It started as a joke. A bunch of friends getting together at Sebastian Beach in Fort Lauderdale and floating around on a sea of flamingo inflatables. Take some selfies, maybe a few tourists will tell friends back home, and that’s that.
A staffing crisis led to an overdue overhaul of pay and benefits in the police department. A brewing personnel shortage of regular city staff led to a refreshed compensation structure. While health insurance costs held stable, other insurance costs jumped.
On June 7, West Palm Beach spilled over with queer joy, colorful performances, and unstoppable community spirit as Pride on the Block 2025 returned for its sixth — and “fiercest” — year yet.
Call it America’s true Independence Day. Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, marks the day that news of emancipation finally reached the last slavery-infested corners of the traitorous south after the end of the Civil War.
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