 (Left to Right) FLM President & Mayor Slesnick, Coral Gables; Mayor Peters, South Pasadena; Mayor Bradley, Winter Park; Mayor Hildreth, Keystone Heights; Mayor Borno, Atlantic Beach; Mayor DuBois, Lake Park; Maky Michael Blake, Cocoa; Mayor Robaina, Hialeah, Mayor Anderson, Ft. Walton Beach; Mayor Kelley; Mayor Wagner; Mayor Levine, Juno Beach, Mayor Potter, Winter Haven |
On March 4, 2010 the Florida League of Mayors held its first Legislative Fly-In for the 2010 legislative session. The fly-in kicked off with a morning legislative issue briefing from the League of Cities lobbying team on the major issues impacting cities this session.
These issues included: TABOR, comprehensive public pension reform, traffic enforcement and red light cameras, issue campaign financing and restrictions on local government expenditures, offshore drilling, unfunded mandates, and increased recycling. The mayors had the opportunity to voice their primary concerns about these issues to the lobbyists and ask questions regarding the current status of the bills addressing the issues.
 (Left to Right) Senator Thad Altman and Mayor Gary Bruhn, Town of Windermere |
After the morning briefing, the Mayors headed over to the Capitol where they met with their local legislators and voiced their concerns.
The afternoon was filled with more meetings with legislators and bill sponsors where the Mayors were able to again stress the importance of their issues. This group of Mayors was enthusiastic and passionate about their issues! They all had a successful day representing Florida’s cities.
 FLM Legislative Briefing |
The mayors in attendance were as follows:
• President Don Slesnick, Mayor, City of Coral Gables
• President-Elect Bill Brooks, Mayor, Belle Isle
• Mayor Mike Anderson, City of Fort Walton Beach
• Mayor Gary Bruhn, Town of Winderemere
• Mayor Mary Lou Hildreth, City of Keystone Heights
• Mayor Walter Kelley, City of Lynn Haven
• Mayor Jeff Potter, City of Winter Haven
• Mayor Franklin Schuler, Town of Bronson
• Mayor Kurvin Qualls, Town of Jay
• Mayor Michael Blake, City of Cocoa
• Mayor Kenneth W. Bradley, City of Winter Park
• Mayor Joseph Kelley, City of Opa Locka
• Mayor Scott Brook, City of Coral Springs
• Mayor Marlene Wagner, Town of Lake Hamilton
• Mayor Mike Borno, City of Atlantic Beach
• Mayor Michael C. Wiggins, City of Pensacola
• Mayor Morton Levine, City of Juno Beach
• Mayor Julio Robaina, City of Hialeah
• Mayor Kathleen Peters, City of South Pasadena
• Mayor Walter Kelley, City of Lynn Haven
• Mayor Kenneth Schultz, Town of Hypoluxo
• Mayor Eric Jones, City of West Park
Mayors, we cannot stress enough the impact of your presence here in the capitol during this year’s session. Thank you for your time spent here to speak on behalf of the cities!