Broward County is a county in Florida,United States,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 most populous city is Fort Lauderdale,which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020. The county is part of the South Florida region of the state.
Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida,30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census,making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida. After Miami and Hialeah,Fort Lauderdale is the third-most populous city in the Miami metropolitan area,which had a population of 6,166,488 in 2019.
Oakland Park,officially the City of Oakland Park,is a city in Broward County,Florida,United States. It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area,which was home to 6,166,488 people at the 2020 census. As of the 2020 United States Census,the city's population was 44,229.
Wilton Manors is a city in Broward County,Florida,United States. Wilton Manors is part of the Miami metropolitan area,which was home to 6,166,488 people at the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 11,426.
The World AIDS Museum and Educational Center,located at 1350 E Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale,Florida,opened on May 15,2014.
Robert O. Cox was mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida from 1986-1991. Before becoming mayor,Cox spent nearly two decades on the City Commission. Cox owned a local marina.
James T. Naugle is an American real estate broker who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Although a lifelong Democrat,Naugle frequently voted for and supported Republican candidates. Elected for the first time in 1991,Naugle was the longest-serving mayor in the history of Fort Lauderdale,serving for six consecutive terms.
Timothy M. Ryan is an American attorney and Democratic politician who currently serves as a Broward County Commissioner,representing the 7th District from 2012 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Ryan served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006,representing the 99th District from 1998 to 2002,and the 100th District from 2002 to 2006.
Tracy Stafford served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1990 to 2000. He currently lives in Wilton Manors,Florida,where he also served as mayor from 1986 to 1990.
Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 92nd District,which includes northeastern Broward County,stretching from Deerfield Beach to Fort Lauderdale,from 2008 to 2016,when she was term-limited.
Bob Norman is a journalist in South Florida who serves as the news director for the Florida Center for Government Accountability and as contributing writer for Columbia Journalism Review. He previously worked at WPLG-Channel 10 beginning in 2011 as an on-air investigative reporter. Norman worked for several years as a weekly newspaper and online columnist. He broke the corruption story of $1 billion Ponzi scheme operator Scott Rothstein's October 27,2009 flight to Morocco under suspicious circumstances. Rothstein,who returned to face inquiries,is a former Fort Lauderdale attorney investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and arrested on 1 December 2009. In 2008 Bob Norman reported an unusual circumstance following the murder of Melissa Britt Lewis,employee of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler (RRA) law firm,wherein the prosecuting attorney in the Lewis murder case came to work with RRA two months after the murder. Rothstein has not been connected to the murder,however murder victim Ms. Lewis had been close to Debra Villegas,RRA Chief Operating Officer,whose husband Tony Villegas was identified as the murderer by the City of Plantation Police represented by Scott Rothstein.
The 2010 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 2,2010,to elect the Attorney General of Florida. Incumbent Attorney General Bill McCollum opted to run for run for Governor rather than seek reelection. The election was won by Republican Pam Bondi,a former assistant state attorney for Hillsborough County,who defeated Democrat Dan Gelber by a 54.8% to 41.1% margin. Bondi took office in January 2011.
Gregory Scott Tony is an American law enforcement officer and serving since 2019 as the 17th Sheriff of Broward County,Florida.
The Wave was a planned 2.7-mile (4.3 km) streetcar line in Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Construction costs were estimated to be $200 million. The project was cancelled in 2018.
Barbara Muhammad Sharief is an American politician and nurse who has served as a member of the Florida Senate since 2024. She has also served as a Broward County commissioner from 2010 to 2021,she was appointed mayor from 2013 to 2014,and again from 2016 to 2017. She is the county's first African-American female and Muslim mayor. Sharief is also a former Miramar city commissioner and vice mayor.
Stacy Ritter is a Democratic politician who currently serves as president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention &Visitors Bureau. Previously,she served as a Broward County Commissioner,representing the 3rd District from 2006 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Ritter served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1996 to 2004,representing the 96th District.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Lauderdale,Florida,USA.
Dean J. Trantalis is an American politician and mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Before his election as mayor,Trantalis served as a city commissioner for Fort Lauderdale from 2009 to 2017.
Miami has one of the largest and most prominent LGBTQ communities in the United States. Miami has had a gay nightlife scene as early as the 1930s. Miami has a current status as a gay mecca that attracts more than 1 million LGBT visitors a year. The Miami area as a whole has been gay-friendly for decades and is one of the few places where the LGBTQ community has its own chamber of commerce,the Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (MDGLCC). As of 2005,Miami was home to an estimated 15,277 self-identifying gay and bisexual individuals. The Miami metropolitan area had an estimated 183,346 self-identifying LGBT residents.
The 2012 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election was held on February 13,2009,to elect the mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. It saw the election of Jack Seiler.
