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Lawsuit claims Madeira Beach commission violated Sunshine Law when appointing new member

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Two Madeira Beach residents have filed a lawsuit claiming officials violated the state’s public meeting law when they chose a new commissioner by “secret ballot.” The suit, filed late Friday, asks the court to rule that three of the four commissioners broke the Sunshine Law. It also asks the court to invalidate the appointment of Housh Ghovaee and to order the city pay the plaintiffs’ attorney’s fees. Madeira Beach Mayor Travis Palladeno called the lawsuit “frivolous.” City attorney Tom Trask,…

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Two elected unopposed to Madeira Beach City Commission

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Two Madeira Beach City Commissioners cruised to easy re-election Tuesday when no one filed against them before the qualifying deadline for the race passed. District 1 Commissioner Terry Lister and District 2’s Nancy Hodges will represent voters in their districts for another two years. Lister is a retired marine having served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1974 until 1976. He moved to Madeira Beach in 1978 and was married at the city’s popular Church by the Sea in 1982.…

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