Location: City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida Excerpt: Formal demand served on Fort Lauderdale City Attorney Shari L. McCartney identifying the facial inconsistency between the City’s heritage event portfolio — St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Las Olas Greek Festival, Caribbean-American Heritage events, Juneteenth programming, and ethnicity-referenced official proclamations — and § 166.04971. Demands a compliance review, written guidance to City …
Fourth demand letter in the statewide campaign, served on Miami City Attorney George K. Wysong III, targeting the City’s structural entanglement with Calle Ocho Music Festival — the largest Hispanic street festival in the United States, organized by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana. Identifies three statutory prongs: official action (Mayor Suarez’s 2020 cancellation authority; February 2026 Calle Ocho BID resolution), public funding (police, fire, sanitation, permitting), and municipal promotion (City social media, tourism platforms, press materials). Accompanied by a 9-custodian omnibus Chapter 119 PRR covering the City Clerk, City Attorney, Special Events, Parks, Budget, Communications, MPD, Fire-Rescue/Public Works, and Economic Development.
Location: State of Florida — Division of Arts and Culture, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee Excerpt: Formal inquiry to Secretary of State Cord Byrd identifying a structural contradiction embedded in SB 1134: the Legislature prohibited counties and municipalities from funding ethnicity-referenced programming while the Florida Department of State simultaneously operates grant programs — Folklife, Specific Cultural Projects, General Program Support, …