While Ft. Lauderdale has long been considered a LGBT vacation destination, their current asshat mayor, Jim Naugle, has done everything he can to drive the gays away, by saying the city needs more single-occupancy restrooms to prevent gay cruising and opposing a move by the public library to put a collection of LGBT literature on its bookshelves.
With gay tourism big business and Naugle on his way out, all the candidates for the job are stumbling over themselves to prove they'll be the ones to sweep homophobia out of City Hall.
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This makes me wonder why the residents of Ft. Lauderdale would elect a mayor that is against gay rights? Did he address these issues during his campaign?
"…all the candidates for the job are stumbling over themselves to prove they'll be the ones to sweep homophobia out of City Hall."
Why is this written as if that is a bad thing?
The mayor's position in Fort Lauderdale didn't have a maximum term until 8 years ago. Now he's GONE!
Since he no longer has to run for re-election he is no longer constrained to be PC. This is the idiot who says he refuses to call gays gay because that implies that they are happy when he knows they are not.
Too many of us have blinders on when it comes to FL. Outside of Fort Lauderdale, Key West, and pockets of the Miami area, the state has never been gay friendly and is not heading that way anytime soon.