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 departments on what becomes void January 1, 2027, § 287.139 certification assessment, and production of records. Flags GFLCVB’s bed-tax-funded promotion as a separate county exposure under § 125.595.
Comments: Anticipates and answers all three primary defenses: open-to-everyone (addresses only subsection 2, not 3), tourism/economic development (statute regulates the activity, not the motive), and “activities” narrowing (renders the term surplusage). GFLCVB county exposure paragraph is important — cross-references § 125.595 and creates Broward County Attorney standing issue. Reed v. Town of Gilbert viewpoint discrimination argument preserved.
