Gov. DeSantis signs bill expanding Florida restrictions on foreign influence<\/a><\/p>\nAnother resident said the events left them with little confidence in city leadership: \u201cWhat I witnessed that night \u2013 as a citizen of the city, as a resident of this city, I did not feel like trusted anyone sitting up there.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the city looks ahead to selecting a permanent city manager, Mayor Douglas Lawson asked residents what they want in the next leader. An informal survey during the meeting highlighted key priorities: integrity, transparency, and accountability.<\/p>\n
Lawson also asked residents how the search should be conducted \u2014 locally, nationally, or with a headhunter \u2014 prompting differing opinions from those who spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we need to use national as a template, but when we\u2019re looking for someone to lead our city, I personally think that we should get somebody who is homegrown,\u201d one man said. <\/p>\n
Another resident expressed doubts about finding the right candidate, saying, \u201cI very much doubt we will find somebody who has the qualifications to handle the type of budget the city has.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite Lawson\u2019s pledge to take the feedback back to the board and bring it to the City Council, some residents said they remain skeptical that their concerns will influence decisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs the board going to listen? Are they really going to involve us because it seems like they\u2019re just doing what they want to do,\u201d one resident said.<\/p>\n
By the end of the meeting, many in the crowd said they plan to stay involved and hold leaders accountable.<\/p>\n
Under the city charter, officials have a limited time to select a new city manager \u2014 within 120 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Anger and distrust spilled into a Riviera Beach meeting Friday night as residents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-264563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}