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Boca’s Ballot Question Part 3: The Non-P3 Solution

March 8, 2026

New Boca Raton Ordinance Is a Sham.

March 5, 2026

When Trust Erodes, We Must say No.

March 2, 2026

Stacy Sipple: Bringing Back Boca

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Meredith Madsen: The Middle Position in the Race for Seat B.

February 22, 2026

Previous Posts

  • Boca Viewpoint

    What’s Really at Stake in the Feb 24 City Council Vote.

    by Larry Cellon February 20, 2026
    by Larry Cellon February 20, 2026

    Reading time: 4 minsThere is much at stake and residents were not invited into this conversation — they were managed around it. That should bother every person who lives in this city. The Council orchestrated this timeline months ago. The result is the minimum public engagement the process allows.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Ordinance 5771 Rewrites 344 Acres of the Downtown.

    by Kevin Meaney February 20, 2026
    by Kevin Meaney February 20, 2026

    Reading time: 2 minsAt its February 10th 2026 meeting, Boca’s current City Council of Drucker, Wigder, Nachlas, Singer…

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Ugly Negative Ad Campaigning Returns to Boca.

    by Les Wilson February 20, 2026
    by Les Wilson February 20, 2026

    Reading time: 4 minsKeeping Citizens First, Inc. PAC was the recipient of $125,000 from the Citizen’s For Economic Leadership (CFEL) PAC. In 2025, that PAC donated $90,000 directly to the Running With Andy Thomson campaign PAC.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Before You Vote.

    by Les Wilson February 8, 2026
    by Les Wilson February 8, 2026

    Reading time: 5 minsThere’s been an explosion of money funneled into Boca Raton’s election and it comes from PACs. Two candidates have more PAC money than individual donations.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Park Wars Episode 3: The P3 Menace

    by Jim Wood February 8, 2026
    by Jim Wood February 8, 2026

    Reading time: 4 minsWe’ve seen this movie before. In this article I describe three resident petition initiatives in…

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    This Isn’t Our First Referendum

    by Jessica Gray February 8, 2026
    by Jessica Gray February 8, 2026

    Reading time: 3 minsMeanwhile residents were fighting to protect our public spaces, then Councilmember Robert Weinroth was actively opposing them. His quotes from that time matter, because they show a pattern … a consistent disconnect between where the residents stand and where he stands.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    The Money Maze: A look at who’s funding Boca’s $1,000,000 election.

    by Les Wilson February 8, 2026
    by Les Wilson February 8, 2026

    Reading time: 10 minsWith so much speculation about campaign finances, we decided to dig into it and find out where the money came from. In this article I present our analysis of the public campaign reports and who is funding whom.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Who is behind the One Boca Ad campaign?

    by Jessica Gray January 19, 2026
    by Jessica Gray January 19, 2026

    Reading time: 3 minsWhat’s unusual is how aggressively One Boca has been promoted politically. There is now a full on political advertising campaign in progress.

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    $4 billion in revenues, really?

    by Martha Parker, CPA January 19, 2026
    by Martha Parker, CPA January 19, 2026

    Reading time: 3 minsThere are several key pieces of information that were missing from the Mayor’s update that make it misleading to residents not closely following this project.

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    Boca’s Ballot Question Part 2: Is It What The Ads Say?

    by Les Wilson January 19, 2026
    by Les Wilson January 19, 2026

    Reading time: 11 minsThe police substation is missing from the Memorial Park land use concept diagram so expect that “whoopsie” to delete yet another amenity from “East Boca’s Patch Reef Park” to make room for the Transit District. Bye bye sports field?

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