the commission.

The same few antagonists in our city continue to publicly bash the current commission for a recent vote regarding term limits.

This past Tuesday, Kareem Awadalla walked into the City Commission Chambers. As a journalist, he was there to look his elected officials in the eye and listen to their views on the many critical issues our commission planned to address that evening.

I’ve spent a lot of time lately reflecting on our city’s tagline of “Life is just better here.”

There are few topics that aren't included in the new anthology book “Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health.” Edited by Adrian Shanker, a Pennsylvania-based queer activist, Shanker was inspired to put the book together because of his own experiences with seeking out health care as a queer man living in a largely straight world.  

A changing of the guard took place Tuesday night in Wilton Manors with a little added drama thrown in.

The new Oakland Park Commission was sworn-in Wednesday night.

After seeing the loss of power impact condos and apartment buildings, including his own, Commissioner Tom Green said he will propose a new regulation that will require those residential buildings with elevators to have generators. He said he’s not sure when exactly he will propose the regulation but that it would be some time in the near future.

The Oakland Park City Commission appointed five new people to the city’s Planning & Zoning Board Wednesday night.

During the Oakland Park City Commission meeting on June 16, the commission voted to grant raises to the city manager and city attorney. David Hebert and D.J. Doody, respectively, had not received raises for years.

The Oakland Park City Commission discussed a proposal to rename part of 21st Avenue to Alcee Hastings Avenue in honor of the late Congressman Alcee Hastings.