Did you miss this about the new mayor of Boynton Beach?

Below are two excerpts from this article by Jane Smith in The Coastal Star about Boynton Beach Mayor Steven B. Grant and would strongly recommend reading the entire article later if you don't have time now. Hands down the most informative article to date about the new mayor.

Up to this point the press coverage spin has mostly focused on petty matters which shouldn't surprise anyone but also not fair to the public who wants to learn more about this new face in County politics:

     Steven Grant just can’t stop smiling.
     “Mayor Taylor had raised more than $40,000 for his re-election campaign, had the backing of the police and fire unions, while I raised (less than $3,000) and had the backing of the people,” Grant said. He was able to force the mayor’s race into a runoff.
      At 33, Grant is probably the youngest mayor in the history of Boynton Beach. Harvey E. Oyer Jr. was turning 34 when he was elected in 1960, says his daughter Susan, who helped Grant in his runoff race against incumbent Jerry Taylor, 80.
      Since winning the March 29 runoff with 57 percent of the votes, Grant has embraced his mayoral role. He attends events, ceremonies, government meetings, residents forums and individual sessions with city staff and various developers. [emphasis added]

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     Kristine de Haseth, the Florida Coalition for Preservation executive director who helped to form the Boynton Coalition for Responsible Development, also sees the change as a positive step for Boynton Beach.
     “Out with the old, in with the new,” she said. “We want to get beyond pushing the pause button, then hitting rewind and repeating.”

On the subject of politics and getting "beyond pushing the pause button, the hitting rewind and repeating" look in the right-hand column for "March 14th, 2017, is election day in Lake Worth".