Broward County is a county in the southeastern part of Florida,located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States,with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and largest city is Fort Lauderdale,which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020.
Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County,Florida,United States. Located on a barrier island in east-central Palm Beach County,the town is separated from West Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach by the Intracoastal Waterway to its west and a small section of the Intracoastal Waterway and South Palm Beach to its south. It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,Palm Beach had a year-round population of 9,245.
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Bush political family,he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries.
Linda Lingle is an American politician,who was the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959,and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor,Lingle served as mayor of Maui County from 1991 to 1999 and as chair of the Hawaii Republican Party from 1999 to 2002.
Philippe Douste-Blazy is a French United Nations official and former centre-right politician. Over the course of his career,he served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations,Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development in the UN and chairman of UNITAID.
John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer is an American politician who has served as the Mayor of Orlando since 2003. A member of the Florida Democratic Party,he is Orlando's longest-serving mayor. He previously served as a representative for Orlando in the Florida State Senate from 1992 to 2002,with the last two years serving as the Senate Democratic leader.
The 2006 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited,and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. The election was won by then-Republican Charlie Crist,the state's Attorney General. The election was notable in that for the first time,the state elected a Republican governor in three consecutive elections.
Ron Dermer is an American-born Israeli political consultant and diplomat serving as the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs since 2022. He served as the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2021.
Melvin Floyd Sembler was an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Italy (2001–2005),and Ambassador to Australia and Nauru (1989–1993). He has also served as chairman of the board of the Sembler Company,which develops and manages shopping centers,and co-founder of Straight,Inc.,a controversial drug-treatment center. Sembler was the chairman of the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust,and was a co-chair of the Florida Finance Committee for Mitt Romney.
Daniel Saul Gelber is an American politician and former prosecutor. He served in the Florida Legislature from 2000 to 2010 and was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Florida in 2010. From 2017 to 2023,he served as mayor of Miami Beach,Florida.
Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and sex offender. Born and raised in New York City,Epstein began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School despite lacking a college degree. After his dismissal from the school in 1976,he entered the banking and finance sector,working at Bear Stearns in various roles before starting his own firm. Epstein developed an elite social circle and procured many women and children whom he and his associates sexually abused.
Rene Alexander Acosta is an American attorney and politician,who served as the 27th United States Secretary of Labor from 2017 to 2019. President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to be Labor Secretary on February 16,2017,and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 27,2017.
The Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony was an encampment of banished,registered sex offenders who were living beneath the Julia Tuttle Causeway—a highway connecting Miami,Florida to Miami Beach,Florida,United States—from 2006 to April 2010. The colony was created by a lobbyist named Ron Book,who wrote ordinances in several different Miami-Dade County cities to restrict convicted sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet (760 m) of schools,parks,bus stops,or homeless shelters. Since Book was also head of the Miami Homeless Trust,he was also in charge of finding housing for the released sexual offenders. Under these ordinances,the only areas where sex offenders could legally reside within Miami-Dade County were the Miami Airport and the Florida Everglades. Miami-Dade laws are significantly stricter than State of Florida laws on residency restrictions for sex offenders. Florida state law required that no sex offender could live within 1,000 feet (300 m) from "where children gather". Under that requirement,housing was possible;however,because of Book's lobbying,the Dade County Commission increased that number to 2,500 feet (760 m),thereby banishing hundreds of local citizens who then began gathering under the Julia Tuttle Causeway.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Florida have federal protections,but many face legal difficulties on the state level that are not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity became legal in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas on June 26,2003,although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy law. Same-sex marriage has been legal in the state since January 6,2015. Discrimination on account of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment,housing and public accommodations is outlawed following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County. In addition,several cities and counties,comprising about 55 percent of Florida's population,have enacted anti-discrimination ordinances. These include Jacksonville,Miami,Tampa,Orlando,St. Petersburg,Tallahassee and West Palm Beach,among others. Conversion therapy is also banned in a number of cities in the state,mainly in Palm Beach County and the Miami metropolitan area. In September 2023,Lake Worth Beach,Florida became an official "LGBT sanctuary city" to protect and defend LGBT rights.
Robert Julio Garcia is an American educator and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 42nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 28th mayor of Long Beach,California from 2014 to 2022. He was both the city's youngest and first elected openly LGBT mayor,as well as the first Latino to hold the office. He is the second person of color to be mayor of Long Beach,after Republican Eunice Sato,a Japanese-American who served from 1980 to 1982. A former member of the Long Beach City Council,he was vice mayor from 2012 to 2014.
Throughout Dallas–Fort Worth,there is a large lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender community. Since 2005,DFW has constituted one of the largest LGBT communities in Texas.
Lauren Frances Book is an American politician and former educator who has served in the Florida Senate since 2016,representing parts of Broward County. A member of the Democratic Party,she has been the Senate's minority leader since April 28,2021.
The mayor of Miami Beach is the nonpartisan chief executive of the municipal government of Miami Beach,Florida,and the presiding member of its seven-member City Commission. Modern-day mayors are elected to two-year terms and are term-limited to no more than 3 terms,which can be consecutive or non-consecutive. The mayor and other members of the City Commission appoint a city manager to administer the day-to-day affairs and operations of City Hall and its various departments. City Hall is located at 1700 Convention Center Drive;the mayor's office is located on the fourth floor.
The Oxford University L'Chaim Society was a student society at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 2001. At its peak,it was the second-largest society within the University of Oxford.
