Community Leader. As Mayor and President of the Broward League of Cities, championing equity, regional collaboration, and civic empowerment- I am humbled to be recognized with the ASPA Presidential Service Award at the 2025 ASPA South Florida Annual Awards Luncheon!
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Real Talk for Women was a powerful and unforgettable gathering where over 125 dynamic women came together to reclaim their health through honest conversations, shared wisdom, and mutual empowerment.
In 2021, the City of Hallandale Beach acquired 13 Tesla Model Y vehicles for its Police Department. These vehicles were operationalized in June 2022, and Hallandale Beach’s purchase may position it as the largest rollout of full-size electric vehicles for law enforcement use in the United States. Notably, Tesla Model Y vehicles are not reasonably priced. The base price of a Model Y commences at approximately $45,000, excluding any tax credits or incentives, which, incidentally, will be phased out for the average consumer.
If perhaps as a minority you were employed in the 70s in law enforcement, with the fire department/emergency rescue or even in the field of electronics, Mr. Emmitt Kater likely had some impact or significant influence Don your chosen career or at the very minimum you knew him professionally or personally. Having met him through his association with the Westside Gazette family, particularly our publisher Bobby Henry and my wife Sonia, whom he refers to as his wife as well – more on that later – he struck me as a larger than life character – gregarious, loquacious, energetic, comical and highly intelligent with the memory of an elephant, which is on constant display in our presence. His influence and impact on others emanated from his vast professional experiences as Communications Engineer with the Hollywood Public Safety, Police & Fire/Fire Rescue where he serviced Two-Way Radio devices, Mobil and Base Station Repeaters, Digital Voice Land Lines, and Computer Local to Wide Area Networking.
The company’s smart grid technology prevented more than 800,000 outages during active 2024 hurricane season
The honor of visiting South Africa is one I will carry for the rest of my life. Boarding the plane in Fort Lauderdale and beginning the 16-hour flight, I anticipated a journey of culture and connection. But as we crossed the vast Atlantic Ocean, I found myself in profound reflection. I gazed out over the waters that once carried millions of African souls to unknown shores under horrific conditions, and I imagined the terror and heartbreak of that forced transatlantic journey. My ancestors were taken from a land that had everything they needed—community, wisdom, purpose—and cast into bondage in a foreign world. Now, generations later, I was returning—freely, proudly, and purposefully. I was going back not as a descendant of the enslaved, but as a leader committed to partnership, progress, and possibility.
Through its cultural programs the City of Pompano Beach Cultural Affairs Department (PBCAD) works to celebrate the convergence of art, culture and history all year long. PBCAD has celebrated Juneteenth and Caribbean Heritage Month’s since June 2020 with a range of virtual and in person events ranging from story time and conversations to concerts and performance.
Celebrating Freedom with special guests, performers and activities BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Broward County Library (BCL) commemorates Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration honoring the official…
Rucker Park has been a cornerstone of Black basketball history, a legendary proving ground for both amateur and professional talent. Credit Walt “Clyde” Frazier, the swag God himself, who draped himself in mink coats and fedoras, flossing before the word was even in our lexicon. Young hustlers like Pee Wee Kirkland would step out of his Rolls Royce Silver Shadow just to run the court, competing to be the flyest “Cat” in the game. Rucker Park fundamentally shaped the game’s “Swag” and culture through the lens of the Hip-Hop tidal wave.
I’ll always remember the late Charlie Rangel as the first elected New York City official to warmly embrace the concept currently proposed as an outdoor Harlem commemorative monument, Birthplace of the Big Apple, now in formulation at the Harlem Tourism Board. New York City Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Nydia Velasquez have also praised the effort.