What one news outlet described as a “political tumult” in Delray Beach turned out to be a nothingburger.
According to an outside report by labor lawyer Brooke Ehrlich, City Manager Terrence Moore and City Commissioner Rob Long did not violate the charter when they spoke on Feb. 20 about code enforcement with Neighborhood and Community Services Director Jeri Pryor. Nor did Moore and Assistant City Manager Jeff Oris tell Pryor to practice “selective code enforcement” on certain property owners, most notably Rodney Mayo. He owns Dada restaurant and Subculture Coffee.
Those allegations were at the core of the whistleblower complaint Pryor filed with City Attorney Lynn Gelin on April 27. That day, the commission held a special meeting to authorize Gelin’s hiring of Ehrlich.
At that otherwise pro forma meeting, Commissioner Juli Casale wanted to talk about the complaint. Casale lost to Long in the 2023 election and has been Moore’s biggest critic. Casale called the complaint “tragic.” She wanted Moore and Long to be suspended. She got no support. Mayor Tom Carney cut off discussion, citing the process for such complaints.
The Coastal Star ran that “political tumult” headline. The editorial board of the South Florida Sun Sentinel editorialized darkly about “a subculture of big trouble in Delray Beach.” Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet wrote a column headlined, “Blowing the whistle loudly in Delray Beach.” The paper ran an editorial today critical of the report.
Yet Ehrlich found no...
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