By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (January 25, 2016) – Citizens of Sunny Isles Beach, I am very pleased to deliver this State of the City address after serving my first year as your Mayor. We have made a lot of progress this past year and I would like to first thank my colleagues on the Commission for their support and …
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By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (Friday, October 30, 2015) – The change of seasons reminds us how desirable our island community is to live in. This time of year we start to relax as hurricane season comes to a close and many seasonal residents trickle in. Semi-trailers deliver cars from the north, restaurants get busier and of course traffic gets …
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October 12, 2015 — By Mayor George “Bud” Scholl On Friday, October 2nd at approximately 11:55 AM I was walking south from City Hall to lunch at Basil Park on 176th and Collins when I noticed people coming out of the restaurant with their phones pointing up at the sky taking pictures. At that moment, I looked up and saw …
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By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (September 1, 2015) – A few months ago I was asked to give a speech to the Aventura Marketing Counsel about the past and present of Sunny Isles Beach. After a number of people asked me for copies, I realized the ‘$10 Billion Sandbar’, the history of how our City has grown to nearly $10 …
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By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (September 1, 2015) – Irving Turetsky was an exceptional figure in the formation of our great City and his life was spent in service to his country and his local community. Among his many professional accomplishments were his service in the Army Air Force, serving as President of Temple B’nai Zion, being elected to the …
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By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (Friday, July 31, 2015) – Where is all our beach sand going? Experts tell us our beach sand migrates south at the rate of one mile per year. The result is some steady erosion that we have been attempting to find ways to mitigate for years. This is an issue for our community because where …
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By George ‘Bud’ Scholl, Mayor (June 1, 2015) – At our May City Commission meeting we had a building site plan approval request that generated a lot of controversy and buzz throughout our city due to its location. The site plan application contains several requests but a critical issue in the matter is whether or not the City should sell …
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Friday, January 30, 2015 By Mayor George “Bud” Scholl In the winter Islander, Cultural and Community Services Director, Susan Simpson wrote an article entitled “History in the Making.” It was about the first retirement of a Mayor in the 17-year history of Sunny Isles Beach. When I read that article, I had no idea that our residents would elect me …
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By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (January 28, 2015) – Citizens of Sunny Isles Beach, it is with great pleasure that I deliver my first State of the City address as your new Mayor. Since I have only been in office a little over one month, I want to point out that much of the progress that I will be discussing …
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By George ‘Bud’ Scholl, Mayor (December 31, 2014) – We are most fortunate to live in a city with some of the highest rates of daily sunshine in the country. So with a title like “Government in the Sunshine”, you might think that this article is going to be about the weather. Well in Florida Government-in-the-Sunshine has a double meaning. …
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