If the Charter is interpreted that it takes five votes to annually adjust the City Manager’s compensation, this interpretation empowers three members of the City Commission to allow the City Manager to deem himself terminated...

When trees are stressed, they emit a different odor, just like a person under stress. Insects detect this odor and attack them.

It’s an ethical issue. If he has a voting conflict, he cannot vote. But there are also other issues that might apply, such as misuse of public position. There’s a definite need for the commission...

This may be one situation where you have to choose between your office and your contractual obligations. The only way to know for sure is to contact the [Florida] Commission on Ethics.

There’s just no way that the modern canvassing board in Pinellas County can influence an election. It’s just about impossible.

He was as astonished as John Robinson was, … He couldn’t figure out where that flag came from.

City Commission shall collectively and by a vote of not less than five of its members, evaluate the City Manager’s performance during the preceding year and fix his/her compensation accordingly.

so that further questions cannot arise . . . with the inevitable negative results.