Naples City Council
The Naples City Council is a seven-member governing body consisting of a mayor and six city council members. They are elected in nonpartisan elections by all the voters who reside in the City.
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The Naples City Council is a seven-member governing body consisting of a mayor and six city council members. They are elected in nonpartisan elections by all the voters who reside in the City.
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Five county constitutional officers, together with a Board of County Commissioners, form the executive branch of government for Collier County and 46 other non-charter counties in Florida.
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Florida voters elect all judges. Therefore, informed voters must have a basic understanding of the state court system, each layer of which has a distinct role in providing justice across the state.
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Commissioners to consider moratorium on some Growth Management Plan amendments. School Board rejects invocations. CCPS remains an “A” district. Naples Planning Board approves NCH Heart Institute.
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Florida’s executive branch is headed by a governor, an attorney general, a chief financial officer, and a commissioner of agriculture, each of whom is independently electied.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature took several actions to demonstrate their support of Israel in the days and weeks following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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Over 300 books were removed from the shelves in Collier County school media centers and classroom libraries to comply with a “Let Kids Be Kids” law signed by Gov. DeSantis in May
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With the Legislature out of session and as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s much-publicized “war on woke,” much of Florida’s public policy news since May was about education.
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The Florida legislature is comprised of a 40-member Senate and a 120-member House of Representatives.
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Amending the Conservation Collier ordinance; county’s one-cent sales surtax to end; support for the arts to tighten; new career and technical training center funded; and more.
Collier County & Local News Update July – September 2023 Read More »