Funding cost overruns, lowering expectations for Stonewall, and giving the community more input. Wilton Manors’ city commission met for less than an hour at the meeting on April 23, but they took care of a lot of business.
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Wilton Manors budgets for 32 sworn officers on the police force. By early summer, up to a third of those positions could be open. Chief Gary Blocker brought the crisis to the attention of the city commission and residents at the start of the City Commission meeting on April 23.
Wilton Manors proudly boasts, “Life’s just better here.” Now the city is showing the world what it has to offer. Hundreds gathered on the city’s Rainbow Bridge on April 25 for a video shoot promoting the Island City.
Mary Rasura, editor of OutFAU, will be the first recipient of the Norm Kent LGBTQ Newsmaker Fund. The $750 scholarship also includes an internship with OutSFL.
On April 25, the leaders of Black LGBTQ+ Liberation Inc. (Blinc) and Transinclusive Group (TIG) will present a timely panel: “Awareness to Action: Unmasking Mental Health in Black Communities.” According to Nik Harris of Blinc, a primary aim of the panel is to “break the stigma surrounding mental health in the black community and foster a safe space where individuals can seek help without shame.”
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